Bangalore
In July, the government revised property rates in and around Bangalore after four years. While the department’s bandwidth was an average 30 per cent, it crossed 100 per cent in some areas. Once the rates were notified, calling for objections/suggestions from people, the government felt there was a mismatch between the department’s revised rates and [...] Continue Reading »
At Tungabhadra apartments in National Games Village, waste is not just segregated, egg shells are pounded to make nutrition supplement for plants, citrus peels are made into hand-made detergents by a women’s selfhelp group. The organic food waste becomes compost. “For dry waste, members of the selfhelp group segregate paper waste in 12 categories and [...] Continue Reading »
Two-wheeler riders, in an attempt to evade a pothole, may end up falling into roadside ditches which will again be filled with water. It’s not easy even for four-wheelers. In their eagerness to avoid driving over a pothole, many end up meeting with accidents. Else, the bumpy ride over potholes ends up hurting their backs [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of Neelasandra stated that the area was not being cleaned properly with waste from the houses left to rot in the streets for days together attracting rodents and stray dogs. They also complained about the poor condition of roads and the irregular supply of electricity. They are not notified that the timings of [...] Continue Reading »
Lawyers in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata have been approached by people whose dream homes remain a distant dream as real estate developers keep postponing projects and missing delivery deadlines. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) order has come as a huge boost to those looking for relief as some have decided to move the [...] Continue Reading »
Several banks had reduced their yearly business growth targets following slowing in credit offtake on account of increasing interest rates. The Reserve Bank of India has raised policy rates 11 times in the past 16 months, making funds dearer. Banks are looking to boost credit growth, which has suffered due to high interest rates. Most [...] Continue Reading »
Ten multi-level parking facilities will come up for Rs 100 crore at different locations in Bangalore where shopping malls are located and parking is an issue. The places chosen include : A vacant site in one corner of Freedom Park, on Gandhi Bazar Main Road, a vacant land next to Garuda Mall, at Jayanagar shopping [...] Continue Reading »
A mile-long jam was seen on MG Road following continuous flow of protestors at the Gandhi statue at the junction of Kasturba-MG Road junction throughout the day. What contributed largely to the traffic jam in the central business district was a tree fall on Raj Bhavan Road which is partially closed due to Namma Metro [...] Continue Reading »
Newly sworn-in chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda will symbolically kick off the Bangalore campaign of handing out unique ID (UID) numbers to 80 lakh Bangaloreans by turning up for enrolment at Yavanika, the State Youth Centre on Nrupathunga Road, on Wednesday morning. Aadhaar enrolment in the IT city will be 24/7 with special focus [...] Continue Reading »
BDA’s announcement on compensation has brought cheer among lakhs of farmers, the site-desiring middle-class Bangaloreans are a worried lot – as that dream BDA site may now be out of reach. The proposed record hike in the price of BDA sites is bound to come as a blow to the middle-class Bangalorean. Behind this dramatic [...] Continue Reading »
