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

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

Cyber crimes doubled in Bangalore in 2019 compared to 2018!

cybercrime police station

Cyber crimes rose by 100 percent in 2019 compared to the previous year. While there were 5036 incidents in 2018, there were 9999 incidents reported in 2019. There could have been more, but the cyber crime station shut because its software was not able to process complaints that were more than four digits. Finally, it … Read more

BEWARE: BWSSB contractors demanding money for pipeline works! Residents protest and get their money back!

bwssb pipeline

Beware if any BWSSB contractors come to you asking for a lot of money towards relaying a pipeline or fixing the pipeline work in your lane. They are out to make extra money at your expense. One resident Geetha VM exposed this nexus in HSR Layout today when workers knocked on her door demanding money … Read more

People selling parakeets arrested in Koramangala!

parakeets

On December 21, 2019, at around 7.30pm, Koramangala inspector SD Shashidhar received a tip off that two people were illegally selling parakeets to people near Ambedkar park in Koramangala 8th Block. He was told that these birds were illegally caught in the forests and being sold in the city. After ascertaining the facts, the inspector … Read more

Two persons dupe a Whitefield resident of Rs 88,000 on the pretext of selling a scooter on OLX!

Two persons dupe a Whitefield resident of Rs 88,000 on the pretext of selling a scooter on OLX! 1

  Imran, a 23-year-old resident of Whitefield, has complained to the cops that he was duped by two persons posing as sellers of an Activa scooter on OLX. The incident occurred on November 30, 2019 when he found their advertisement on the online website. Claiming to be Sanjay Singh and KD, they allegedly asked Imran … Read more