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Thursday, September 4, 2025
TopicBengaluru floods

Topic: Bengaluru floods

Bengaluru under water, Siddaramaiah govt gears up for grand 2-yr anniversary

City flooded, Deputy CM Shivakumar, in Vijayanagara Monday for the upcoming celebrations, says that Bengaluru does not have problems.

Several parts of Bengaluru flooded, cars damaged as heavy rain batters state

The worst effect of the downpour was seen at Seshadripuram where the compound wall of the Metro Rail collapsed, damaging seven cars and a few bikes.

‘When we were cheetah’d of acche din’, and meet the other animal BJP is welcoming

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Scriptwriting is drawing creative minds to OTT platforms. Here’s why

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

From ‘open sewer’ to ‘success story’ — how K-100 became Bengaluru’s ‘model’ stormwater drain

Upgraded along the lines of Seoul’s Cheonggyecheon canal, K-100 stormwater drain held up during the recent deluge in Bengaluru due to massive desilting efforts.

‘Convenient to blame outsiders for floods’ — Bengaluru residents lament ‘blame game’ politics

13 residents of Rainbow Drive, home to many who moved to Karnataka for work, get notices for alleged encroachment of stormwater drain. Water activist says 'proper water system' needed.

Wet mattresses, smelly rice, rain fear — Bengaluru East struggles to recover from freak flood

Calling for holistic solutions for newly urbanising, expanding parts of the city, experts suggest govt uses weather apps & desilts drains to avert future disasters.

A colonial-era ‘memento’ no one’s talking about & how rainy days can keep you ‘raid-free’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

There’s a third wheel in India-Pak rivalry & the ‘B’ word that is Bollywood’s worst nightmare

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

TV news made Central Vista look lovely. But why must we have ‘Delhi-darshan’ every day?

The wide coverage of the Central Vista and Bengaluru floods was great. But the live footage of the BJP protests in Delhi was pretty pointless.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.