The Latest Breaking News from Bengaluru

“Games are an excellent medium to engage with people and draw their attention to issues that they are surrounded by,” says Bengaluru-based ecologist Priti Bangal, the co-creator of Birds in the City, a board game that attempts to capture the relationship between urbanisation and its effects on bird biodiversity in Bengaluru. 

High Court of Karnataka declines to pass order on PIL seeking restrictions on New Year's Eve celebrations in Bengaluru due to COVID-19.

ISPL T10: Suriya joins Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Hrithik Roshan, and Ram Charan who own the Mumbai, Srinagar, Bengaluru and Hyderabad teams respectively

Tanya Shanker the eighteen-year-old budding singer from Bengaluru, is set to release her latest single Phoenix, a pop-rock ballad about overcoming hurdles and obstacles on December 8. The song is an ode to fighters all across the world and people who turn “tragedies into their muse.”

The Karnataka government brought an amendment to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Act, 2020, with retrospective effect to regularise the collection of ground rent from the property owners. With this, the BBMP aims to avoid repayment of about ₹1,712 crore to the property owners and builders.

State Cabinet sub-committee decides on mandatory home isolation, Tele ICU monitoring & sewage surveillance to tackle COVID-19 in Bengaluru & Mangaluru.

Rent out a place in Bengaluru on New Year's Eve & be ready to pay 3-4 times more than usual. Hotels & villas range from ₹30,000 to ₹1.2 lakh per night.

Pharmacies in Bengaluru redirect customers seeking self-test kits to hospitals to help with record keeping of positive cases. Masks & sanitizers demand lower due to absence of reported cases.

Bengaluru City Police extends deadline for establishments till 1 a.m. on New Year's Eve, with elaborate security measures & Women Safety Islands.