No takers for BDA’s PPP model at GIM
The Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA) which had great hopes from the just concluded Global Investors Meet (GIM) in the city , could not be more disppointed as not one investor has come forward to
Garages, shops turn this road into mess
While its narrow roads and heavy traffic make Bengaluru congested almost everywhere else, there's an additional reason for the chaos on Masjid Road and Neelasandra Main Road. Here precious road space
‘What single windows? It’s doors and ventilators’
The founder and managing director of Jindal Alluminium, S.R. Jindal, who hit out at corruption and red tapism in government at the Global Investors Meet (GIM) – 2012 , explained where his anger stemm
No hype, BBMP prepares realistic budget for this year
If all goes well and without the intervention of corporators, the BBMP can have a realistic budget for 2012-13 and will not be burdened with spillover works like previous years.
BBMP officials have
24x7 city needs 24x7 parks
Bengaluru is one of the fastest growing cities in Asia and its citizens are trying hard to keep pace. And it shows. Bengalureans, who are on their toes most of the waking hours, suffer from stress and
BBMP officer investigating scams gets threat calls
Chief engineer of the Technical Vigilance Cell under the Commissioner (TVCC), N. Devaraj, investigating the bogus bills scam in all 28 assembly constituencies and the Transfer of Development Rights (
No place for the displaced
Entire families live in just 10 x 12 ft shelters, that are little better than cowsheds. Come morning and men and women queue up to use the toilets of which there are only 50 (20 of them defunct) fo
BBMP builds castles in air
Promises made by state government and BBMP of providing multi-level parking, underpasses, metal flyovers, concrete roads, easing traffic congestion, and similar infrastructural improvements, have rema
BJP ignored citizens’ plea
At a time when the State BJP is facing embarrassing charges of nepotism and corruption, picking tainted corporators as city fathers has dealt another blow to the party's image and to the citizens' hop
On election eve, BJP in hunt for right candidate
With the assembly polls due next year, the BBMP has to pick the right candidates for the mayor and deputy mayor posts, given that the BJP’s image has taken a beating in the last two years in the BBMP.