Bengaluru

South Asia

One dead as rains choke India's tech capital

Rapid growth of the southern city dubbed India's Silicon Valley has left many waterways covered over or used as dumps, leading to water stagnating every year during heavy rains

Bengaluru is the world's most traffic congested city, says report. Photo: LiveMint

South Asia

India's tech hub of Bengaluru braces for protests over water sharing

FILE PHOTO: People use Coracle boats to move through a water-logged neighbourhood following torrential rains in Bengaluru, India, September 7, 2022. REUTERS/Samuel Rajkumar

South Asia

Traffic, water shortages, now floods: the slow death of India's tech hub?

South Asia

Bengaluru doctor runs 45 minutes to perform surgery in time

Members of a rescue team row their boat past submerged vehicles following torrential rains in Bengaluru, India, September 5, 2022. REUTERS/Samuel Rajkumar

South Asia

Power cuts, traffic snarls as India's tech hub endures second day of floods

South Asia

Indian agency searches Bengaluru linked to Bangladeshi trafficking case

Crime

Police crackdown over trafficking, torturing woman in Bengaluru continues

Software professionals assisting municipal authorities work on their terminals inside a "war room" focused on tracking the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike office in Bengaluru, India July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Nivedita Bhattacharjee/Files

Coronavirus chronicle

Indian tech hub Bengaluru to enter lockdown as infections surge

A policeman keeps vigil at a deserted street in Bengaluru. Photo: ANI via Hindustan Times

South Asia

Three die in India's Bengaluru as Facebook post sparks clashes with police

A health worker in personal protective equipment (PPE) walks holding an umbrella on a rainy day during a check up campaign for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Mumbai, India, July 14, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

South Asia

India's tech hub, other towns back in lockdown as coronavirus infections surge

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