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Handling rising ridership Metro's next big challenge
Countdown has begun for operationalisation of Namma Metro's entire Phase 1 network, but travelling in Metro will be an arduous affair for nearly a year till BMRCL introduces six-car trains.BMRCL MD...
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Search on for man washed away in drain
Rescue and search operations to trace Shantha Kumar (34), who was washed away in a stormwater drain during heavy rain on Saturday night, failed to yield any result. Personnel from Fire and Emergency...
View ArticleChain snatcher held, booty seized
The Upparpet police have arrested a suspected chain snatcher and seized gold chains worth Rs 17 lakh. The suspect, Babu H K alias Pulsar Babu (36), is a resident of Honnanayakanahalli in Ramanagaram...
View ArticleCourt convicts last accused in NLSIU student rape case
A sessions court on Monday convicted the last accused in the rape case of a student of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) on the Jnanabharati campus of Bangalore University in 2012.A...
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'Astrologer' arrested for raping, duping homemaker
A 31-year-old man was arrested for repeatedly raping and duping a woman on the pretext of solving her domestic problems. The suspect, Prasanna Kumar alias Karthik, is a resident of Kamalanagar in...
View Article7-day film fest at NGMA from today
The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) will screen the movies of legendary film makers from Japan, Russia, America and Iran starting Tuesday. The week-long festival, 'Journeying through life and...
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KR Market Metro station to reflect Bengaluru's heritage
Walls of the entrances to the KR Market Metro station will be designed to resemble the Bengaluru fort, with authorities keen to make Namma Metro part of Bengaluru's heritage and culture.The Karnataka...
View ArticleNew asst profs waiting for postings for more than 2 yrs
Candidates in the final list for posts of assistant professors in government degree colleges fear that their two-and-a-half-year-long wait may not end even this academic year. The 2,034 candidates,...
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Second round of lottery held for 40,990 RTE seats
The second round of the lottery process for allotment of seats in private schools under the Right to Education Act was initiated on Monday. A total of 1,10,625 applicants are taking part in the...
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Tree lovers turn vacant plot into mini forest in Krishnarajapuram
Once a vacant plot, this unused railway property is now a full-fledged mini forest, attracting a variety of birds and butterflies. All it took was eight months for members of 'SayTrees' to turn this...
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BBMP needs Rs 4 cr to run 9 sweeping machines for 5 yrs
The cost of maintaining and operating the nine sweeping machines that Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike procured on Monday, will be almost three times the cost of the machines.The machines comprising...
View ArticleInfo officer denies copy of answer sheet, gets notice
The Information Commission has issued a show-cause notice to Public Information Officer of the Police Recruitment and Training division for not providing a certified copy of the answer sheets for the...
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Rain hits traffic, power supply in many areas
Several trees were uprooted while low-lying areas were inundated as heavy rain pounded the city on Monday night.There was a huge pile-up of vehicles on major roads. However, there were no reports of...
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BBMP chief cancels leave of officers
Following the havoc caused by pre-monsoon showers on Saturday, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner N Manjunatha Prasad on Monday cancelled leaves of officers from joint...
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250 men, 24 machines engaged in search ops; victim untraceable
Shanta Kumar, the excavator operator who was washed away in a drain on Saturday night near Kurubarahalli, remained untraceable even on Monday despite an intensified search operation.As many as 250...
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Palike's work on SWD remodelling too late, too little
The BBMP has learnt no lessons from rain-related floods of the past. There are 633 stormwater drains (SWDs) measuring 856 km in the city. The BBMP started the work to remodel SWDs and fence them in...
View ArticleGet a sapling for just Rs 3 at Forest nurseries
In order to increase the green cover in Bengaluru and encourage people to plant more trees, the Forest Department is offering saplings for as low as Rs 3 ahead of the World Environment Day on June 5....
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New platform to fix water crisis
Karnataka's urban water demand and supply gap is set to widen from 24% (2011) to 58% in 2030, according to 2030 Water Resources Group, a unique public-private-civil society collaboration.To address...
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Light Utility Helicopter PT-2 completes maiden flight
The second prototype of the Light Utility Helicopter (LUH PT-2) completed its maiden flight at the premises of state-owned aviation major, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) here on Monday. Coming close...
View Article3 Chinese among 4 held for smuggling sandalwood
The Bengaluru Airport Customs at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) arrested four people, three of them Chinese nationals, for smuggling sandalwood. The arrests were made in two separate cases...
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