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A video that shows near-instant deterioration of Bengaluru roads that were newly asphalted to smoothen the travel of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s convoy during his recent visit has gone viral. Embarrassed by this infrastructure failure, the Prime Minister’s Office has sought a report from the Karnataka state government. Modi was in the state capital as a part of his two-day

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has issued a show-cause notice to three engineers of RR Nagar Division over sub-standard asphalting of Mariyappanapalya main road in Bangalore University campus on Thursday.

Ahead of the PM's visit, all potholes were cleared, while roads and surrounding areas were kept spic and span.

Pollinator Protection initiatives in New York State.

Residents of the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) quarters in Ejipura, who became homeless after the building collapsed on November 9, 2003, have announced a protest on June 20 against government apathy. Neither did the 1,521 families get a new living space nor did they receive compensation despite promises by the BBMP and contempt orders filed in the Karnataka High Court.

CM Basavaraj Bommai on Monday hinted that the government is likely to take a decision on imposing certain Covid-19 control measures soon.

With rising Covid-19 cases in Bengaluru, the civic agency in the city has made masks compulsory in public places and decided to increase the tests for the virus from the existing 16,000 a day to 20,000 a day.

For the first time, the BBMP on Monday seized a truck carrying over 25 kilos of single-use plastic bags that the state government had banned in 2015. The truck driver was planning to deliver the consignment of 177 bags to SV Road, from where it would have been distributed to several shops in KR Market and nearby areas. The marshals have taken the lead to confiscate the

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court order asking the State government to complete the process of ward delimitation and reservation of wards for Other Backward Classes(OBC) within eight weeks to hold the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) elections.

About 1,185 dengue cases have been reported in Karnataka till April 30. So far, the BBMP has recorded 331 cases in the city, of which the East Zone accounts for 123 cases.  Last year, 1,641 cases were reported in the BBMP limits. In 2020, 2,047 cases were reported, while it was 10,411 in 2019. Though seven of the 7,393 who had contracted dengue in the state had died, no deaths