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Traffic bottleneck in front of the M.G. Road metro station in Bengaluru on June 8, 2023.

Chaos and congestion in front of metro stations

Darshan Devaiah B.P.

Fraudsters approach potential victims through popular online platforms, job portals, or social media channels.

If it is too good to be true, it probably is

Police say on average they receive three to four such cases every day.

Online part-time job frauds are the new trend in cybercrime

Actor Yash in a still from the film KGF 2.

Kannada cinema: ‘Writing is simple, yet it’s not’

Actor Rishab Shetty in a still from the film Kantara.

Kannada cinema’s content crisis

People relying on bike taxi services to earn livelihood say that more than 1.1 lakh bike taxis may be in the city, of which 80,000 to 90,000 are active.

Controversies surrounding bike taxis refuse to die in Bengaluru

Suchith Kidiyoor

Many customers complain that the bike taxi captains randomly drop them off around 750 metres to a kilometre away or refuse to come to the pickup spot and ask the travellers to walk the same distance if there is traffic or sometimes.

Affordable and available, but woes aplenty — ride hailers talk about pros and cons of bike taxis in Bengaluru

Ravikumar and Siloja belonging to the Hakki Pikki community fill herbal oil in bottles at Pakshirajapura colony in Hunsur taluk of Mysuru district.

Hakki Pikkis — bird catchers to entrepreneurs of traditional medicine

Darshan Devaiah B.P.

The bus stand at Town Hall in Bengaluru. Many passengers say the frequency of BMTC bus services is poor at night.

At night, BMTC leaves waiting passengers anxious

Suchith Kidiyoor,Jahnavi T.R.,Darshan Devaiah B.P.,Jayanth R.

Central College, Bengaluru.

These educational institutions in Bengaluru carry the stamp of heritage, history, and changing academic patterns

The crew module of the Gaganyaan mission.

Gaganyaan: The mission to send Indians to space is on track

Bengaluru’s landscape is dotted with picture-perfect flowering trees.

When Bengaluru turns pink, white, yellow, and green

A view of the Peenya Industrial Area in Bengaluru.

Small and medium-scale industries face big problems

Darshan Devaiah B.P.

A view of the Peenya Industrial Area in Bengaluru.

MSMEs closing down a warning sign to the government

K.N. Narasimha Murthy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi retweeted Union Miniter of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari’s tweet of the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway, which was inaugurated by Mr. Modi on March 12.

An expressway firmly in focus

Suchith Kidiyoor

The dinosaur enclave at the Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technical Museum in Bengaluru.

Bengaluru: A city of museums

Jahnavi T.R.,MAHEK FATHIMA

Traffic police personnel collecting fine from vehicle owners in Bengaluru.

Twofold problem of vacancies and low ratio to population

Each police station in Bengaluru, which covers a population of over a lakh, has an average of 110 personnel.

Are 2,000 new police posts enough for burgeoning Bengaluru?

A vendor using a tree to hang of the items for sale in Bengaluru.

More saplings promised in the Budget, but existing greenery in Bengaluru faces grave threat

Darshan Devaiah B.P.

Children playing at a preschool in Bengaluru.

Citizens divided over preschools in residential areas

Darshan Devaiah B.P.

Students at an anganvadi at Ganganagar in Bengaluru.

There are preschools at every turn, but who will monitor them?

ChatGPT presents a unique challenge to the current education system. The challenge for educators is to find a way to use it without sacrificing teacher control.

ChatGPT: Careful balancing between human and machine learning is key

ChatGPT, or Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer, is a chatbot launched in November 2022 by OpenAI. With its optimised language models for dialogues, it takes prompts and instructions and delivers detailed responses.

When chatbot does homework and writes exams for students

White-topping as well as sewerage work being undertaken by BBMP in Indiranagar in Bengaluru. The work has been ongoing for many months inconveniencing pedestrians and motorists.

Bengaluru sees a slew of civil work ahead of elections

K. V. Aditya Bharadwaj

A portion of the the reinforcement structure for a pillar at the Namma Metro site near HBR Layout in East Bengaluru that collapsed on January 10, killing a mother and her son.

