Bengaluru News
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08 Feb 2018
KarnatakaBengaluru to have app-based cycle services soon
As app-based taxi services have became hugely popular amongst people, many start-ups are now turning to provide dockless bicycle rental services for commuters in Bengaluru for last-mile connectivity.
07 Feb 2018
KarnatakaBengaluru Traffic Police goes online: Will accept vehicle-documents on app
Motorists in Bengaluru need not worry about carrying original vehicle documents any longer, as the traffic police and other transport agencies will soon be accepting scanned copy of the documents stored on the smartphone's DigiLocker app.
06 Feb 2018
KarnatakaBengaluru: Cab driver breaks customer's leg for puking in car
A man was allegedly assaulted by a cab driver in Bengaluru after he threw up in the car near Kogilu Cross on Ballari Road.
05 Feb 2018
KarnatakaBengaluru: After Kannada becomes mandatory in schools, parents take lessons
After Karnataka government made the Kannada language compulsory in all schools starting from the academic session 2018-19, Bengaluru parents are now in a rush to learn the language and its script.
03 Feb 2018
KarnatakaBengaluru woman and son charred to death in car fire
A 30-year-old woman and her four-year-old son were charred to death inside their Maruti Ritz car after it mysteriously caught fire in the basement of their apartment in southeast Bengaluru's Whitefield area on Friday.
03 Feb 2018
KarnatakaBengaluru's Namma Metro trains to get three additional coaches
Bengaluru's Namma Metro is all set to get its much-awaited additional train coaches soon.
01 Feb 2018
Karnataka#DecodingBudget: Jaitley announces 160-km suburban rail network for Bengaluru
Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday gave nod to the long pending demand of suburban rail project in Bengaluru while announcing the Union Budget 2018.
31 Jan 2018
KarnatakaBengaluru Airport records 25 million passenger traffic in 2017
It was recently reported that Bengaluru's Kempegowda International airport recorded a passenger traffic of 25 million in 2017 which represents a growth of 13% over the previous year.
29 Jan 2018
KarnatakaBengaluru: 500 pink autorickshaws to hit roads by April
Bengaluru roads are all set to get their first fleet of pink autorickshaws, reserved only for women, by April this year. A total number of 500 autorickshaws will hit the city roads and women drivers will be given preference to drive them.
27 Jan 2018
KarnatakaKarnataka CM launches mobile Indira canteens in Bengaluru
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah recently flagged off 24 mobile Indira Canteens. The canteens were launched to make the state hunger-free by serving food to the poor at subsidized rates.
26 Jan 2018
BengaluruBengaluru: Man arrested for conning BSNL, running fake telephone exchange
A former BPO employee was arrested for allegedly conning BSNL and causing huge losses to the telecom company.
25 Jan 2018
KarnatakaKarnataka: Doctor arrested for misbehaving with female patient
A retired government doctor was arrested for allegedly misbehaving with a female patient at his private clinic in Byadarahalli area of Ramanagara district of Karnataka.
24 Jan 2018
KarnatakaKarnataka registers first ever transgender marriage in state
Karnataka, for the first time on Tuesday, registered its first-ever transgender marriage in Bengaluru.
24 Jan 2018
KarnatakaMahadayi dispute: Two bandhs in 10 days to hit Karnataka
In a bid to resolve the Mahadayi water dispute, pro-Kannada organizations have called for two bandhs in the state over the next two weeks. While January 25 will witness a state-wide bandh, the second bandh on February 4 will only be for Bengaluru.
23 Jan 2018
KarnatakaBengaluru faces cold spell, temperature dips by two degrees
As soon as the residents of Bengaluru thought summer was almost round the corner, the city witnessed a sudden dip in mercury making the temperature fall by at least two degrees.
23 Jan 2018
KarnatakaBengaluru police make ISI mark helmets mandatory from February 1
After taking action against half-helmets and insisting children need to wear helmets too, Bengaluru traffic police has now decided to make ISI mark helmets mandatory for all motorists.
20 Jan 2018
KarnatakaBengaluru lake fire doused by Army after seven hours
After the civic administration of Bengaluru failed to douse the fire at Bellandur lake on Friday, Army had to be called in to take control of the situation.
19 Jan 2018
PolandKempegowda International Airport to get in-house Waste Management plant soon
Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport(KIA) that generates over 20 tonnes of waste every day, will soon set up its own in-house integrated Solid Waste Management plant(SWM).
19 Jan 2018
KarnatakaBengaluru's Bellandur lake catches fire once again
The infamous Bellandur lake in South East Bengaluru once again caught fire on Friday morning around 10 am, as nearby residents spotted smoke emitting from the severely-polluted lake.
