How BBMP removes a black spot in double quick time!

blackspot removal

BBMP Commissioner Anil Kumar has uploaded a video about how quickly his staff can turn around a garbage black spot. It’s worth a watch. Soon after posting this on Facebook, the civic agency chief received scores of responses from residents who wanted him to make over their streets as well. Posted Sushil Singh with a … Read more

Puma store manager cheats firm by illegally selling goods worth Rs 36 lakh

Puma factory outlet

  M Singh (30) who runs the Puma factory outlet in Doddakannelli on Sarjapur Road has complained that his store manager allegedly cheated him to the tune of Rs 36 lakh. The alleged fraud happened between November 21 and December 12, 2019, according to Singh, a resident of Indiranagar. The accused is Mansoor, a resident … Read more

Rs 1 lakh cheating case against travel firm for duping city resident

travel scam

  Ragini, a 36-year-old resident of Haralur near HSR Layout, has filed a case of cheating and criminal breach of trust against the proprietors of Tripwisers, a partner of Yatra travel portal. To book a holiday package to Thailand, Ragini apparently paid Rs 98839 through Google Pay to Tripwisers on October 19, 2019 as directed … Read more

Gail gas marker controversy: Officials say ‘human error, no scam’

Fake Gail Gas signboards

Days after we unearthed what appeared to be a scam of claiming to lay a pipeline when only the marker was placed, the Gail gas officials in HSR Layout say that it was a ‘human error’ due to a miscommunication between the engineers and the contractors when the markers were being erected many months ago. … Read more

New electronic beat system in Bangalore to make night police patrolling more efficient!

e-beat system

Deputy Commissioner of Police Isha Pant took to Twitter today to announce  the launch of a new e-beat system in South East division of the city. Created by a city firm, it is an Android app loaded on smartphones and tablets of constables and senior officials who can monitor their routes to ensure proper attendance, … Read more

Indiranagar residents want all illegal pubs to shut down or behave!

buffalo wild wings

Recently, Indiranagar’s 54th pub, Buffalo Wild Wings, came up in violation of the laws, and against the wishes of the residents. The inhabitants say that they are not resting until all the illegal pubs either vanish from their neighbourhood or comply with all the building bylaws, noise and excise norms, among others. More than a … Read more

Manipal Hospitals fined Rs 1 lakh for improper disposal of medical waste!

Manipal Hospitals

Manipal Hospitals in Jayanagar 9th Block was fined by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) for mixing medical waste with general garbage and handing it over to an open BBMP lorry. They were fined Rs 1 lakh for the offence by a vigilant BBMP marshall as it was against the Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules (BMWMR), … Read more

Gail Gas scam: Contractor erects signboards and falsely claims to have laid the pipeline!

Fake Gail Gas signboards

  A major scam is unearthed in HSR Layout where a contractor only erected boards on one side of the road claiming to have laid the underground pipeline which they hadn’t. The scam was unearthed when Gail Gas officials were trying to give a connection to one house on 15th B Main in Sector 3. … Read more

Bangalore’s first zero-waste juice bar at IIMB run for underprivileged children!

Saahas zero waste

The Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) hosted a run for the cause of underprivileged children. It was a zero-waste event that hosted a stall by Eat Raja, one of ‘India’s first zero-waste juice bars’. Suffice it to say that Eat Raja is definitely one of Bangalore’s first zero-waste juice bars, and a laudable enterprise … Read more

Quick voter registrations across Bangalore from Jan 6-8. Enrol now!

voter ID campaign

If you are aged between 18 and 20 years and don’t possess a voter ID, here is the time to register yourself quickly at the nearest BBMP office or polling booth. To enrol online or know about your polling booth, you can visit here. Remember to be at the BBMP offices or polling booths between … Read more

Crime rate in IT corridor highest in Whitefield, followed by Koramangala & HSR Layout!

bangalore crime records

With the dawn of 2020, it is time to look at the crime rate last year. We analysed five police stations in the IT corridor, and found the highest incidence of crime recorded in Whitefield followed distantly by Koramangala and HSR Layout. Bellandur and Electronic City made up the tail end. However, one has to … Read more