Mohammed Yacoob

Mohammed Yacoob is Special Correspondent with The New Indian Express based in Bengaluru. He covers,civic beat and human Interest stories

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Thousands of dead fish were found floating in Doddagubbi Lake in Mahadevapura constituency last week.

Mass fish kill leaves Doddagubbi Lake full of maggots

Mohammed Yacoob

09 Oct 2026

2 min read

A resident of St Michael School Road in Shantinagar shows the water supplied from BWSSB pipelines.

Black and smelly water leaves Bengaluru's Shantinagar residents worried

Mohammed Yacoob

06 Oct 2026

2 min read

AECS Layout residents say the Andhra-based builder of this seven-storey PG building got premission for only G+3 floors. Right: The Gateway @Whitefield owner obtained a residential permit, but put up a commercial building

Bengaluru’s PGs mushroom, but zero enforcement

Mohammed Yacoob

12 Sep 2026

2 min read

In the process, the city lost a grant of around Rs 1,000 crore under the 15th Finance Commission as it does not have an elected body.

Six years without elected civic body, Bengaluru’s basic woes deepen

Mohammed Yacoob

10 Sep 2026

2 min read

A pourakarmika collects garbage from the roadside on Tuesday

Even after GBA, Bengaluru still needs 3000 pourakarmikas

Mohammed Yacoob

09 Sep 2026

3 min read

A pedestrian bends to save his head from a slanting tree on the footpath on Kumara Krupa Road

GBA completes one year amid criticism over civic issues, lack of elected body in Bengaluru

Mohammed Yacoob

02 Sep 2026

2 min read

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