Bengaluru’s elevated Namma Metro line low on safety standards

Suchith Kidiyoor

Bengaluru Metropolitan Land Transport Authority Bill has finally been passed after decades of demands made by the citizens. The legislation explicitly calls out regulation, operations, maintenance, monitoring and supervision.

Can BMLTA help resolve Bengaluru’s ever-growing traffic woes?

Nearly 40 km of metro line will be operationalised this year, and it’s expected to benefit lakhs of commuters thereby decongesting road traffic.

Hopes of seamless transport in Bengaluru pinned on BMLTA

Suchith Kidiyoor

Solar panels installed on top of an apartment building in J.P. Nagar in Bengaluru.

Residential complexes say they save in lakhs on power bills with rooftop solar

A rooftop solar photovoltaic power plant installed on an apartment complex in Malleshwaram-West in Bengaluru.

A ray of hope? Bengaluru’s rooftop solar story sees slow progress

A gig worker on his way deliver articles to customers in Bengaluru on December 14, 2022.

Troubles along the road for food delivery partners

Gig workers on their way to deliver food to customer at Jalahalli Cross in Bengaluru on December 14, 2022.

Are gig workers nobody’s employees?

Mini Tejaswi,K. V. Aditya Bharadwaj

Metro work in progress at K.R. Puram, Bengaluru.

From next year, you can take Namma Metro to Whitefield and Electronics City

Suchith Kidiyoor

Most people who work in the caregiving sector say that although there are several programmes like pension, health insurance and transport benefits introduced by the government for persons with disabilities as well as caregivers, there is no ease of access.

Caregivers have to jump through several hoops

The United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy and disability rights activists advocate the widely accepted “people-first” language for referring to persons with disabilities.

The invisible minority in India wants basic rights and dignity, not a softer or a politer name

A file photo of a government girls primary school at Ganapat Galli in Belagavi.

Around 1,600 schools have been adopted so far

The Hindu Bureau

A poorly maintained school at Mastenahalli in Srinivasapura taluk of Kolar district.

Leave aside Internet, some schools in Karnataka still do not have even functional toilets

The grassland at Hesarghatta.

The grass is indeed greener on the other side

The grassland at Hesaraghatta.

Grassland or wasteland? The tussle over Hesaraghatta continues

The garbage that has been dumped at Mittaganahalli quarry pit in north Bengaluru.

Residents around waste processing plants unhappy, but BBMP says adequate steps taken

Darshan Devaiah B.P.

BBMP’s trucks dumping garbage in Mittaganahalli quarry pit in north Bengaluru.

Bengaluru’s trash is no man’s treasure

Jahnavi T.R.,Darshan Devaiah B.P.

The KIA halt station. The South Western Railway runs MEMU train services to the airport, but the patronage has not been promising.

Over 14 years on, commute to Bengaluru airport continues to be a daunting task

Suchith Kidiyoor

An artist’s impression of KIA’s T2.

KIA T2: Garden city’s pathway to greater heights

The growing influence and industry share of OTT platforms may well have hastened the rollout of the new guidelines.

Kannada OTTs: Driven by passion, stunted by lack of funds

Image for representational purposes only.

Kannada films make waves, but struggle for space on streaming platforms

K.V. Aditya Bhardwaj

In social health Insurance, employers and employees contribute to “sickness funds” created by compulsory payroll deductions. Indian examples of such schemes are ESIS and CGHS.

What is the ideal public health insurance model?

Giridhara R. Babu,Habib H. Farooqui

Although the total coverage is up to ₹5 lakh per family under the scheme, many complex life-saving procedures or implants that cost above ₹2 lakh are not covered.

Ayushman Bharat-Arogya Karnataka does not fully deliver on promised assurance of health coverage

Sarakki lake in Bengaluru after its rejuvenation and the recent rains.

Concrete galore: The transformation of Bengaluru

Leo F. Saldanha

A new BBMP park in Padmanabhanagar, Bengaluru, where most of the space is taken up by concrete bricks.

