Bengaluru: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has roped in popular Kannada actor Ramesh Arvind as its Brand Ambassador to disseminate accurate information on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). On Monday, BBMP Commissioner N. Manjunath Prasad announced the appointment of Ramesh Arvind as the Ambassador and included Ramesh into the newly-formed BBMP COVID-19 Task Force to contain the…
Meanwhile in Bengaluru…: BBMP to pay compensation to victims of bad roads, potholes
December 4, 2019Bengaluru: Following directives from the Karnataka High Court, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has released advertisements (Public Notice) about paying compensation to victims of bad roads and potholes. The advertisement, carrying the signature of BBMP Commissioner, read: “Consequent to the orders passed in WP: 42927/2015 (PIL) by the Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka, it…
Bengaluru Deputy Mayor dies of heart attack
October 5, 2018She had attended Namma Metro event with CM yesterday Bengaluru: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Deputy Mayor Ramila Umashankar (44) passed away in the wee hours of today due to a cardiac arrest. The JD(S) leader from Kaveripura Ward, who was elected as the Deputy Mayor of the powerful local body on Sept.28, is survived…
Congress-JD(S) bag Mayor and Deputy Mayor posts in BBMP
September 29, 2018Bengaluru: Amid ugly scenes of heckling, shoving and sloganeering, Congress-JD(S) candidates were elected as Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in the Mayoral polls held at BBMP Council Hall here yesterday, edging out BJP for the third year in a row. Gangambike Mallikarjun, a two-term Congress Corporator from Ward in Jayanagar…
Bengaluru Corporators campaign for Suhail Baig in Mysuru
August 30, 2018Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Corporators Krishne Gowda and Zameer Sha, along with other Congress leaders, campaigning for MCC Ward No.25 Congress candidate Suhail Baig (with folded hands) at Kailaspuram in city yesterday.
PETTY RULES !
June 9, 2018The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has proposed many new pet rules but the one grabbing most headlines is One-Apartment One-Pet and One-House Three-Pets rule. And now Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is trying to follow some of these rules. Let’s hope they choose wisely. Since we are talking about mindless pet rules, may be we…
Set up Ward Committees in Mysuru also like in B’luru
May 21, 2017By Vasanthkumar Mysoremath, Social Activist With the passing of orders of High Court of Karnataka on 24.4.2017 directing the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to set up Ward Committees within one month, a long fight by civil society groups, networks and individuals across Karnataka over 25 years, has finally ended. This direction by the HC…
Akrama-Sakrama: Houses built on 30X40 sites in urban areas to be regularised
May 18, 2017Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet yesterday approved a flat Rs. 10,000 penalty for regularising unauthorised dwelling houses built on plots measuring up to 30X40 sqft on Government land within certain limits of Urban Local Bodies. This is applicable to sites located within 18 km of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) limits and within 10 km of…
BBMP car driver arrested for threatening city Cop
May 6, 2017Mysuru: The Metagalli Police have arrested the driver of a BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike) official for threatening Police officer by using the name of Chief Minister Siddharamaiah. The arrested has been identified as Ramesh, a resident of Bengaluru. Mamatha, a Lady Police Sub-Inspector attached to V.V. Puram Traffic Police Station, was on a checking…
BBMP official injured while boarding bus
February 10, 2017A BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike) official suffered a fracture to his leg, after the city bus he was boarding, began to move before he had completed boarding the bus. The injured has been identified as Shivaiah, 50, an official of BBMP Health Department. Shivaiah, on arriving at the Sub-urban Bus Stand in city from…
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