Citizens call MLAs seeking Bus Bhagya
The Citizens for Bengaluru and Bengaluru Bus Prayanikara Vedike launched the 'Call your MLA' campaign to lobby for their 'Bus Bhagya Beku' movement seeking more buses and cheaper fares.Volunteers...
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Runway-2 trials by Mar '19
Gearing up for a massive upsurge in passenger numbers, the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) operators have proposed to get the second runway ready for trials by March 2019. This will be just in...
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Book owners cheating on property taxes, George tells BBMP
Expressing concern over poor property tax collection, Bengaluru Development Minister K J George on Thursday wondered why the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike was not booking cases against people who...
View ArticleEnquiry against cop for refusing to register molestation case
A departmental enquiry has been initiated against an investigating officer in a mobile phone theft case at the HAL police station after the owner of the mobile, a woman, alleged that the officer...
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Ricky Kej visits bear rescue centre
Music producer and composer Ricky Kej visited Bannerghatta Bear Rescue Centre, run by Wildlife SOS, recently. He spent time interacting with the Wildlife SOS staff to get an insight into their efforts...
View ArticleMore insensitivity as sanitary workers' bodies sent to AP
Children and women were on Wednesday packed into ambulances taking the bodies of two sanitary workers to Andhra Pradesh.Each ambulance had 12 passengers and a body.The government had made sympathetic...
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Manhole deaths bring obscure Kannada film into spotlight
The makers of Kannada film 'Amaravathi', which depicts the poor working conditions of sanitation and civic workers, hope the state government gets the message following the death of three manhole...
View ArticleVictim of drunken assault dies
The victim of a recent assault by three men on March 1 died on Thursday morning. He was injured when three men who came in an autorickshaw randomly assaulted six persons in Rajajinagar and...
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'Agents' of contractor 'influence' manhole victims' kin
Ramky Infrastructure, the company which had hired the three workers who asphyxiated to death while cleaning a manhole in CV Raman Nagar on March 7, is said to be influencing their families. Amid...
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II PUC exam: Most students find History, Biology papers easy
The first day of the II PUC examinations went off smoothly amid extra-tight security at colleges across Karnataka on Thursday. Most of the students who appeared for Biology and History papers in 144...
View ArticleCBSE exams begin on a happy note for students
The class X and XII CBSE examinations began on a happy note on Thursday. The class X students had a 30-mark paper on information technology. Students found the one-hour paper easy and a good start to...
View ArticleDenied tickets, students allege discrimination
Some of the students who were denied hall tickets for the II PUC examinations because of low classroom attendance have accused their college of "discrimination". Thursday was the last day for around 20...
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Clearance for Mantri, Coremind projects cancelled
The State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority has refused to clear 28 real estate projects, and cancelled its clearance for projects proposed by Mantri Techzone and Coremind Software.The...
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II PU exams: Electronics, CS papers 'a cakewalk'
The Electronics and Computer Science papers in the II PUC examinations turned out to be a cakewalk for students on Friday. Most students were relaxed while coming out of exam centres as they could...
View ArticleGuidance value of immovable properties revised
The Stamps and Registration Department has proposed revising the guidance value of immovable properties across the state for the financial year 2017-18. The proposed rates would be uploaded on the...
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Lokayukta seeks report on 'unwanted' hysterectomies
With reports about cases of 'unwanted' hysterectomy being performed coming from many districts, the office of the Lokayukta has sought a report from the Commissioner for Health and Family Welfare....
View ArticleBartender files rape plaint against interior designer
A 21-year-old woman on Thursday lodged a complaint of rape against a 38-year-old interior designer. The man - identified as Chakradhar Reddy - made her consume a drink laced with sedatives at his house...
View ArticleHAL police inspector taken off probe into rape attempt
Sadiq Pasha, the inspector of HAL police station, will not investigate the case pertaining to a suspected serial rapist's attempt to sexually assault a woman in her paying guest digs in Kundalahalli...
View ArticleBrain-dead man's organs save five lives
A goodwill gesture by the family of an accident victim has helped save five lives.Lalit Lunkad (38) had met with a major accident. He was rushed to the hospital, where doctors declared him brain-dead....
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Fired for being gay and speaking my mind: St Joseph's professor
A professor at St Joseph's College of Arts and Science who was sacked on Thursday has claimed that his opinions on a wide range of issues, including homosexuality, cost him the job. Ashley Tellis, who...
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