Two government agencies in Bengaluru are trying their best to eliminate plastic patriotism this Independence Day. The BBMP and the State Pollution Control Board have banned the sale of plastic Tricolo

Photographing traffic violations has increased the number of people caught breaking traffic rules. Last month 1,76,606 traffic offences were booked on evidence provided by surveillance cameras and p

The forest department has dismissed four officials of Nagarhole Tiger Reserve (NTR) on charges of failing to notice an elephant death in the reserve. Earlier, a forest guard and three forest watchers

Two new initiatives have been designed to encourage commuters to switch to public transport and cycling. All buses, BMTC and private, moving along Tumkur Road, now have to take the service road while

An RTI application to city police has revealed that there are now 17,000 arm licence holders in city and their numbers are growing. This means that for every ward in Bengaluru, there are 100 plus guns

A major advantage of being included in the list of Unesco World Heritage Sites is increased funding for research and documentation of these areas. Of the 39 sites in the Western Ghats added to the lis

Putting an end to the confusion among politicians over the status of the Western Ghats, the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has clarified that the declaration of the ghats as a Word Heritage Site by

Twelve bonnet macaques (common monkey) died on Friday after eating rice balls laced with rat poison while three have been sent to a rescue shelter. The mass killing of the macaques was reported in Tar

Cracking down on drunken driving, a city court has, for the first time, convicted a repeat offender to 10 days in jail. Judge N.G. Dinesh of the Metropolitan Magistrate Court sent M. Kishore, a reside

The two friends of Satwik Shashtri who died in an elephant attack inside the Bannerghatta National Park (BNP) are reportedly absconding after the incident. Satwik Shashtri, 24, who was working as a se