Bengaluru has taken the lead as the top performer in the Million+ category over the final rankings of Ease of Living Index (EoLI) 2020 along with the Municipal Performer Index (MPI) 2020. Pune got the second rank, and the other cities that scored well are Ahmedabad, Chennai, Surat, Navi Mumbai, Coimbatore, Indore, Vadodara, and Greater…
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials on Tuesday conducted a raid at the house of a BBMP official who was caught accepting a bribe of Rs 20 lakh in February. The ACB officials investigated the residence of S N Devendrappa, Assistant Director, Town Planning, BBMP for the C sector of Amruthanagar. The ACB officials also checked the…
With the onset of the second phase of Covid-19 vaccination drive in the country, the second phase particularly targets senior citizens and above 45 with comorbidities, an overall count of 4,942 people have been been administered the shot, thereby taking the total tally of the state to 8.25 lakh, revealed the Karnataka Government. From the…
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa unveiled a ‘Make in India’ lion sculpture on Sunday in the capital city Bengaluru. Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) commissioned the statue in the vicinity of Windsor Junction, right near the official residence of the Chief Minister. During the statue inauguration, Yediyurappa said the statue is depicting the role of…
It has been six years post Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)’s promises to the Karnataka High Court about its initiative towards ‘bio-mining’ of landfills, and even presently BBMP is just making attempts to adopt the eco-friendly concept. Post the statement given in October 2014, BBMP worked on formulating an expert committee committee for reviewing the…
Based on a study conducted about policing methods amid the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, a positive response was observed regarding the communication between the police and the public surprisingly. The findings which are given the title, “Policing in Bengaluru during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Learning and next steps” was published on Wednesday and is supposedly clearing…
The Covid-19 cases in Bengaluru have distinctly increased over the past five days, however, the officials have discarded this as the commencement of the second wave of Covid-19 in the city of the state of Karnataka. As per the data, the count of cases have fallen as compared to the records of the previous month….
Amid the syndicate meeting conducted on Saturday at the Bangalore University, heated arguments were observed between the members and Vice-Chancellor. The meeting discussion lasted for seven long hours. During the meeting, the members objected several decisions which were pushed ahead by Prof K R Venugopal, Vice-Chancellor, which supposedly bypassed the statutory officers and syndicate. The…
N Manjunath Prasad, BBMP Commissioner has given a fair warning about the chances of reintroducing lockdown by the Karnataka Government given the current scenario of violating the norms of social distancing continue across Bengaluru and the other parts of the state. While addressing a meeting of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), where several joint…
Several regions of Bengaluru experienced light to moderate rainfall coupled with thunderstorm on Friday evening, giving the city residents a relief from the scorching heat. The cloudy weather amid the daytime triggered the evening rainfall. However, the sudden rainfall led to flash floods in low-lying regions such as Gandhinagar, Corporation Circle, Vijayanagar, Chamarajpet, Rajajinagar, Vidyanarayanpura,…
