5 dead as rain brings Bengaluru to its knees

At least five people were killed in separate rain-related incidents on Tuesday in Bengaluru, which has been reeling under incessant rains for the past three days causing widespread flooding in......

As Bengaluru gets inundated in rains, netizens flood social media

Amid the heavy downpour in Bengaluru, residents of many flood-affected areas have taken to social media to pour out their woes ranging from waterlogging to complaining about "crumbling"......

K'taka BJP MLA held for threatening contractor, using casteist slurs

Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Munirathna was arrested on Saturday in connection with two first information reports being lodged against him for alleged harassment, threats and casteist abuse, the......

Karnataka shuts mall for 7 days after denying entry to farmer

The Karnataka government on Thursday ordered closure of a mall here for seven days after a farmer was allegedly denied entry owing to his attire -- a 'dhoti' and a white shirt --, an incident which......

Wipro faces legal action for 'not paying' property tax

Wipro has been threatened with legal action by authorities for allegedly not paying Rs 16.47 crore (Rs 164.7 million) property tax as sought by the Bangalore municipal corporation. Wipro said it is......

Property tax notice slapped on Wipro

Bengaluru civic authorities have sent a property tax notice to Wipro Ltd, asking the software major to pay dues of more than Rs 19 crore (Rs 190 million) along with interest or face severe legal......

Civic body to use web to detect erring contractors

Contractors slipping on deadlines in completing construction work accorded by the city corporation can now easily be detected, thanks to the service provider's move to roll out a web-based project......

Students assist B'lore civic authorities

In all my years of covering infrastructure as a newspaper journalist, I hadn't seen anything like this. Hear citizens crib about the crumbling infrastructure in Bangalore? Yes, all the time.......