July 2026

Bengaluru: Commuters travelling on Namma Metro’s Green Line faced major inconvenience Tuesday morning after a power failure disrupted train services for more than 45 minutes during peak hours.Train operations between Yeshwantpur and Madavara were suspended from around 8am following the breakdown, affecting nine stations between Goraguntepalya and Madavara. During the disruption, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation…

Bengaluru: Five staffers of the Greater Bengaluru Authority’s (GBA) Bengaluru Central City Corporation were injured after a group attacked them while they were clearing encroachments from a footpath on Commercial Street here Tuesday as part of the state govt’s ongoing drive.A female assistant engineer (AE) was allegedly targeted with pepper spray during the assault.Police arrested…

In multiple projects of Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), missing fire clearances and incomplete safety systems are turning dream homes into potential hazards. Bengaluru: Even as the city’s skyline rises with state-built housing, a basic question looms large — are these homes safe to live in? In multiple projects of Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), missing fire…

Bengaluru: Bangalore Development Authority’s (BDA) Open House Meeting (OHM) initiative, launched to resolve long-pending citizen grievances, has made a promising start, though official data suggests there is still considerable ground to cover.Launched in Aug 2025 and conducted by BDA’s Citizen Action Cell (CAC), the initiative had heard 3,092 of the 5,829 grievances registered across the…

After the Supreme Court’s ruling, CM DK Shivakumar said his govt was committed to completing GBA polls by the year-end Bengaluru: More than 11 years after Bengaluru last elected its civic representatives, uncertainty continues to surround elections to the five city corporations under the Greater Bengaluru Authority despite the Supreme Court extending the deadline till…