We are constructing a house (rebuilding on existing property) and the behind neighbor has a open drainage and chamber that is leaking into our property and creating a pool of human waste. It was not damaged by us and owner is aware it is an existing issue from before.

He has given his property for rent for a long time and does not care about maintenance. The tenants who stay there are daily wage workers. When we ask him to get it fixed, he refuses saying he doesn't have the money. We offered to take care of everything and give him a bill, to which he again said he won't pay.

How do we resolve this? This has put a stop to our construction until this is sorted as well.

Hi everyone! 🐾

I found these two little babies abandoned in a box outside my house early one morning. They were scared and clinging to each other, so we rescued them and have been taking care of them since.

They are both 2.5 months old, litter trained, dewormed, and vaccinated (Tricat 1). ❤️

🐱 Poppy (Male) — quiet, shy, gentle and a little cautious at first. He takes some time to warm up, but he has a very sweet nature.

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Since they are bonded and were constantly sticking close to each other during the rescue, pair adoption is strongly preferred. We would really love for them to grow up together. We are fine with single Adoption too.

📍 Location: Whitefield, Bangalore

Adopter verification is mandatory to ensure they go to a safe, loving and permanent home.

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Freshly laid road @Coffee Board Layout.

Applications for BDA's Dr. Shivaram Karanth Layout (North Bengaluru) are now available on Seva Sindhu.

For those looking to buy government-allotted land through BDA, the application mentions a rate of ₹6,000 per sq. ft., which works out to:

• 30×40 (1,200 sq. ft.): ₹69,75,072
• 40×50 (2,000 sq. ft.): ₹1,39,50,144
• 50×60 (3,000 sq. ft.): ₹2,32,50,240

A couple of important allotment conditions to keep in mind (subject to change as per BDA rules/notifications):

• Allottees are generally required to commence construction within 2 years of taking possession and complete construction within 5 years, subject to BDA rules and any extensions granted.
• The site cannot be kept vacant indefinitely, and failure to comply with the construction conditions may attract action under the terms of allotment.

Just sharing this since the application is now live and the pricing above is taken directly from the application itself. Hope this helps anyone planning to apply for a government-allotted BDA

Eligibility Criteria

• Karnataka Residency: The applicant must have been a resident of Karnataka for at least 15 years as on the date of registration.
• Minimum Age: The applicant must be 18 years or older on the date of registration.
• Government/Defence Personnel: Karnataka cadre All India Service officers and defence personnel serving within or outside Karnataka are also eligible, subject to the notification's conditions.
• No Prior BDA/Government Site: Neither the applicant nor their spouse/dependent family members should already own or have been allotted a BDA/CITB/co-operative society/government agency site, house, or flat within the Bengaluru Metropolitan Area.
• Application Deadline: Online applications must be submitted by 15 October 2026, 12:00 PM.

My HP Gas distributor (Danish Enterprises, HBR Layout) is refusing to deliver a booked cylinder until Aadhaar eKYC is done. I have NOT opted for PMUY/PAHAL subsidy.

Is Aadhaar eKYC a must now even if we have not opted for subsidy?

Edit:

* I have seen the messages from HP Gas earlier. But they did not mention that deliveries will be fully blocked. Only that we will be charged full market price.

* I am willing to get the eKYC done. But this can't be done if the Aadhaar is not seeded to the gas connection first, and that needs a personal visit to the distributor. It can't be done online anymore. I know, because I have tried all online options many times in the past.

We were a family of 9, 3 women, 1 senior citizen, 1 teen and 3 adults while coming back from Chikamagallur stopped at EV charging station, where we got into a scuffle with some drunk rowdy people when they came and asked us to remove our car/pick up charger and charge their vehicle, they started abusing and eventually hitting us, even slapped women when they came in between to save us.

Soon crowd came and stopped them and asked us to leave, while they were not allowing us to. Eventually some sensible people helped us get out after apologizing

In the panic we first found charges and just reached bangalore, everyone is scared and asking to not complain since it'll involve travelling back and forth so far, also only 3 of us stay in bangalore and everyone was from Maharashtra out for a trip (part of the reason we got assaulted, not knowing language)

How to take this forward? Is there any point in complaining?

We have their car number, bruising on my moms face, scratches on body coz we were dragged on road, torn clothes. Also everything must be captured in the CCTV, just we can't prove they were drunk, but I'm sure others smelled it too.

Although police were on their way, we had to run for our lives.

Venus is looking especially big and bright tonight. It's in the west a little above the horizon. Within 2° of it you could also spot the star Spica but much dimmer.

I am not sure if this video was posted here earlier or not. But this is a nice video on Kannada and how Indians language, culture is intertwined and why we should stop fighting with each other.

Name: Milo/Meelo
Age: 1 year (tomorrow’s his birthday!)
Gender: Male
Temperament: Very friendly but frightened in new place/ with new people
Physical features: Swollen eye from a cat fight, green reflective collar
Last seen location: govt veterinary hospital, Herohalli

He escaped from the hospital and we can’t find him anywhere. Please let us know if you see him

The Congress govt in Karnataka seems to be jumping from one controversy to another, ever since D K Shivakumar has taken over a CM. First, rushing with the 'Tunnel Road' project against popular opinion, now a Cabinet minister making unwanted remarks on Islam, appointing and dropping Nagendra as minister....all the expectations seem to be vanishing fast....only saving grace is the performance of ministers Krishna Byre Gowda and U T Khadar who have earned goodwill of the general public through the functioning of their respective departments.

