Take it seriously. Don’t bother with people who say that you are simply panicking as there are no deaths in India so far, and only about 74 people are infected. The reasons the counts are less could be because it takes 14 days for the virus to show up through symptoms, and by then imagine … Read more
QR code scams have risen in Bangalore and this case in Whitefield is the latest.
With information overload, fear mongering, and much misinformation spreading across the social media channels, it is important to know about the most reliable sources of information. For example, there was news that China had approved a vaccine for coronavirus, when the truth is that there was no such news by any official source of the … Read more
The BBMP has teamed up with the ever-famous The Ugly Indian, an anonymous group of citizens hellbent on cleaning up the city, and Embassy Builders to beautify the 101 pillars of the elevated road between Hebbal flyover and the Bangalore Airport. It’s truly a joy to see colours on a drab, cemented structure. Here are … Read more
It’s best to transact through credit cards rather than debit cards as such instruments are insured by the bank against any kind of fraud. Thirty-year-old K Sekhar Babu of Whitefield realised this when he noticed that fraudsters had used his credit card to withdraw Rs 1.5 lakh in three equal installments, even though he hadn’t … Read more
When this video of a person doing wheeling on Outer Ring Road near HRBR Layout was tweeted to the city cops on February 28, 2020, the RT Nagar traffic police booked against the rider for wheeling the very next day. However, the residents want such people to be jailed and his licence cancelled. The BTM … Read more
The Central Crime Branch (CCB) is hard at work. From raiding hookah bars and prostitution joints to drug traffickers, the latest news is that it has booked one person for releasing fraudulent advertisements in the print media, and cheating them of their monies. According to Sandeep Patil, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime), people should not … Read more
A query using the Right to Information (RTI) Act has revealed that the government of HD Kumaraswamy and Siddaramaiah, the Congress-JD(S) combine sat on a Rs 56 crore B.TRAC proposal to decongest Bangalore since 2017. While there is no word on what the BJP government is planning to decongest the city, there are sporadic announcements … Read more
The city cops have confirmed that cyber crimes, particularly QR code frauds have gone up of late. Says Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sandeep Patil: “Cheating on OLX/Quikr and other online shopping portals have increased in recent times. A special team of City Crime Branch of 12 officers camped in Rajasthan for 20 days and … Read more
The West division of traffic police has begun to remove abandoned vehicles from roads and footpaths in Bangalore. Residents can tweet with pictures to Bangalore Traffic Police about such vehicles for prompt action. Announcing the special drive, Dr Soumyalatha SK has said that if residents notice any vehicles, either junk or abandoned, they can take … Read more
Three organisations have come together and teamed up with BBMP to green all the areas under the municipal limits that can be used for planting trees. It’s called the ‘Green Ward Challenge’ to plant 1 crore trees in Bangalore. According to Tara Krishnaswamy, the way to greening your ward is as easy as following the … Read more
For fixing the bad roads in the city, the residents filed a Public Interest Litigation in the Karnataka High Court. In the proceedings, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has told the court that the roads can WhatsApp the agency on 94806-85700 for any problem related to bad roads, potholes, footpath encroachments, and so on. … Read more