Residents grapple with flooding, open drains, and official apathy

Follow TNM’s  for news updates and story links.  Heavy rains that began on May 18 have continued to batter Bengaluru, leaving several neighbourhoods submerged and disrupting daily life across the city. Waterlogging has inundated homes, roads, and businesses, as residents face the compounded effects of pre-monsoon showers and longstanding infrastructure neglect. In Whitefield’s Sri Sai Layout, … Read more

Bengaluru weather live updates: 5 dead as rain chokes city, IMD predicts low-pressure area off Karnataka coast

Bengaluru weather live updates: A tractor being used to rescue people from a waterlogged area after heavy rains, at Sai Layout in Bengaluru, Monday, May 19, 2025. Bengaluru weather live updates: Incessant rainfall has wreaked havoc in the capital of Karnataka as torrential downpour led to massive waterlogging and flooding on the city roads, posing … Read more

Bengaluru rain: Elderly man, 12-year-old boy electrocuted in flooded apartment

Bengaluru’s heaviest spell of rain this year claimed three lives in a single day. Two of the deaths were reported from BTM Layout on Monday evening, where a 12-year-old boy and a 63-year-old man were electrocuted while trying to clear waterlogging in their apartment complex. Earlier, a 35-year-old woman housekeeper died in Whitefield after a … Read more