All the news about Whitefield, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
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
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
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
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
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 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 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
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
The scientific community and rationalists came out with a silent awareness campaign at Town Hall today asking people to say ‘no’ to superstition. Today, being solar eclipse between 8.30am and 11.30am, they encouraged people to drink, eat and even watch the eclipse with special shades. However, they cautioned that people should avoid watching it with … Read more
Byg Brewski that opened its doors in May 2018 on Sarjapur Road, was shut down on December 24, 2019 by the authorities for violating various rules and also inconveniencing the public. Importantly, it was a commercial enterprise operating in a residential area with no valid permissions. After receiving scores of complaints, it had to be … Read more
According to BBMP Commissioner BH Anil Kumar, BBMP is trying to reclaim Bengaluru’s Garden City tag. According to him, there are 1408 parks and gardens being maintained by the civic body. “While 1135 of them have been fully developed, work is on to beautify 273 parks,” he tweeted to much plaudits. Some more suggestions from … Read more
After Flipkart and Myntra, it was now the turn of Adyar Ananda Bhavan (A2B). Clearly, these big chains have no sense of responsibility towards the environment and thereby, humans. Adyar was fined Rs 1 lakh by the city corporation for using banned plastic and not segregating waste, thereby violating the rules of Solid Waste Management … Read more