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Bengaluru entrepreneur takes rRs.r12 bus ride to office: 'My protest against stupid fares'

India, July 15 -- A Bengaluru-based start-up co-founder sparked an online conversation on Monday after he chose to take a Rs.12 BMTC bus instead of paying Rs.175 for a 4-km auto ride to his office, ca... Read More


Bengaluru start-up founder ditches rRs.r175 auto, takes rRs.r12 bus to office: 'Protesting stupid fares'

India, July 15 -- A Bengaluru-based start-up co-founder sparked an online conversation on Monday after he chose to take a Rs.12 BMTC bus instead of paying Rs.175 for a 4-km auto ride to his office, ca... Read More


Bengaluru vs Singapore: Zoho's Sridhar Vembu on what it takes to make Indian cities livable

India, July 15 -- As Bengaluru debates its public transport priorities, Zoho Corporation CEO Sridhar Vembu has drawn attention to Singapore's robust public transport model, highlighting it as a path I... Read More


'Time to leave Bangalore': Fed-up commuter's rant goes viral, Hyderabad seen as the way out

India, July 14 -- Bengaluru's never-ending traffic woes have become a daily struggle for its residents, and a breeding ground for online frustration. As the city grapples with metro construction, per... Read More


Bengaluru men beaten by 'Kannada goons' enforcing 60% signboard rule outside women's PG

India, July 14 -- A viral Reddit post has stirred public outrage after a Bengaluru resident alleged that his brothers were assaulted by a group of men demanding Kannada signboards outside a women's PG... Read More


Stuck for 2 hours in Bengaluru traffic, EaseMyTrip co-founder pledges rRs.r1 crore to fix it

India, July 14 -- Prashant Pitti, co-founder of EaseMyTrip, has pledged Rs.1 crore to identify and fix Bengaluru's worst traffic choke points using artificial intelligence and Google Maps data. In a ... Read More


'I'd speak English in Bengaluru, not Kannada': Viral post says no point learning languages of poor economies

India, July 12 -- A post on X (formerly Twitter) has gone viral for dismissing Indian regional languages like Kannada and Tamil as not worth learning, calling them the languages of "poorer economies" ... Read More


Bengaluru woman offered rRs.r1,000 by stranger to spit in his coffee. Here's what she did next

India, July 12 -- In a bizarre encounter that has left Reddit users both horrified and amused, a Bengaluru woman has shared how a seemingly normal walk turned into an unsettling experience involving S... Read More


Northeast women secretly filmed at Taj Mahal: 'They took slow-mo videos of us'

India, July 11 -- A visit to the Taj Mahal turned traumatic for two women tourists from the Northeast, who alleged they were secretly filmed and 'harassed' by two men inside the monument premises. Th... Read More


Bike lane in Bengaluru? Viral video shows bikers using footpath on ORR to escape traffic

India, July 11 -- A video showing two-wheeler riders using the footpath to dodge traffic near Kadubeesanahalli on Bengaluru's Outer Ring Road (ORR) has gone viral, reigniting public anger over pedestr... Read More