Bangalore Municipality

In the late 1990s, when SM Krishna and Chandrababu Naidu were Chief Ministers of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad's effort to challenge Bangalore's numero uno position in the world of IT was a constant headline in the pink papers.

These days to fix a pothole, Bengaluru civic officials start by making it bigger. Once it is cut into a more regular, rectangular shape, the 'Python' gets to work.

In Congress-ruled Karnataka, capital Bengaluru has picked the BJP again to fix its chronic civic problems, handing the party a majority in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike or BBMP, that it has controlled for the last five years.

Voting for Bengaluru's municipal body known as the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike or BBMP ended today with less than 50 per cent voter turnout, underscoring once again the city's apathy to polls.

Bengaluru is voting today to elect its civic body, amid major concerns of traffic and cleanliness faced by its residents, in a high-prestige political battle. Till 12 noon, just 11 per cent of the electorate had come out to vote.

With the municipal elections due this Saturday, the residents of Bengaluru are thinking more than usual about the civic challenges faced by the city. A garden city that first turned into the country's IT capital, became a pensioner's paradise, and is now a startup town.

With familiar-sounding promises to clear out the garbage on streets, fix traffic jams, mend potholes and clean up filthy lakes, aspirants for the Bengaluru civic polls have jumped into the fray. Their first task at hand? Raise the offensive on opponents.

This is my 31st year as an elected representative. In 1983, I was first elected as a municipal councillor in Bengaluru - also called Corporator. The day I entered the municipal corporation building a senior leader gave me a pep talk that I must stay always accessible and approachable to the common man.

India's third largest IT firm Wipro has been threatened with legal action by authorities for allegedly not paying Rs 16.47 crore property tax as sought by the Bangalore municipal corporation.

The driver of the SUV, who allegedly mowed down four people, including two women, and inured six others on Monday has surrendered in a Bangalore court. The accused is 60-year-old Krishnappa, who was the president of the Bommanahalli city municipal council till 2009. He used to live alone in the civic ward after his wife and daughter deserted him ov...

The Karnataka High Court has warned Bangalore's civic body, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), that it would be superseded if it finds that politics is being played while dealing with the garbage issue in the city. This is the second rap from the court in less than three weeks to do the clean-up act.

Keeping an eye on next year's state assembly election, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Thursday presented a Rs 9,498.90 crore budget and announced several schemes for poor people.

The next time you visit any of the 31 hospitals under Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and experience poor service, blame it on the civic body which has permitted half its doctors to pursue higher studies for two years, in violation of the Karnataka Civil Services (KCSA) Act, 1978. As many as 15 doctors, out of the 29 working for BBMP, hav...

How safe is the food that's served to you at your favourite 'darshini' or coffee shop? With only six food inspectors in the municipal corporation's health department to check around 1lakh eateries, the situation is grim.Food inspectors are supposed to conduct regular checks to inspect how food is being cooked and ensure cleanliness both inside and ...

The ruling BJP in Karnataka has captured the Bangalore city corporation for the first time, wresting the civic body from Congress in fiercely contested polls held last week.

In the late 1990s, when SM Krishna and Chandrababu Naidu were Chief Ministers of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad's effort to challenge Bangalore's numero uno position in the world of IT was a constant headline in the pink papers.

These days to fix a pothole, Bengaluru civic officials start by making it bigger. Once it is cut into a more regular, rectangular shape, the 'Python' gets to work.

In Congress-ruled Karnataka, capital Bengaluru has picked the BJP again to fix its chronic civic problems, handing the party a majority in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike or BBMP, that it has controlled for the last five years.

Voting for Bengaluru's municipal body known as the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike or BBMP ended today with less than 50 per cent voter turnout, underscoring once again the city's apathy to polls.

Bengaluru is voting today to elect its civic body, amid major concerns of traffic and cleanliness faced by its residents, in a high-prestige political battle. Till 12 noon, just 11 per cent of the electorate had come out to vote.

With the municipal elections due this Saturday, the residents of Bengaluru are thinking more than usual about the civic challenges faced by the city. A garden city that first turned into the country's IT capital, became a pensioner's paradise, and is now a startup town.

With familiar-sounding promises to clear out the garbage on streets, fix traffic jams, mend potholes and clean up filthy lakes, aspirants for the Bengaluru civic polls have jumped into the fray. Their first task at hand? Raise the offensive on opponents.

This is my 31st year as an elected representative. In 1983, I was first elected as a municipal councillor in Bengaluru - also called Corporator. The day I entered the municipal corporation building a senior leader gave me a pep talk that I must stay always accessible and approachable to the common man.

India's third largest IT firm Wipro has been threatened with legal action by authorities for allegedly not paying Rs 16.47 crore property tax as sought by the Bangalore municipal corporation.

The driver of the SUV, who allegedly mowed down four people, including two women, and inured six others on Monday has surrendered in a Bangalore court. The accused is 60-year-old Krishnappa, who was the president of the Bommanahalli city municipal council till 2009. He used to live alone in the civic ward after his wife and daughter deserted him ov...

The Karnataka High Court has warned Bangalore's civic body, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), that it would be superseded if it finds that politics is being played while dealing with the garbage issue in the city. This is the second rap from the court in less than three weeks to do the clean-up act.

Keeping an eye on next year's state assembly election, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Thursday presented a Rs 9,498.90 crore budget and announced several schemes for poor people.

The next time you visit any of the 31 hospitals under Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and experience poor service, blame it on the civic body which has permitted half its doctors to pursue higher studies for two years, in violation of the Karnataka Civil Services (KCSA) Act, 1978. As many as 15 doctors, out of the 29 working for BBMP, hav...

How safe is the food that's served to you at your favourite 'darshini' or coffee shop? With only six food inspectors in the municipal corporation's health department to check around 1lakh eateries, the situation is grim.Food inspectors are supposed to conduct regular checks to inspect how food is being cooked and ensure cleanliness both inside and ...

The ruling BJP in Karnataka has captured the Bangalore city corporation for the first time, wresting the civic body from Congress in fiercely contested polls held last week.