Venkatesh Murthy

Bangalore's first citizen mayor D Venkatesh Murthy said he too was as helpless as the lakhs of Bangaloreans who put up with the city's heavily potholed roads.

In his presidential address at the Kannada Sahitya Sammelana on Wednesday, HS Venkatesh Murthy said, "I don't quite see Hindi as first among equals and am opposed to the Centre's plan to make it the link language among non-Hindu

Elected members are reluctant to form ward committees for fear of creating alternate power centres, and losing their hold over decision-making.

Home minister R Ashoka on Thursday said he had only suggested some names for allotment of 'bagair hukum' land and had no role beyond that.

The city needs a quick solution to clear the mountains of garbage. TOI asked mayor D Venkatesh Murthy about BBMP’s plan of action

The BMTF chief R P Sharma who filed charges against BBMP engineers based on the public complaints, has now shot a notice to the Mayor Venkatesh Murthy.

Sources admitted that the move to clip the BMTF's investigative powers is to safeguard politicians and their henchmen in the BBMP officialdom, involved in cases of irregularities taken up by the watchdog.

For those dazzled by the Palika Bazaar in New Delhi, the-re's something to look forward to right here. BBMP is mulling over the construction of a similar bazaar below Freedom Park.

The government on Tuesday cleared the long-pending tussle over presenting the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) for 2013-14.

The villagers of Mavallipura are in agitation mode. Alleging that groundwater table in their village has been polluted by a garbage dump, they staged a protest against BBMP on Saturday.

Narendra Babu, who directed successful movies like 'O Gulabi', 'Pallaki', 'Yuva', 'No-9 Hilton House', has now wrapped up work on his next 'Amrutha Vahini'.

The Kannada Sahitya Parishat has chosen noted writer and poet HS Venkatesh Murthy to preside over the 85th edition of Akhila Bharatha Kannada Sahitya Sammelana, to be held in Kalaburagi from February 5 to 7.

HS Venkatesh Murthy, a celebrated Kannada writer, educator, and lyricist, passed away at 80 due to age-related ailments. He was a professor at St. Joseph's College of Commerce and authored over 100 books. Murthy also contributed significantly to Kannada cinema, penning popular songs and dialogues for acclaimed films, earning him numerous accolades, including the Bala Puraskar Award.

The Karnataka high court on Tuesday quashed the proceedings in a criminal case registered by Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF )against former city mayor D Venkatesh Murthy and his wife K Prabha in relation to alleged illegal allotment of bagar hukum lands.

Katriguppe ward corporator D Venkatesh Murthy is likely to be elected next mayor of Bangalore on Thursday.

The BBMP budget scheduled on Saturday has been postponed again.It's likely to be presented on July 26.

With assembly elections rolling up in six months, the BBMP has realized it is time to pull up its socks and complete all the grandiose projects it had announced in the recent past.

If the BBMP has its way, from now on Saturdays will be 'cleaning-the-city day'.

The Karnataka High Court dismissed the petition filed by Syeda Akhtar, vice-chancellor of Karnataka State Women University.

Are ward committees members shunning away from their responsibilities? It has to be believed if the talks on more than 100 ward committee members wanting to tender their resignations.

Reduced to a lame duck mayor, Bangalore's first citizen D Venkatesh Murthy is contemplating stepping down.

In four days, if things stay the way they are, Bangalore will be covered by a mound of garbage mainly because of the attitude of the city corporation. From Monday , the BBMP will stop collecting garbage from apartments because they have been classified as bulk generators — those which generate more than 100 kg a day — that need to have their own composting or bio-diesel generating units.

Chief minister Jagadish Shettar was greeted by protests on Wednesday as soon he arrived for the inauguration of Pandit Deendayal Dialysis Centre at Rajajinagar, an initiative taken by local MLA and law minister Suresh Kumar.

Bangalore: It will not take less than 3-6 months to make Bangalore clean and garbage free, said mayor D Venkatesh Murthy here on Thursday.

They went down memory lane recalling their childhood and their acts of mischief. The dialogue between two famed poets at the Dharwad Sahitya Sambhrama not only entertained the audience, but also gave them an insight into the success of the two poets.

Could Kannada language be sustained and developed if it becomes a necessity for earning a livelihood?

Former minister Haratal Halappa surfaced on Sunday after he went ‘missing’ for a week. Accused of raping his friend’s wife, he appeared before the Shimoga police in the afternoon.

Mudi Dore mattu Moovaru Makkalu on July 21

The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has written to Lokayukta police to either demolish or stop construction of BMTF chief RP Sharma's house in Golden Orchids Layout in Doddagubbi village in Bangalore East.