The mock fire and disaster management drills post the Carlton Towers tragedy in Bengaluru seems to have brought in some sense of awareness about natural disasters among its citizens. Most of the IT m

Natural calamities like earthquakes occur without warning, but seismic experts feel that lives can be saved if vulnerable areas are demarcated since it would be as good as predicting the disaster.

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The City shook and a “tsunami” of panic prevailed, forcing the occupants of high-rise buildings to run out for safety. Apartment dwellers, tech park employees, bank staff evacuated the premises after

Mysore, the Culture City, will soon switch to bio-fuel. Over 2 lakh litres of bio-diesel will be supplied every month from Bengaluru as major sectors from Mysore have come forward to blend the green f

The eastern part of the city consumes the most amount of electricity and hence stands first among the higher carbon emission areas of Bengaluru. An ongoing study by the Wetland and Energy Research Gro

External affairs minister S.M. Krishna, has pulled off something of a coup. His campaign to rename Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) as the Kempe Gowda International Airport has met with the Union

External affairs minister S.M. Krishna, has pulled off something of a coup. His campaign to rename Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) as the Kempe Gowda International Airport has met with the Union

The BBMP is giving the Forest Department a hard time by refusing to dismantle a road it built as a temporary measure on a lake.

The road was built by the BBMP on the Puttenahalli Lake near Yelahanka

When one talks about traffic congestion in Bengaluru, the first thing that comes to mind is the city’s arterial roads where there is bumper to bumper traffic during peak traffic hours. Similar conditi

Some 300 cars in the city are running on green fuel or bio-diesel, the alternative to diesel. These cars are blending 20 per cent of green fuel with normal diesel. In the coming days more green fuel w