Senior IAS officer of Karnataka PC Jaffer, IAS Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Wednesday appointed senior IAS officer Jaffer PC as the new Managing Director of Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), replacing Ravishankar J, who has been transferred.Jaffer, a 2003-batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre, had been holding additional charge as BMRCL Managing Director…
The lack of such facilities at several Purple and Green Line stations has been a constant grievance of commuters. Bengaluru: Four Metro stations, part of the soon-to-be-opened Pink Line, will have two-wheeler parking facilities. BMRCL has issued a request for proposal (RFP) ahead of awarding licences to operate these parking lots.According to the RFP document,…
Bengaluru: Commuters travelling on Namma Metro’s Green Line faced major inconvenience Tuesday morning after a power failure disrupted train services for more than 45 minutes during peak hours.Train operations between Yeshwantpur and Madavara were suspended from around 8am following the breakdown, affecting nine stations between Goraguntepalya and Madavara. During the disruption, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation…
Namma Metro has increased fines for disruptive passenger behavior significantly (AI image used for representational purpose only) BENGALURU: Playing music on speaker mode, watching videos without earphones, and creating disturbance inside Namma Metro coaches could now cost commuters up to Rs 2,500 — five times higher than the earlier fine of Rs 500. The revised…
As the first phase of the govt’s footpath clearance drive concluded on July 10, TOI set out to assess what has changed on the ground and how it has impacted Brand Bengaluru. Instead of debating it from a distance, we invited brand expert Harish Bijoor to lace up his walking shoes and see the changes…
Severe crowding in front of Cubbon Park Metro Station after a train developed a technical fault in the underground section, in Bengaluru on June 23, 2026. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar Bengaluru’s Namma Metro services on the Purple Line were disrupted during peak hours on Tuesday (June 23, 2026) evening, around 6.45 p.m., after…
Bengaluru: Metro train services were briefly disrupted Friday morning after a passenger’s leg was trapped in the gap between a train and the platform at KSR City station of Purple Line.A video of the incident has gone viral on social media, showing security personnel assisting the passenger in freeing his leg from the platform-train gap.According…
The 19-km Metro stretch from KR Pura to Silk Board along ORR has reached an advanced stage of construction, though work continues to lag in Marathahalli, Iblur and Silk Board Bengaluru: Long-awaited Blue Line — a 19-km Metro stretch from KR Pura to Silk Board along Outer Ring Road — is set to enter the…
The Pink Line, a 21.3-km corridor connecting Kalena Agrahara in the south to Nagawara in the north, is a crucial component of the metro expansion. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Bengaluru Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda on Friday (June 19, 2026) held his first high-level review meeting with senior officials of the Bangalore Metro Rail…
Bengaluru: The city’s Metro expansion has hit a prolonged pause, with not a single new corridor entering the construction stage in more than four-and-a-half years.The last project to break ground was the extended Airport Line (KR Pura to KIA), contracts for which were awarded by BMRCL in Nov 2021 and construction commenced in early 2022….
