The Bommasandra Town Municipal Council (TMC) has sent notices to over 140 industries charge them for pollution of Kithiganahalli Lake. The notice has been issued after a span of 6 months from when the National Green Tribunal (NGT) criticized the state government and TMC for the efforts to resolve the rising lake pollution and were…
Chief Minister Yeddyurappa has invited farmer leaders to discuss land reform and amendment of APMC Act across Karnataka. “I have got first hand experience of APMCs as I have sold my produce at these marketing yards and also served as chairman of APMC. They are in the clutches of middlemen,” he told a press conference…
The Coronavirus global emergency has hit the most strategic interventions associated to tuberculosis programmes which has given the outcome of 35 % decrease in TB cases notification in 2020 as compared to the records of Karnataka of the previous year. Tuberculosis is a serious condition which may cause mortality and morbidity significantly. It is an…
Enforcement Directorate (ED) got the custody of five days for Kannada film actresses Ragini Dwivedi and Sanjjanaa Galrani and three others arrested as granted by a special court. The five of them have been charged with not just consumption of drugs but also supplying them via the drug peddlers. The ED has revealed the details…
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) went on to arrest the main accused involved in the Bengaluru riots at DJ Halli and KG Halli. The key conspirator, Sayed Saddiq Ali attacked the KG Halli police station on August 11, which caused a lot of damage and destruction to police station buildings, government property and the surrounding…
A joint farmers association has initiated a strike for Monday with a collective support from goods transporters, auto rickshaw drivers and taxi drivers. The leaders Kuruburu Shanthakumar and Kodihalli Chandrashekhar individually told media that all the farmer associations have come together to take a call on the strike. The strike was priorly planned for Friday…
Kannada actor Diganth was interrogated at the Central Crime Branch (CCB) office today for the second time. Prior to this, nearly around September 16, Diganth and his wife Aindrita Ray were summoned for inquiry in connection with the drug case. The police officers have taken away their cell phones and all the data on the…
The Karnataka High Court has instructed BBMP for conducting a survey pertaining to the Civic Amenity (CA) sites which are based in the Narayan Nagar area in South Bengaluru in order to identify the enroachments. The residents from Narayan Nagar 1st and 3rd phase lodged a PIL petition regarding the enroachment of the CA sites…
In a relief to the city residents, BBMP has developed a new mobile application for tracking the Garbage collecting vehicles. This will prevent the long waiting queues of the civilians. BBMP Commissioner, Manjunatha Prasad mentioned that citizens can utilize the application for tracking the location of Garbage truck and the estimated time to reach their…
Akkai Padmashali, a Karnataka transgender activist will be joining the Congress party on Sunday. She is an award winning activist, has been running the transgender movement in Karnataka for more than decade. But, her actions and movements are not just restricted to the state, and extends throughout the country. In an interview with Deccan Herald,…
