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If BBMP has its way, people staying near Tagore junction will lose parts of their property for widening of the service road and footpath. Around 20 private properties on the main road will have to do away with three metres of their space as the technical advisory committee (TAC) has instructed the BBMP to widen [...] Continue Reading »
The roll back of the proposed five percent service tax for private hospitals was on Tuesday welcomed with open arms by health institutions and the public.In the federal budget for 2011-12, the finance minister had proposed to levy five percent tax on services provided by hospitals with 25 or more beds, facility of central air-conditioning [...] Continue Reading »
In the last three months alone, the Hakimpet Kunta lake originally spread over an area of over 10 acres has shrunk by a good 10-15 per cent, thanks to illegal dumping of debris in the water body. While Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) officials had in the past fenced the lake to keep encroachers at [...] Continue Reading »
The Karnataka high court has said that public auction of a property can be resorted to only after it is free from encroachment. The petitioners have claimed that though proceedings were initiated against the accused, it was not taken to its logical end and the authorities are trying to auction the land without removing the [...] Continue Reading »
For Residents of Mana Sarovar Apartment, water crisis and hefty electricity bills are things of the past, thanks to the foresight of a resident. As summer approaches, borewells across the city dry up and tankers are summoned. However, for Residents of Mana Sarovar Apartment in Doddanekkundi Marathahalli, water crisis and hefty electricity bills are things [...] Continue Reading »
More than 150 persons were treated at city hospitals for injuries they suffered while celebrating Holi till Sunday evening. The KEM Hospital casualty department had 35 cases by evening. Sion Hospital received 31 cases, out of which three had to be admitted. St George Hospital received many intoxicated patients too. Some children and adults had [...] Continue Reading »
The Bangalore police are a busy lot now, after the commissioner ordered them to identify and report places, including apartment complexes and shrines, where CCTV cameras have been installed. The police had directed all banks to install CCTVs in their branches and ATMs. The memo has directed the police to check all jewellery shops, pawn [...] Continue Reading »
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has found a series of lapses on the part of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) in preventing pollution in the Bangalore Metropolitan Area (BMA). CAG report nails KSPCB, BDA, BWSSB & KPCL. According to the report for the financial year 2010 tabled in the Assembly, [...] Continue Reading »
Apartment communities, companies and even big families are ordering for boxes of organic colors to avoid pollution and side effects on skin and hair. A lot of apartment complexes and layouts are celebrating Holi together (on March 19 and 20). Herbal or organic colors have been the trend for the past few years. But this [...] Continue Reading »
The department of food and civil supplies is planning to provide fresh ration cards to those who do not possess one. The department will let people who do not possess ration cards to apply fresh through their online endeavours. The department would make an effort to make it easier for the applicants by carrying out [...] Continue Reading »
