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Unregulated billboards in Bengaluru: A looming catastrophe like Mumbai

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14 May 2024, 20:29 IST

Unregulated billboards in Bengaluru: A looming catastrophe like Mumbai

Unregulated billboards in Bengaluru: A looming catastrophe like Mumbai

Unregulated billboards in Bengaluru: A looming catastrophe like Mumbai

14 May 2024, 20:29 IST

Hoarding collapse: Can't use gas cutters at petrol pump site for fear of blast, says NDRF official

At least 14 people died, and 74 suffered injuries after a 100-feet-tall illegal billboard fell at a petrol pump in the Chheda Nagar area of Ghatkopar during dust storms and unseasonal rains that lashed the city on Monday.

14 May 2024, 10:03 IST

Hoarding collapse: Can't use gas cutters at petrol pump site for fear of blast, says NDRF official

Hoarding collapse: Can't use gas cutters at petrol pump site for fear of blast, says NDRF official

Hoarding collapse: Can't use gas cutters at petrol pump site for fear of blast, says NDRF official

14 May 2024, 10:03 IST

Forget billboards, shift to social media for ads

Instead of going about with the traditional way of physical advertisements, the ad agencies could use social media for an effective campaign

04 March 2022, 23:23 IST

Forget billboards, shift to social media display ads

Forget billboards, shift to social media display ads

Forget billboards, shift to social media for ads

04 March 2022, 23:23 IST

Blanket ban was welcome, revoking it is not

In September last year, a 23-year-old woman techie died after an illegal hoarding fell over her in Chennai. This incident drew a lot of attention to the highly visible hoardings / billboards that went unnoticed by most people.

15 February 2020, 02:03 IST

Blanket ban was welcome, revoking it is not

Blanket ban was welcome, revoking it is not

Blanket ban was welcome, revoking it is not

15 February 2020, 02:03 IST

Return of the billboards in Bengaluru

Shutting out the city’s islands of green from public view, ugly billboards once dominated Bengaluru’s skyline. Aesthetics took a mighty hit as visual pollution reigned. But a belated hoarding ban that offered some relief is now about to be revoked.

15 February 2020, 02:03 IST

Return of the billboards in Bengaluru

Return of the billboards in Bengaluru

Return of the billboards in Bengaluru

15 February 2020, 02:03 IST

Billie Eilish is Billboard's 2019 Woman of the Year

Taylor Swift will also be honoured at Billboard's event, receiving the inaugural Woman of the Decade award

26 November 2019, 08:52 IST

Billie Eilish is Billboard's 2019 Woman of the Year

Billie Eilish is Billboard's 2019 Woman of the Year

Billie Eilish is Billboard's 2019 Woman of the Year

26 November 2019, 08:52 IST

Pulling down unbilled-boards

Before an avalanche of flex banners and outdoor ads masked its appeal, Bengaluru once wore its green aesthetics with much pride. Then came the ad mafia, spreading its influential tentacles far and wide, covering the city in a deluge of ugly, unauthorized billboards that paid pittance to the BBMP. Can the High Court induced Palike crackdown finally undo the damage?

06 October 2018, 19:47 IST

Pulling down unbilled-boards

Pulling down unbilled-boards

Pulling down unbilled-boards

06 October 2018, 19:47 IST

The promise of a new ad policy, new set of bye-laws

Can the new advertisement policy approved recently by the Bruhath Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) put a dramatic end to the menace of illegal hoardings? On paper, the policy with its new set of bye-laws completely bans all illegal commerical billboards and hoardings in the city.

06 October 2018, 19:42 IST

The promise of a new ad policy, new set of bye-laws

The promise of a new ad policy, new set of bye-laws

The promise of a new ad policy, new set of bye-laws

06 October 2018, 19:42 IST