Cubbon Park

Traffic to be allowed in Bengaluru’s Cubbon Park on second and fourth Saturdays for 3 hours

January 28, 2025 7:52 pm

Environmentalists and a section of Bengaluru residents have launched an online petition titled Cubbon Park Pradakshiney Haaki, demanding the space remain traffic-free on holidays.

Bengaluru police at odds with horticulture dept over allowing traffic inside Cubbon Park

January 21, 2025 10:23 pm

While the Bengaluru police seek to ease traffic congestion, horticulture department officials and environmental groups advocate conservation of the park, considered the city’s lung space.

Secret Santa is not religious: Cubbon Reads refutes park authorities allegations

December 24, 2024 6:36 pm

With Christmas round the corner, for their 101st edition, Cubbon Reads organisers had invited people to come with a wrapped book to participate in the Secret Santa book exchange.

Cubbon Reads Secret Santa event halted, books confiscated by Cubbon Park authorities

December 22, 2024 1:02 pm

The Secret Santa event involved attendees depositing wrapped books, which would then be randomly re-distributed based on a numbered chit.

Pai thinks of Bengaluru as a “liberal, accepting, largehearted melting pot”, with the recent online trends about the city being unwelcoming an anomaly in the 50 years and more she has resided in it.

The Writer’s Corner: In conversation with Roopa Pai

November 11, 2024 7:40 pm

Pai thinks of Bengaluru as a “liberal, accepting, largehearted melting pot”, with the recent online trends about the city being unwelcoming an anomaly in the 50 years and more she has resided in it

Know Your City: Cubbon Park aquarium revamped, re-opened as Namma Bengaluru Aquarium

July 28, 2024 8:47 pm

The Namma Bengaluru Aquarium boasts an array of algae-eating fish, from various species of Plecostomus, panda garras, as well as the delicate and diminutive Otocinclus catfish.

Bengaluru residents and civic body plant saplings at Rani Park on World Environment Day

June 05, 2024 9:06 pm

Year-round greening projects are on cards for the Bengaluru park visited by people including ex-PM H D Deve Gowda and actors.

Historian writes to Karnataka High Court Registrar to protect Cubbon Park baobab tree

May 22, 2024 8:46 pm

According to the letter, the Cubbon Park baobab tree, which now falls in the Karnataka High Court premises, is probably the last such tree in Bengaluru.

New scam in the market: X users call out Bengaluru company charging Rs 1,500 for a walk in Cubbon Park

April 19, 2024 10:26 am

Many users on X are wondering how something as basic as a walk in Bengaluru’s famous Cubbon Park could be monetised by any company.

In recent years, Cubbon Park has become a hotspot of community activity and engagement and serves as a space for numerous interactions like reading clubs, picnics, and yoga.

No mats, no commercial sessions: Bengaluru’s Cubbon Park introduces new rules for yoga classes

March 07, 2024 8:40 am

The Karnataka horticulture department’s decision to restrict yoga sessions at Bengaluru’s Cubbon Park over commercialisation and soil erosion concerns has not gone down well with yoga enthusiasts.