The Latest Breaking News from Palike

Bengaluru: Now, an indoor stadium on Chamarajpet graveyard

BENGALURU: A BBMP subdivision office that has come up on a graveyard in Jagjivan Ram Nagar, Chamarajpet, is not alone in encroaching the domain of the dead. An indoor badminton stadium is under construction at the same graveyard, reports Shreyas HS.

The Times of India · Jul 17, 2022

Bengaluru: Repaired on May 28, Church Street cobblestones have come off again

BENGALURU: Barely over a month after they were fixed, cobblestones on Church Street are chipping off yet again, putting the spotlight on poor quality of repair work executed by the project department of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).

The Times of India · Jul 12, 2022

Four Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike staff among 5 booked in Rs 4 lakh property tax fraud

BENGALURU: Four BBMP employees and one suspected imposter are under police scanner for allegedly pocketing nearly Rs 4 lakh they collected as property tax, thereby causing loss to the exchequer. All five have been booked in different cases, including one filed by a BBMP official.

The Times of India · Jun 28, 2022

Hit by caseload & staff crunch, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike looks for legal cell head

BENGALURU : The BBMP, whose legal cell is reeling under severe staff shortage, is finally hiring a legal head. The move comes nearly two months after the Palike rejected candidates who had applied to its previous call for applications.

The Times of India · Jun 3, 2022

Bengaluru: Work on slow pace, BBMP misses underpass deadline for seventh time

BENGALURU: After promising the people of Whitefield and Mahadevpura that the underpass at Kundalahalli junction would be opened in the first half of May, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has yet again reached an impasse. This is the seventh time in a row that BBMP is missing its deadline…

The Times of India · May 29, 2022

With Covid cases dipping in Bengaluru, Palike says worst is over

BENGALURU: With Covid-19 cases ebbing in the city, the number of daily hospitalisations has dropped from 83 to 51 in the past 15 days. BBMP officials felt the worst for this wave is over.

The Times of India · Feb 2, 2022