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In a major anti-encroachment operation, the BBMP on Wednesday razed multiple structures at tony Divyasree 77, an upscale residential enclave at Yemalur in Mahadevapura zone. A JCB that arrived in the morning hours razed concrete slabs sitting on storm water drains, besides demolishing a wall. Divyasree 77 was flooded and residents of many villas had to be evacuated earlier this week following heavy rains.

In a bid to ensure systematic collection of garbage across all 35 wards that fall under the ambit of Ballari City Corporation (BCC), the district's deputy commissioner ramprasad v Manohar has chalked out a new initiative.

New Delhi, Jun 7 () Drug firm Aurobindo Pharma Friday said the company, its Director P V Ramprasad Reddy and step-down subsidiary Aurolife Pharma LLC, have been made party to a litigation proceeding in the US.

Several lake bunds in the city are turning into dumping yards, raising ecological concerns as BBMP ignores scientific disposal of waste picked up from silt, garbage traps, or suspension ponds.

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) spent nearly Rs455 crore to develop 63km of drains across the city in the past three years, according to data tabled in the assembly. The details about development works with regard to stormwater drains were sought by Byatarayanapura MLA Krishna Byre Gowda.

A 30-year-old MBA graduate from Chennai was arrested by Coimbatore city police on Wednesday in a dowry harassment case filed by his wife.

There seems to be no respite for 170-year-old Vengaiah Lake in KR Puram despite BBMP taking it up for redevelopment a year ago. The lake has now turned into a dumping yard with BBMP sweeping-machine trucks using the tank bund daily to dump dust mopped up from roads in the area.

Bengaluru Solid Waste Management (BSWML) has completed the bidding process for its waste collection tender even as the high court has dismissed a plea seeking change in tender conditions.

A water quality analysis of Bengaluru lakes by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has revealed that 36 waterbodies are not suited for aquatic life. Water from these lakes can only be used for irrigation, industrial cooling and controlled waste disposal.

The curtains went up on the three-day international cultural festival, Hampi Utsav here on Thursday, with chief minister Siddaramaiah formally inaugurating the event.

Sultry weather failed to stop the flow of visitors to the Hampi Utsav which kicked off on Thursday amid colourful performance by hundreds of artistes.

Exposing how even the liquor syndicate leaders became victims of the very vicious circle they created, the ACB officials informed the ACB court here that a DSP at Mahbubabad in Warangal district had connived with the local MLA and harassed liquor shop owners for bribes.

Instead of stopping the inflow of sewage or expediting the process of setting up a sewage treatment plant (STP), civic authorities are executing a bizarre plan to cleanse the eight-acre wide Halagevaderahalli Lake in RR Nagar by emptying it of water.

With news breaking out that the man who gave the bungalow its name, 50-year-old V N Sudarshan, was gunned down in a mall hold-up in Nairobi, Kenya, relatives and friends streamed into the farm to pay their condolences.

Actor Sabyasachi Chowdhury is set to play the titular role in upcoming show ‘Ramprasad’, which will feature Sushmili Acharjee as the female lead.

Cubbon Park is all set to be a model in harvesting rainwater in the coming months. With 65 recharge wells and three ponds to be rejuvenated, the city’s premier lung space is likely to harvest over 10 lakh litres of rainwater, which will increase the water table in the vicinity as well. Thirty-eight recharge wells have already been constructed.

Nearly 50,000 fish were found dead in Kommaghatta lake near Kengeri on the outskirts of the city.

The state on Monday told the Bombay HC that it would challenge encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma's acquittal in the Lakhan Bhaiyya fake encounter case.

Lake activists have flayed multiple agencies for failing to check the direct inflow of sewage into waterbodies. This comes after latest data from Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) revealed the quality of water in 78 of the city's 106 lakes fell under E-category - implying it's unfit for aquatic life - for most part of last year.