Concretisation chokes Bengaluru’s green spaces

Jahnavi T.R.,Darshan Devaiah B.P.

The 4.5-km long Kumbalgodu flyover between Kengeri and Hejjala which is a part of the Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway.

Police ask motorists on Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway to drive cautiously

The Hindu Bureau

Wooden rocking horses being made in a workshop at Channapatna on the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway.

Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway disrupts local businesses, from Channapatna toys to ‘thatte’ idli and Maddur vada

Darshan Devaiah B.P.,Jayanth R.

Students queue up for admission to first year post-graduate course at Central College in Bengaluru.

No post-pandemic relief: Admissions in government colleges dip

C. N. Ashwath Narayan

A small dip in one academic year should not be treated singularly and with pessimism: Ashwath Narayan

File photo of a poster displayed at the International Cyber Security Awareness Programme held in Bengaluru.

Investigations into cyber frauds in IT capital remains a challenge for the police

K. V. Aditya Bharadwaj

This Indira Canteen located right inside the K.R. Market bus stand is one of the successful canteens.

Despite no patronage by govt, a few Indira canteens retain success

Jahnavi T.R.,Jayanth R.

People having food in an Indira Canteen at K.R. Market, Bengaluru.

Indira Canteen, meant to feed urban poor, is now starved of funds

Darshan Devaiah B.P.

One of the worst-affected areas was the Outer Ring Road near Bellandur.

Secondary economy crumbles around IT corridor in Bengaluru

The Outer Ring Road was flooded after Halanayakanahalli Lake breached the banks.

Rains dampen Bengaluru’s brand image and more

A bridge has been built over the waste weir of Ramammana Kere in Channapatna taluk on the Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway.

Bengaluru–Mysuru expressway | An expressway under water

Suchith Kidiyoor

A file photo of a bus partially submerged at a flooded underpass on the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway.

Regular commuters want a faster but safer commute between Mysuru and Bengaluru

Tigers in Nagarahole national park.

Back from pandemic, travellers seek luxury and adrenaline

Gaganachukki waterfalls.

Karnataka Tourism | One State, many worlds, and a missed opportunity

A “cheela mela” was organised by Bengaluru-based NGO Saahas at K.R. Market on July 27, 2022.

When a clear stream of reasoning awakens the change

Wilma Rodrigues

Waste segregation workers sort various plastic articles at a dumpsite in Bengaluru on August 11, 2022.

More than a month now, single-use plastic ban not so effective in Bengaluru

Darshan Devaiah B.P.

Start-ups in Karnataka employ over six lakh people and generated a revenue of over $4 billion in the year 2021-22, despite being a pandemic year.

Beyond Bengaluru clusters will contribute $10 billion towards Karnataka’s tech industry by 2030

A file photo of a startup in Bengaluru, the start-up capital of India, which enjoys a unique leadership position, being the third largest start-up ecosystem in the world after Silicon Valley and Shanghai.

Bengaluru start-ups hope to stay warm in long winter

The 750 C.E. Kittayya hero stone over a drain at Hebbal, Bengaluru, before its restoration.

Bengaluru’s inscriptions: When locals took initiative in restoration work

Sharath Srivatsa

A 750 C.E. hero stone on a vacant site at T. Dasarahalli in Bengaluru

Bengaluru’s inscriptions: Cast in stone, but lost in time

Sharath Srivatsa

An undocumented 13th centuary Tamil inscription at Chokkanathaswamy temple in Domlur, Bengaluru.

Bengaluru’s inscriptions: Footprints of history traced anew

Sharath Srivatsa

A bird’s-eye view of the southern parts of Bengaluru city.

Homebuyers in Karnataka on shaky ground as K-RERA yet to build a strong foundation

BENGALURU KARNATAKA 06/07/2022 : Southern parts of Bengaluru city view, off Kanakapura Road, in Bengaluru on July 06, 2022. Photo MURALI KUMAR K / The Hindu.

With skeletal staff and lax implementation of its orders, does K-RERA lack bite?

