Bangalore

While on the ground, there is little movement, cyberspace has woken to the Tagore Circle controversy. The public outcry has taken a form of an online petition written by Syed Tanveeruddin on behalf of Basvanagudi residents. The petition has been addressed to the Supreme Court, the president of India, prime minister, ministry of urban development, governor, chief minister, BBMP, ABIDe and BDA. The petitioner has put various press reports on the underpass. The public protests being …

Leo Saldanha, coordinator of Environment Support Group, a Bangalore-based NGO that opposed construction of the second runway at Bajpe Airport, says the top-down decision-making process is destabilising our country<strong>How does it feel to see what you feared would happen at the Mangalore airport?<⁄strong>I am horrified that, in our country, we always wait for a disaster before we act. But I’m not confident that even disasters disturb our lackadaisical attitude to conforming to …

The Namma Metro project crossed yet another hurdle on Thursday with the Karnataka high court giving green signal for the acquisition of land near Jayanagar along RV Road for the construction of the South End station. A division bench of justices VG Sabhahit and Manohar dismissed a petition filed by Zakirunnisa and two others, requesting the court to direct the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) to stick to its original alignment for the station. The petitioners alleg…

Their brash behaviour in a Barbados pub got six Indian cricket team players into trouble with the BCCI. A drinking binge and a brawl later, they are now being served show-cause notices. But how many such wild, brazen pub brawls has Bangalore, which remains the Pub City of India, witnessed? Almost none, pub-goers tell DNA.?Such pub brawls used to happen in the city 10-15 years ago. We don’t hear of any pub fights now. Bangaloreans who visit pubs and indulge in a drink or two are mostly e…