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Bengaluru residents seeking to park vehicles on public roads outside their homes may have to pay an annual residential parking fee of up to Rs 25,000, depending on the vehicle type, under the draft GBA (Parking) Rules, 2026. The draft rules propose an annual residential parking permit fee of Rs 15,000 for hatchbacks, Rs 20,000 for sedans and Rs 25,000 for sports utility vehicles. However, residential parking on roads other than arterial and sub-arterial roads will be permitted only for vehicles with a residential parking permit issued by the respective city corporation. The permit will be issued only to residents of buildings that comply with the minimum parking requirements prescribed under the building bye-laws. This means residents of houses or buildings that do not have adequate on-site parking as prescribed under the bye-laws may not be eligible for a residential parking permit. Parking vehicles on public roads outside their homes without a valid permit could be treated as ..
Actor Prakash Raj on Tuesday claimed that his name has been deleted from the electoral rolls in Bengaluru during the ongoing SIR process. In a video post he shared on his 'X' account, the actor said claimed that he was one of the 65 lakh voters whose voting rights have been deleted after the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. ".....I want to share a joke with you. I am one of the 65 lakh voters whose vote rights have been deleted from Bangalore constituency after SIR. nice joke no? I was born in this constituency. I lived in this constituency, I had my schooling, college, theatre here and for your kind information, I was an MP candidate of this constituency," the National award winning multi-lingual actor said. Raj said he will see what would be the process to get back his voter ID. "Well, the joke is nice. Game on. Let me see what is the process I have to go through. Kya kya kagaz dikhana padega (what all papers will I have to show) to get back my voter ID?," the actor
Two men, including an inter-state accused, were arrested for allegedly printing and circulating fake Rs 500 currency notes, police said on Tuesday. The accused have been identified as Arvind (47), a native of Mysuru, and Venkata Subramanian (around 60), a resident of Chennai, they said. Police claimed to have seized 338 counterfeit Rs 500 currency notes, a photocopy machine, a laptop, a car, mobile phones and other incriminating materials, with the total value of the seizure estimated at Rs 3.29 lakh, police said. On July 3, the Kumbalagodu Police received a tip-off that a tenant residing in a BDA apartment within the police station limits was circulating counterfeit currency notes, police said. According to police, acting on specific intelligence provided by the informant, they detained a suspect near Kenchanapura Cross. During interrogation, the accused allegedly confessed to printing counterfeit currency notes and selling them to an associate based in Chennai. On July 4, the ..
Realty firm Embassy Developments will invest Rs 1,500 crore to construct a 3 million sq ft office complex in Bengaluru as part of its strategy to generate rental income from commercial assets. The company is mainly into housing segment with presence across Bengaluru, Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and Delhi-NCR. In an interview with PTI, Embassy Developments Managing Director Aditya Virwani mentioned that the company's focus would largely remain on the growing residential business. However, he said the company would build office assets for rental income. Virwani said the company will develop a large 35-acre office complex in Bengaluru comprising 6 million sq ft area. "We will develop this project is two phases. The construction of first phase covering 3 million sq ft has started," he said. Asked about investments for the first phase, Virwani said it would be around Rs 1,500 crore, excluding land cost. Virwani said the office spaces would be leased to corporates. Bullish on In