K. V. Aditya Bharadwaj

Rajarajeshwarinagar is one of the residential areas in Bengaluru that has seen rampant commericialisation

Can commercial establishments and residential neighbourhoods co-exist?

New BEL Road in Bengaluru.

‘Us vs them’ won’t work; it has to be an ‘us vs the problem’ approach

Meghna Vakada,Raghunandan S Prasad

A view of Sahakarnagar main road teeming with commercial activity on Thursday.

Commercialisation of Bengaluru’s residential areas: People wake up to its aftermath

Video | We went looking for a good footpath in Bengaluru... Look what we found

Adithi Holla, Samhitha B.S.

Construction materials occupy a footpath in Bengaluru.

Footpaths in Bengaluru: Big talk, dangerous to walk

Adithi Holla, Samhitha B.S.

A file photo of a road developed under TenderSURE project in Bengaluru.

Footpaths: Is decentralised planning the way forward?

Usage of mobile phones by children went up during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns.

Parents opt for residential schools to wean children off mobile phones, gadgets

Students of Government Kannada Model Primary School, Ganganagar, Bengaluru, on the first day after on-campus classes resumed in May this year.

Students are back in school, but they are short on reading, writing and social skills

Saplings planted with tree guards around them on the ring road in Banashankari, Bengaluru.

Restoration of ecosystem: Have tree planting efforts borne fruit?

Abi T. Vanak,Anuja Malhotra

Farmlands in Mantur village of Hubballi taluk.

Extreme weather events: Imprints of changes in climatic conditions

A view of Horamavu that got flooded in the recent heavy rains.

Most road works to miss deadline ahead of monsoon

K. V. Aditya Bharadwaj

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The chock-a-block traffic on a street near Mysuru Road on May 21.

Bengaluru’s number of vehicles doubles in a decade, but BMTC fleet size remains stagnant

Suchith Kidiyoor

People walk past uncleared garbage at SJP Road in Bengaluru.

Need to redefine community participation

The garbage segregation centre at Domlur in Bengaluru.

Will a single agency for collection of waste in Bengaluru work?

Chitra V Ramani,K. V. Aditya Bharadwaj

Police sub-inspector candidates protesting in Bengaluru.

For a cleaner recruitment process

Divya Hagaragi, BJP leader and an accused in PSI recruitment exam scam. File

PSI exam scam casts shadow on most govt. recruitment tests

K. V. Aditya Bharadwaj

A wire dangerously hanging on a footpath in Bengaluru.

Unplugging electrical hazards: Towards better public safety in Karnataka

Residents of Geddalahalli in Sanjaynagar staging a protest on Saturday against the poor power infrastructure that led to the recent electrocution of a 22-year-old man.

Bengaluru residents demand better power infrastructure

Chitra V Ramani

File photo of Malleswaram residents performing ‘pothole puja’ to highlight the poor road infrastructure.

April showers show chinks in road infrastructure

132 water level sensors provide alerts during rains

Special Correspondent

A file photo of repair and cleaning work of a storm-water drain in progress on Hosur Road.

Can Bengaluru’s infrastructure withstand another monsoon?

Chitra V Ramani

An employee working at a manufacturing unit in Peenya, Bengaluru.

Fuel price hike hits MSMEs hard

The skyrocketing fuel prices are a constant source of worry for Transport operators, taxi drivers, and even delivery personnel.

App-based taxi drivers, delivery executives struggle with rising fuel prices

Special Correspondent

The rise in fuel prices has had a domino effect on essential commodities, especially food products.

Inflation woes: Households brace themselves for leaner months

K. V. Aditya Bharadwaj

‘BJP’s strategy will boomerang in Karnataka’

Sharath Srivatsa

D.K. Shivakumar

Unemployment and inflation have no religion: DKS

‘BJP will only back issues supported by court orders’

B.S. Satish Kumar

Students with hijab and saffron shawls at a college in Udupi on February 8, 2022.

Karnataka’s communal cauldron keeps bubbling as elections approach

K. V. Aditya Bharadwaj

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