Bridge to link Majestic Metro and bus station in the offing

3 bodies will share the cost, finish work in 45 days. Pracheta Panja Bangalore, January 18, 2018: A steel bridge will soon connect the Kempegowda Majestic Metro station and the adjacent bus station, making it easy for the people to walk between these places easier for commuters. U A Vasanth Rao, Chief Public Relations officer of […]

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Hotter oceans may deplete commercial fish stock: study

With oceans warming over much larger spatial scale, marine ecosystems are under threat says a study Saiqua Sultan Bangalore, January 18, 2018: Rising sea temperatures could harm commercial fish stocks by adversely affecting their source of food, a new study has found. University of Adelaide scientists have demonstrated how increased temperatures reduce the vital flow of […]

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Shops see fewer footfalls due to construction delay

Businesses around the delayed construction are experiencing heavy losses since two months Kumari Meghna Bangalore, January 18, 2018: Shops around the Hennur Bridge have faced 60 per cent losses because of the delay in construction of the bridge. The bridge has been under construction on and off for the past ten years. The traffic in […]

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Cab Prices Remain Same Despite Government Notification

The Karnataka government issued a notification to set a new fare price system for cabs last Wednesday but it hasn’t been implemented yet. Bangalore, January 18, 2018: A week after the Karnataka government issued a fresh notification to cab-aggregators to implement a new system of prices with immediate effect, nothing has changed. Both the aggregators and […]

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Outsourcing meets Crowdsourcing

India’s IT Industry is warming up to a crowdsourced way of doing things. Bharath Manjesh Bangalore, January 18, 2018: Crowdsourcing of technical work is going mainstream in India with more and more IT companies tapping into the power of the crowd to get the work done while saving time and cost overheads. Topcoder—the world’s largest marketplace […]

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Were trees sacrificed for Indira Canteen?

Residents allege that the Burhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) chopped down a huge tree to make way for Indira Canteen. Yet some BBMP officials deny the charge. G. Manashaa Bangalore, January 18, 2018: In its haste to build an Indira Canteen in Sarvagnanagara division, Queens Road, the BBMP allowed a huge tree to be cut, […]

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Work-in-progress at Kodigehalli underpass, a cause for worry

The mounds of garbage at the under-construction underpass are triggering a rise in reported cases of malaria and dengue Ritika Gondhalekar Bangalore, January 18, 2018: Since the construction of the Kodigehalli Underpass was halted six months ago, the number of reported cases for malaria and dengue has doubled in the area. Dr. Premanand, doctor at […]

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