Bescom

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  Bengaluru Engineer, 30, Robbed, Molested At Knifepoint In PG Accommodation

  A 30-year-old assistant engineer with BESCOM was allegedly robbed at knifepoint by an unidentified man inside her paying guest accommodation in Judicial Layout, police said.

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  Digital Arrest Horror: Man Transfers Rs 11 Lakh To Scammer, Dies By Suicide

  The man, identified as Kumar, left a handwritten suicide note, describing how he was blackmailed and coerced into transferring Rs 11 lakh into several bank accounts.

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  Bengaluru Woman, Infant Dead After Stepping On Live Wire, 5 Suspended

  A 23-year-old woman and her nine-month-old daughter were killed in a tragic incident of electrocution in Bengaluru that has raised questions about civic negligence.

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  How A Bengaluru-Based Resident Beat Hefty Electricity Bills While Following His Passion

  A solar energy initiative by a Bengaluru resident offering a cleaner and a greener option for the environment

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  Karnataka Government Planning To Set Up Two Lithium Battery Manufacturing Plants, Says Deputy CM Narayana

  Out of the two units, one will be reportedly established in the Hubballi region while the second will be set up near Chikkaballapura.

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  US Agency For International Development Announces 5 New Partnerships In India

  The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced five new partnerships, four of which are with the Government of India, to expand Indo-US cooperation on clean energy, environment and climate change.

• Belaku project emits 'powerful' response

  State government's ambitious power saving project, Belaku Scheme, has been successful in saving nearly one million units of power per day in Bangalore and Kolar. This project will kick start in Bangalore from January, stated officials.

• Soon, Bangalore can check its power consumption online

  While the much-hyped Rs 100-crore smart grid pilot project is yet to take off in the city, the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) is now planning to introduce smart meters that will give consumers the option to monitor and control their power consumption online.

• Telangana strike makes Bangalore power problems worse

  Brace for continual blackouts as the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM), which is now largely dependent on hydel power and other sources of energy, has literally raised its hands in helplessness.

• Bangalore: Abducted engineer's body found in Tamil Nadu

  Two days after a 55-year-old Bescom engineer went missing, his decomposed body was traced in Tamil Nadu in the wee hours of Thursday. Bangalore city police arrested five men, including the main accused Vijay Kumar, who was working as a wire man with the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). The incident came to light after the engineer's famil...

• Bangalore: City fears power cuts will continue, Bescom says no

  Bangaloreans had only just begun to settle down for the hiked power tariffs by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC), which was increased by 30 paise per unit on December 7. The bitter aftertaste had hardly left, and now the people also have to put up with frequent power disruptions."There were frequent disruptions in power lasting...

• Beware of these bombs on footpaths

  Transformers on the footpaths! One can see this wonder only in Bangalore City. The reason is clear. Unbridled construction, courtesy corrupt babudom, has eaten up every inch of public space in the past two decades of feverish development. BBMP blames Bescom for its negligent way of handling public safety. Councillors slam the power supplier for its...