All the news about HSR Layout, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Alert marshalls did a fabulous job of getting a water tanker seized for carrying hazardous chemicals and preparing to dump it in unauthorised areas. The exercise required them to follow the water tanker on their vehicles from Kottegepalya to Yelahanka. After establishing the facts, they coordinated with the RTO officials and traffic police to nail … Read more
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 demolition of the Rs 21-crore Jayadeva flyover that began on January 20 is slowly being erased from Bangalore’s landscape. One resident documents it before it goes away completely. For more on traffic diversions due to this activity, you can click here. MA Ravinder says that the dismantling of the flyover appeared to be “too … Read more
Six women aged between 26 and 40 years were rescued after a raid at an illegal spa in HSR Layout. Announcing the news, Sandeep Patil, joint commissioner of police (crime) tweeted: “Illegal Thai spa & massage centre raided at HSR layout.. 2 accused arrested.” On a tip off, the City Crime Branch (CCB) cops raided … 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
The residents are crying hoarse over the state government’s misplaced priorities. While the cash crunch is prompting the chief minister to ask every government department to cut down on expenses, the government is also mulling over introducing the Rs 27000 crore elevated corridor. The residents are against it, because they believe that during a cash … 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