KJ George

Bengaluru Development Minister  KJ George announced this week that the Phase 1  of  metro rail connectivity between Kempegowda and Sampige Road stations will be completed by April end. However, the ground reports are not quite conducive to finding an operational metro by this deadline

The Jallikattu protests in Tamil Nadu, showed us the strength of people persuasion. Now we have another example in Bengaluru, where the public wished away a problematic flyover. So what next for Bengaluru’s citizen movement?

CM Siddaramaiah assured every support from government for the development of Kannada film industry. However, he expressed his worry about the deteriorating quality of Kannada cinemas and remembered the cinemas of early sixties and seventies.

CM Siddaramaiah has recommended the name of senior IPS officer Rupak Kumar Dutta (RK Dutta) for the position director general and inspector general of police (DG&IGP) of Karnataka.

Skybus is a prototype suspended railway system. The track of Skybus is suspended below the columns of the metro railway bridge. Karnataka government is having discussion with experts as well as with the Malaysian companies to introduce Skybus service in the city.

The government has already completed land acquisition for the project

The BBMP on January 24 inaugurated Bengaluru’s tallest skywalk at Nagavara junction on the Outer Ring Road, where nearly 20,000 pedestrians cross the road daily. The skywalk, which is mainly meant for people going to Manyata Tech Park, has been constructed at a height of 160 metres and has a width of 3 metres.

Bengaluru Development Minister KJ George said that the Reach 4 will be open for public by the end of March 2017

After all the protests, now a 'toll crisis' has nudged along the elevated steel flyover.

Former Home Minister KJ George, who resigned after his name appeared in the DySP MK Ganapathy suicide case, will be re-instated into the Karnataka Cabinet as the Bengaluru Urban Development Minister, following a clean chit by the CID

Former Home Minister KJ George, who resigned after his name appeared in the DySP MK Ganapathy suicide case, will be re-instated into the Karnataka Cabinet following a clean chit by the CID

Those accused of abetting his suicide, including former Minister KJ George, may be absolved of the allegations.

Earlier former minister KJ George had to resign from his post for his alleged involvement in the officer's suicide

Sources say that the Congress has already contacted Ram Jethmalani, Supreme Court lawyer, to take up the case, and a petition will be filed within 2-3 days.