Turf wars between ministers and MLAs in the BJP government and between BBMP and four politically-connected contractors who are said to control the garbage contract system are behind the city’s garbage

Collection of garbage which the city is never free of is essentially left to three or four politically influential families. While there is a need for transparency for garbage management, sources say

The Congress is set to play catch-up with the ruling BJP by organising a series of tours by senior leaders, bike rallies and conventions in the run up to next year’s polls to the Legislative Assembly.

In less than a year, the Karnataka government on Monday has shunted out a key officer who headed the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike as commissioner of the city corporation. In this case, Mr M.K.

The tussle between two former chief ministers has turned uglier with B.S. Yeddyurappa deciding to visit the drought-hit areas in Mysore and Chamarajnagar districts which were to be covered by his bete

Swayed by rumours that spread through SMSes and MMSes, over 50,000 north easterners residing in Bengaluru fled to their native states over the past two weeks. All efforts are now directed towards gett

When the people of Mavallipura protested against Bengaluru’s garbage being dumped in their village, the government and BBMP went looking for an alternative site to dump in. As if the garbage problem i

A couple from Ukraine who were victims of cheating by an English institute in the city was compensated by the consumer disputes redressal forum in the city. The couple, Kovalova Natalia and Kovalov Ko

Justifying the agitation of Mavallipura villagers against dumping of garbage in their backyard, the high court on Monday hit out at the BBMP for failing to discharge its duties. The division bench of

Blame it on the way the city has developed in the last one decade that 70 per cent of the rainwater that Bengaluru receives goes waste. It does not percolate to recharge the ground water, but gets mix