Bengaluru: Vibgyor Road in east Bengaluru got a new coat of asphalt after a long struggle, only for it to peel off on a small stretch within a month. However, the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) was quick to fix it after people questioned the quality of the work.Instead of taking the Marathahalli Bridge route, commuters…
Bengaluru: After multiple failed waste-to-energy projects, the state is shifting its focus to converting Bengaluru’s wet waste into gas. Except for KPCL’s Bidadi plant, none of the earlier facilities worked, prompting the government to prioritise waste-to-gas initiatives.Deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar Monday laid the foundation for the first phase of a solid-waste segregation unit at…
Bengaluru: While most of Karnataka’s 313 urban local bodies (ULBs) are in the process of updating and seeking approvals for their master plans, nearly one-third still operate without an official plan. Officials from the department of town and country planning (DTCP) say they currently provide technical guidance to 202 ULBs as they fall under the…
DK Shivakumar invites CM Siddaramaiah at his house tomorrow (file photo) BENGALURU: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah is set to visit deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar’s residence on December 2, in what is being viewed as a show of unity and a temporary truce after months of an internal power tussle within the ruling Congress, official…
BENGALURU: A massive traffic jam in Bengaluru triggered a political outburst on Sunday after Samajwadi Party MP from Ghosi, Uttar Pradesh, took to X to slam the city’s traffic police and the Karnataka government.The MP, who was stuck for over an hour on Dr Rajkumar Samadhi Road while trying to reach the Kempegowda International Airport,…
Bengaluru: Three people, including a 25-year-old software engineer, died in two road accidents reported in the city early Sunday.The first incident occurred around 2am at Hosa Road Junction in Mahadevapura. Two software engineers, Redhar Garg from Maharashtra and Ankush Mishra from Chhattisgarh, both 25, were returning to their residence in Channasandra after dinner at a…
Bengaluru: A 31-year-old cab driver has been arrested for allegedly killing a daily-wage worker inside an under-construction building in Seshadripuram late Saturday night.Nagappa Poojari A allegedly stabbed S Sharanamma, 24, following a personal dispute, said police. Sharanamma, originally from Indi in Vijayapura district, had moved to Bengaluru with her husband Somalinga a few years ago…
Bengaluru: Veteran actor Mysore Srikantayya Umesh — better known as MS Umesh — passed away Sunday in Bengaluru, at the age of 80. He was battling liver cancer. Born on April 24, 1945 in Mysuru, he took to the stage at the tender age of four, joining Master K Hirannaiah’s theatre troupe. He later became…
Bengaluru: The state govt has stepped up its rollout of the e-Swathu initiative by setting up a dedicated support system to accelerate the process of issuing e-khatas for rural properties. Launched recently, the programme aims to regularise more than 97 lakh properties in gram panchayats. The govt has upgraded the Panchatantra software and introduced an…
Bengaluru: Several scientists, mobility experts, and civic activists criticised the controversial Bengaluru tunnel road project and urged the state govt to drop the proposal, which they termed unscientific, unsustainable, and economically unviable.Speaking at ‘People’s Convention’ organised Sunday by the Save Bangalore Committee, scientists called out the state govt for not considering their scientific inputs.TV Ramachandra…