I was riding back from Devarayanadurga Hills to Sarjapur yesterday. Went there via highway, no problem. On the way back I put my phone on the bike stand so I don't have to keep checking the route.

Some distance before reaching Bangalore outskirts, Maps suddenly took me off the highway onto a service road. I thought maybe the highway was blocked ahead, so I followed it.

The service road didn't end. I thought my GPS was acting up, so I restarted my phone. Still same route. Installed Waze thinking it's a Google Maps problem. Waze also gave me the same service road.

Meanwhile cars and trucks were driving normally on the highway right beside me, while I was stuck on service road stopping at every signal. Kept expecting the app to bring me back to the highway. It never did.

This went on for almost 25-30km before I even entered Bangalore, then I was straight into city traffic. Took almost double the time it should have. I'm new to Bangalore and don't know the roads well, so I just trusted the app.

Later found out Google Maps is actively rerouting two-wheelers to service roads instead of highways. Not a one-time glitch.

F this maps man. If you ride a two-wheeler in Bangalore, check your route before trusting the app blindly on highway stretches.

Thought these time restrictions on heavy goods vehicles already existed.

Yenvee Residency , HSR sector 2 is the most unsafe place to stay in HSR .

In between new and expensive buildings there is a small room (like a godown maybe 2 room ) near the black gate at the end where the black gate is closed .
Every night there are some random rowdy people there , seems like some guy always getting cab auto wala people . They will drink they will shout at night , thy will stand on the road , they will break bottles and these things happen in front of residential building where there is a caretaker of 13/14 building who does not do anything and will simply sleep . That time it becomes so unsafe for a women if they come by , they even have had fight with other folks around that place whoever has questioned them . They have mocked women , a guy was saying that her wife was also targeted by them while passing by the street .
That is so unsafe for family person , women and any other member in that area who wants to live peacefully .
Even the owners does not do anything despite the complaints.
Last night a women had to step up and call police , Everyone saw how 2 guys charged at that women with intention of hitting but eventually stopped by others . They were even not afraid of police it seems .

Please avoid staying in Yenvee Residency , Opposite Hamilton Bailey Hospital , Opposite RR Residency , 24th main road , HSR sector 2 .

The 1bhk flat here costs 30-35 k , 2bhk at 45k on average still the street is so unsafe .

I stay in an apartment complex in the south. We have old folks, kids, etc who invariably frequent the basements for different reasons - primary of which is walking to and from their vehicles. I have noticed that their safety is an issue because of the reckless speed that most drivers in the apartment complex drive with. There are easily exceed 20-30 kmph within the basement which is just absurd. And this is a problem that we cannot stop because they say they don't drive fast and walk away.

Do you face the same problem? Has your complex solved it any way? I'm sick and worried about the safety of children.

People participated in huge numbers against the infamous tunnel project that bores right through a geological structure that is even older than the Himalayas and was formed when life on earth was still single celled. People hugged the rock inspired from Chipko movement.

Wish the people's voices are heard in the halls of power.

I have taken public buses in both Bangkok and Bangalore, why Bangalore is charging ~2x compared to Bangkok?

Edit - Buses in both places had same quality, AC and all. I dont understand the difference in cost, like is it our purchasing power or rates are inflated for a reason?

I know I'm going to get flamed for voicing this, but an infrastructure upgrade like the Tunnel Project is the need of the hour. The first criticism of the project stems from the government granting itself the power to shave off 5% of park space to implement infrastructure projects. This is a fair criticism, but it is important to understand that for any project in a dense city such as Bangalore, certain trade-offs must be made to ensure the city's efficient functioning. If anything, the government needs to be clear about where the damage will be done and to what degree for it to warrant concern. The order obviously doesn't advocate for the entire removal of Lalbagh; that would obviously be ludicrous and wouldn't be implemented.

Second is the criticism that has arisen from an IISC study by Ashish Verma, which claims that the tunnel would eventually experience traffic bottlenecks along its entry/exit ramps. Once again, this is a fair criticism that is likely to hold true. But the overall effect of a tunnel would be to reduce traffic congestion in key arterial stretches and to distribute long-distance car travel towards the tunnel. Some urban policy experts also criticise flyovers for similar reasons, but many more acknowledge that flyovers do indeed help redistribute traffic to a large extent.

As mentioned by Minister Byre Gowda, the tunnel project is only part of a larger drive to improve transport infrastructure in the city. While this government is headed in the right direction in increasing the number of buses, extending metro lines, and constructing suburban lines, I am not aware of any initiatives to improve walkability and last-mile connectivity to metro stations. These, too, are imperative to ensure seamless transport within the city.
*Edit - At the end of the day the fact must be expected that core areas of Bangalore unlike other Indian metros weren't built to withstand the level of density that it has now. Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad all have wide roads, and the relative (extremely relative) lack of congestion has to show. Shifting car users to public transport is going to take a while, considering the Indian mindset with upward mobility. But this too needs to be pursued.