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
While there was much criticism heaped on the idea of garbage marshalls not being able to do their job due to the lack of help from the cops, residents and BBMP officials, the news is that they were still able to collect Rs 22 lakh as fines in January 2020. There are 198 marshalls, one … Read more
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is setting up snazzy traffic management booths across 19 locations in Bangalore. This is to ensure that the cops are able to rest and insulate themselves from the vagaries of the weather in addition to heavy pollution during peak hours. According to BBMP Commissioner Anil Kumar, the kiosks are … Read more
This video was captured by BMTC commuter Hamid. When he confronted the driver for assaulting the biker, the driver first asked him to speak in Kannada. When Hamid spoke to him in broken Kannada, the driver asked him: “Who are you to ask?” The BMTC authorities have seen the video and promised action by tweeting, … Read more
It all began with a concerned tweet by city police commissioner Bhaskar Rao about how school vans are crammed to the roof with children even sitting above the gas cylinders. What followed was a chain reaction where over 3000 people began talking about this. The outburst led the residents to suggest that the cops punish … Read more
The Rs 21 crore Jayadeva flyover is being demolished from today to make way for the Metro line. Parking and traffic restrictions have already begun. Sources say that the demolition would take a month and will largely be done at night without the use of explosives. Trucks will be stationed to remove the debris … Read more
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
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
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