Residents fleeced for new water connections
People living in areas added newly to the BBMP, complain they are being fleeced for getting a BWSSB connection under the new Cauvery Water Supply Scheme Stage IV Phase II. Many claim they are being o
Cauvery report to be submitted in three days
A report would be submitted to the centre within three days on the water scarcity and difficulties in raising ‘Samba’ paddy crop, R.K .Gupta, leader of the central team touring Cauvery delta districts
Hyderabad plays perfect host
Despite the media condem-ning the preparation for the CoP-11, Hyderabad has been lauded for playing perfect host, with the cops and volunteers going full out to help the delegates. The Convention on B
Traffic police to clear station backyards, recycle junk
The city traffic police will recycle and reuse property that often lies abandoned at traffic police stations. Batteries, cameras, broken signal lights, signal posts and traffic signs are left to rot i
Tech colleges get offer to shut shop
With a record number of seats in engineering colleges across the state finding no takers, the All India Council for Technical Education has asked the college managements to inform it before December i
Bigger role in offing for Suvarna Soudha
The government is reportedly considering shifting some of its offices from the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru to the Suvarna Soudha in Belgaum and could take a decision after the joint session of the sta
Hunt for ex-IAS officer’s son for duping many
The Kochi police has joined in the hunt for an IAS officer’s son, who had allegedly duped several people in the city.
The accused, identified as Purushottam Pandey, son of former Karnataka IAS offic
Defaulters’ sewer lines to be severed
After disconnecting several water lines in the city, the Water Board has warned defaulters that it will disconnect even sewerage lines unless they clear the dues. The Water Board disconnected 272 wate
‘Bandhs do no good, only inconvenience people’
The issues may be genuine but are violent protests and bandhs the only way to register protest? We, in Bengaluru, have seen strikes and bandhs quite frequently of late. There was a two-day bus strike,
Rs 84 cr projects for city’s development
The city corporation council has approved development works worth Rs 84 crore for the year 2012-2013 under the 12th Five Year Plan.
Projects aimed at improving the living conditions of the public ha