Three killed after under-construction water tank collapses in Bengaluru.
From July 1 the garbage collection may affect across Karnataka as Pourakarmikas(sanitary workers) have decided to go on an indefinite strike.
The strike will obstruct the door-to-door garbage collection, road cleaning and other works in Bangalore as well as major cities in the state. The Karnataka State Corporation, Municipality, Town Municipality, Pourakarmika Maha Union has called for the indefinite strike as they fear reintroduction of the contract system
Around 12 African nationals were arrested in Bengaluru on Sunday for overstaying in the country despite the expiry of their visas.
The foreigners had come to India on student, tourist and business visas and did not return, the police said. Early this month, 21 nationals from various African countries had been arrested on a similar charge.
Newly elected Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya takes oath as a member of the 17th Lok Sabha.
Bangalore Central MP PC Mohan, takes oath as a member of the 17th Lok Sabha. P. C. Mohan from BJP won Bengaluru Central against Congress's Rizwan Arshad and famous film personality Prakash Raj in recent Loksabha election.
Union Minister and Bangalore North MP D.V. Sadananda Gowda takes oath as a member of the 17th Lok Sabha.
Three people were killed and several people were injured after an under-construction water tank collapsed at Jogappa Layout in Nagavara, North Bengaluru, on Monday. At least six of the injured are said to be in a serious condition.
Read: Three dead after under-construction water tank collapses in Bengaluru
The first session of 17th Lok Sabha beginning today saw Mysuru-Kodagu MP Prathap Shima attending Parliament to take oath wearing traditional Kodava attire. Meanwhile, Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya was also seen in traditional attire.
Minister Krishna Byre Gowda visited the site of the water tank collapse. Eight fire tenders were also rushed to the spot. 3 killed, 11 injured in the tragedy. 6 labourers are in critical condition. rushed to the nearby hospitals.
Hundreds of BBMP Pourakarmikas stage a demonstration in front BBMP head office opposing Biometric attendance system.
An under-construction 110 MLD water tank collapsed at Jogappa Layout in Nagavara, North Bengaluru on Monday morning. 10-13 people reportedly trapped under debris and 3 labourers killed in the accident said police. NDRF personnel arrive at the spot to assist in the rescue operation. The fire department, emergency services and police, along with eight ambulances, have reached the spot.
Huge water tank collapses at Jogappa layout, North Bangalore; four suspected to be caught in debris. Police is on the spot and conducting rescue operations.
Students and parents stage a protest in front of VKO Government school in Shivajinagar which was run by IMA Jewels.
BBMP to consult citizens to discuss on converting Church street as a pedestrian-only road. The public consultation will be headed by BBMP Commissioner N Manjunath Prasad at the Matteo Cafe on Church Street on Tuesday, June 18, at 3 pm.
A notification issued by the Karnataka department of health and family welfare and Ayush services saying that all government doctors must report to work. No leave will be granted on Monday in the wake of the doctor's protest.
Taking a taxi can be a pretty mundane part of our lives. One particular video of cab ride, however, has amused many online. The short clip of a driver conversing with a passenger in Sanskrit is going viral on social media platforms.
Reportedly shot in Bengaluru, it was shared on Twitter by a user, Girish Bharadwaja, who is a member of Vishwa Hindu Parishad. Bharadwaja was surprised when he found his taxi driver speaking fluently in Sanskrit!
Read: Video of Bengaluru cab driver speaking fluent Sanskrit goes viral
Uber Access is now available for the differently abled in Kempegowda International airport, Bengaluru. Uber Access is a wheelchair-accessible vehicle for assisting people with disabilities.
Despite an appeal from the Karnataka Health Family Welfare Minister to limit doctors protest to a symbolic gesture, on Monday, many of the private hospitals have suspended their out-patient services. However, some clinics in the city were open for patients with a board which says ' zero tolerance to violence'. A doctor from a private clinic on Hessarghatta road, North Bengaluru says, “we condemn attacks on doctors, but our clinic will serve the patients.”
Average air quality in Bengaluru is 'moderate'. At 10.30 am, PM 2.5 (Fine Particulate matter) is at an 'unhealthy' level if you are near Hebbal or BTM Layout. The same is at 'moderate' levels near City Railway Station and Jayanagar.
Officials from private hospitals and nursing homes association of Karnataka say that they are supporting the strike, but are not encouraging to doctors to go on a protest mode. They however say that OPD will be affected today and in-patient services would not be affected. Emergency services would go on as usual. Meanwhile faculty of Ramaiah hospital including students are planning a silent protest at BEL road.
Though NIMHANS is a government hospital, doctors are participating in the strike and have shut outpatient services. NIMHANS officials have asked doctors to report to service and have withheld registration for OPD cases. Patients are asked to register only if it is an emergency.
Officials from private hospitals and nursing homes association of Karnataka say that they are supporting the strike, but are not encouraging to doctors to go on a protest mode. They however say that OPD will be affected today and in-patient services would not be affected. Emergency services would go on as usual.
Meanwhile faculty of Ramaiah hospital including students are planning a silent protest at BEL road.
Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy,my condemns the assault on doctors, requests doctors to withdraw protests
Police say that more than 400 cases have been filed during this year, and the incidents of drag racing are being reported from airport road, hebbal, electronic city, outer ring road, Nice road and RT Nagar. Special teams have been formed in specific police stations to exclusively look for drag racing and take action against them. Last year cases have been filed in more than 1,200 instances.
Massive fire breaks out in Attur layout of Yelahanka, in Bengaluru after a pile of garbage caught fire. Firefighters rush to the spot. No casualties reported.
Karnataka health minister Shivanand Patil has asked all government doctors to report to work without fail and said that all government hospitals will function normally. A strike call has been given by the Indian Medical Association protesting the attack on doctors at hospitals in Kolkata.
Project Vruksha and Bellandur Jothege (a Bellandur citizen group) launched the Bellandur Tree Census on Sunday.
Armed with a measuring tape, the Vruksha app and trees of Delhi handbook, residents mapped 32 trees on the ‘Bellandur Walks’ project stretch of Outer Ring Road, in just one hour, averaging two minutes per tree.
The Karnataka government has on Sunday transferred several IPS officer including the city police commissioner T Suneel Kumar. Alok Kumar was additional commissioner of police, Crime, in Bangalore and he will taking over his new charge soon.