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According to source, 216 roads have been identified for widening and more than 37,000 properties across Bangalore will be affected by the proposed road-widening work to be taken up by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). If BBMP decide to pay compensation to poperty owners in cash, BBMP would have to pay nearly Rs. 10,000 [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Vasant Enclave have not been getting regular water supply for three weeks now. Until three weeks ago, the residents of 44 households in south Delhi’s Vasant Enclave area were getting contaminated water that would stink. They stopped using supply water and got their tanks cleaned. Now the residents had to rely on Delhi [...] Continue Reading »
Exactly two months after the first campaign hit the streets, four cities in India —Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore — Meter Jam II will jam meters on October 12. The “Meter Jam” campaign was launched by three adVertising professionals Abhilash Krishnan, Jaidev Rupani and Rachana Brar online on August 12. More than 12,500 citizens have [...] Continue Reading »
Direct Taxes Code Bill proposed to make an NRI liable to pay tax on global income The new DTC (Direct Taxes Code) Bill has been proposed in order to make an NRI liable to pay tax on global income if he resides in India in a particular year. In addition, the DTC has also removed [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Mukherjee Nagar and Model Town fear that by Friday evening their houses might be inundated with water from the drains and sewers. Many residents of north and southeast Delhi colonies such as Model Town, Mukherjee Nagar and Batla House were forced to skip work on Thursday to shift their families and belongings to [...] Continue Reading »
HelpAge India (HAI) on Wednesday launched a toll-free ‘Elders State Helpline‘ in Bangalore. The objective of support system is to help seniors who are neglected, abused, harassed and financially exploited. The helpline number is 1800-180-1253 and will operate 24×7. Senior citizens living in the city may call 1800-180-1253 between 9.15 a.m. and 5.15 p.m. for [...] Continue Reading »
When roads and parks inside the community are controlled by civic authorities, how can such layouts be called gated communities?- BDA Commissioner Bharat Lal Meena Goutham Margabandu, a senior software engineer, frequently traveled to the US and was often away from home for days on end. His family resides in the city and with him [...] Continue Reading »
BBMP has issued notices has issued notices threatening to cancel the khatas (equivalent to title deeds) of 307 of the 650 land owners in the scenic 58-acre BHEL House Building Co-operative Society layout in Rajarajeshwari Nagar. For the last 35 years, Ranjini Harish, now a retired BHEL officer, saved every penny to build a two-storeyed [...] Continue Reading »
Policemen attached to the South-East Division of the Bangalore city police have cracked 113 cases of theft, robbery, dacoity and cheating over the past fortnight and recovered property worth Rs. 1.16 crore from 40 persons.The recovered property consists of 11 four-wheelers, 72 two-wheelers, one goods carrier, Rs. 1.47 lakh in cash, seven cows, a diamond [...] Continue Reading »
After two years of work, the BBMP is finally hopeful of completing its first GIS-based property database in another three months. The Palike plans to ask the electricity board to share its database of household meters to cross-verify property details recorded in its property tax database that is currently being updated on the Geo Information [...] Continue Reading »
