Bengaluru. :  Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has instructed the officials to complete 30km of Rajakaluves(major storm water drains) in Bengaluru by the end of January. Speaking to media persons after a meeting at BBMP head office in the backdrop of flooding in various parts of the city due to incessant rains, Bommai said, the meeting […]

Bengaluru : Revenue Minister Mr R Ashoka said that the BBMP will set up temporary ponds at lakes for immersion of Ganesha idols. “No organiser will be permitted to get into the pond for immersion. Instead, there will be a designated place for placing the idols. The BBMP will temporarily hire expert swimmers who will […]

Mangaluru :  Revenue Minister Mr R Ashoka launched a unique programme-“Door-to-Door health check-up by doctors in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) limits” on Monday. With this, Bengaluru becomes one of the first cities to launch a programme aimed at curbing the Covid cases. Speaking to the media, Mr Ashoka said that the government will […]

Bengaluru : Forest and Kannada and Culture Minister Aravind Limbavali has warned that disciplinary action will be taken against officers and contractors who are found guilty of mishandling waste management. Limbavali was addressing a meeting on Saturday with officers, contractors and self-help groups to discuss waste management in Mahadevapura, his native constituency. “We have received […]

Bengaluru : Forest and Kannada and Culture Minister Aravind Limbavali has said that the roads in Mahadevapura constituency are in a dilapidated condition and need to be restored and developed immediately. Limbavali was addressing senior officers of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) at a meeting chaired […]

Bengaluru : All Indira Canteens within Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) limits will distribute food packets free of charge to the poor from May 12 to May 24. Beneficiaries who will receive food packets will have to produce an identity card such as voter identification card/Aadhaar card/driving license/labour department identity card to obtain meals. Each […]

Mysuru: Drone Prathap NM has been arrested by the police in Mysuru for violating quarantine rules to appear in a TV interview to respond to allegations against him. As per sources, Prathap will be placed in Institutional Quarantine at a facility and his punishment will be decided by courts as per law. If found guilty, […]

Bengaluru : As many as 25 people were evacuated after a four-storey residential building in Hebbal Kempapura, north Bengaluru, tilted on Wednesday. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Mayor M Goutham Kumar and police officials visited the spot and ordered the demolition of the building while residents of 30 properties in the vicinity have been […]

Bengaluru : Mayor Gowtham Kumar has asked the Urban Development Department (UDD) additional chief secretary (ACS) to drop the advertisement rules prepared by the department, and implement those prepared by the civic body. In a letter to the ACS, the mayor said the advertisement bylaws 2006 were scrapped after finding several loopholes in it. The […]

Bengaluru : Indira Canteen, a pet project of the previous Congress government, is being investigated for food quality, alleged irregularities and ways to improve the subsidised eateries. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) is examining whether a large amount of money being spent on the eateries is utilised properly, while an internal committee of the […]