19 Jan 2018
KarnatakaKarnataka High Court to become first paperless court
The Karnataka government has recently decided to implement Integrated Court Case Management System (ICCMS) for its courts. The implementation of the system will convert the state's High Court and its benches at Hubballi-Dharawad and Kalaburagi into paperless courts.
17 Jan 2018
KarnatakaBengaluru: Video of drunk-mob attacking woman and men goes viral
A shocking video of a group of men, mostly drunk, attacking three persons in a motorbike in the lanes of Bengaluru's Indira Nagar area has gone viral almost after a fortnight of the incident.
16 Jan 2018
KarnatakaKarnataka govt to roll out free Wi-Fi for rural youth
Ahead of the Karnataka state Assembly election that is to be held this year, the state government has proposed to take technology to the gram panchayat level by providing the rural youth with free Wi-Fi and better employment opportunities.
15 Jan 2018
KarnatakaKarnataka: Cops transport journalist's dead body in garbage truck
The dead body of a local journalist from Gadag district of Karnataka was shifted to a hospital in a garbage truck by the police on Sunday, triggering fury and anger amongst the media fraternity and his family.
25 Dec 2017
KarnatakaBengaluru: Techie mysteriously goes missing; left home to meet OLX-buyer
Ajitabh Kumar, a 29-year-old Bengaluru-based software engineer, had gone missing last Monday (18 December) in a rather mysterious manner.
12 Dec 2017
KarnatakaBengaluru Central Prison inmates to get Aadhaar, bank accounts
Bengaluru's Parappana Agrahara prison is gearing up for a new project: issuing Aadhaar cards to its inmates.
01 Dec 2017
KarnatakaBengaluru: Man rescued after 51hrs, to be booked for trespassing
In a freak incident, a Bengaluru man fell into a ditch at Karnataka's Gaganachukki waterfalls on Saturday afternoon.
17 Nov 2017
KarnatakaEveryday 22 fined for smoking in public in southeast Bengaluru
In a bid to control smoking at public areas, nearly two dozen individuals in Bengaluru were fined everyday till mid-October for smoking in public.
16 Nov 2017
IndiaBengaluru fourth deadliest city for motorists
This year, approximately 500 individuals have died so far navigating Bangalore's streets, making it the nation's fourth-deadliest city for motorists.
16 Nov 2017
KarnatakaBengaluru: Private doctors on indefinite strike from today
About 6,000 private hospitals/clinics in Bengaluru have shut down their OPD services and elective surgeries indefinitely in protest against amendments proposed to the Karnataka Private Medical Establishments Bill.
16 Nov 2017
KarnatakaBengaluru teen abducted, gang-raped for 10 days; four arrested
A teen girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped at a lodge in Bengaluru for 10 days, city police revealed on Wednesday.
15 Nov 2017
TransgendersBengaluru: Mayor promises bus passes, home loans for transgender community
After a meeting with the Bengaluru's transgender community, Mayor Sampath Raj promised them that the BBMP would meet all of their demands.
14 Nov 2017
IndiaBengaluru company picked by Facebook for marketing mix modelling partnership
RainMan Consulting, a Bengaluru-based marketing analytics company, has become one of the primary firms in Asia to join hands with Facebook as a marketing mix modelling partner (MMM).
11 Nov 2017
KarnatakaBengaluru's own mini Niagara Falls to be ready by January
Bengaluru's famous Lalbagh botanical gardens will soon have mini-Niagara falls on its premises.
10 Nov 2017
BengaluruBengaluru: Iconic Big Kids Kemp closing its door
The iconic shopping destination of MG road, Big Kids Kemp will down its shutters on Friday.
09 Nov 2017
IndiaBengaluru beats San Francisco in confidence to undergo digital transformation
India's Silicon Valley, Bengaluru has been ranked first, ahead of San Francisco, for the confidence of its business leaders in their digital environment based on people's skills and infrastructure.
08 Nov 2017
KarnatakaBengaluru witnessing worst power crisis
Unscheduled power cuts ranging between 4 to 10 hours has disrupted normal life in several parts of Bengaluru.
14 Oct 2017
KarnatakaBengaluru: Couple dead, 3 feared drowned in heavy rainstorm
Heavy rainfall in Bengaluru's Kurubarahalli and Lagere on Friday night led to the death of a couple due to a wall collapse.
13 Oct 2017
KarnatakaBengaluru: Bus stops to display real-time information
The Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Communication (BMTC) has planned to launch digital bus-information displays at 251 bus stops in the city.
12 Oct 2017
KarnatakaBengaluru: Karnataka gears up for Vidhana Soudha's diamond jubilee
Karnataka is all set to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Vidhana Soudha on October 25th.
26 Sep 2017
BengaluruBengaluru NCC cadet drowns in pond while friends click selfies
On Sunday, a 17-year-old NCC cadet from Bengaluru's National College drowned in a pond, even as his friends were busy taking selfies.
