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BBMP to collect betterment fees from converted properties
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)will start collecting the betterment charges shortly, thus paving way for owners of thousands of properties in Bengaluru to get 'A' khata.Speaking to DH,...
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Deepavali with armymen
It was a special Deepavali for the women of All Ladies League (ALL), Bangalore, an all-inclusive international women's chamber. They spent their day with the armed forces personnel on Friday in the...
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Palike to put up 10K ad hoardings to check illegal ones
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will put up 10,000 advertisement hoardings across the city to generate revenue and weed out illegal billboards, Mayor G Padmavathi said on Friday. "Our...
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Metro depots to have rooftop solar systems
The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has entered into an agreement with Cleanmax to instal rooftop solar system at Baiyappanahalli and Peenya depots, under public-private partnership.N...
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Winter in city to be shorter this year
An unusually sultry October has dovetailed into a warm November, pushing away the city's chances of enjoying a normal winter.Under normal conditions, temperatures dip from November, signalling a...
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Metro trial run between National College, Puttenahalli in 3 weeks
The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) is planning to start trial run on the elevated corridor between the National College in Basavana-gudi and Yelachenahalli (Puttenahalli) Metro...
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Constable collapses, dies during physical test for SI post
A 34-year-old police constable collapsed and died while participating in a 400 metre run as part of the physical test for recruiting police sub-inspectors (PSIs). The incident took place on the...
View ArticleLorry driver knocked down
Three persons have been killed in separate road accidents in Chikkajala, Kumaraswamy Layout and KR Puram since Friday.A 38-year-old lorry driver was knocked down by an unidentified vehicle near...
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KIA runway to be partially shut from Feb 19 to April 30
Embarking on a major upgrade, the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) runway will be partially closed between 10.30 am and 5 pm from February 19, 2017 to April 30, 2017. Passengers taking day-time...
View ArticleFundamental duties' list to be displayed in all schools
The state government on Saturday informed the high court that it would display the list of the fundamental duties on notice boards of all government schools and colleges to create awareness on the...
View ArticleToys are a passe as robots exercise minds of these kids
Why buy toys when you can build them yourself? Inanimate Lego blocks no longer capture the imagination of these children, who now use programming to make moving robots out of such blocks. Over 350...
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Waste-to-energy plant to come up at Bidadi
The Karnataka government is working out the modalities of starting a waste-to-energy plant in Bidadi, said J B Ravinder, Joint Adviser, Central Public Health and Environment Engineering Organisation,...
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Unplanned urbanisation, senseless infra projects
Apeep into the urban dynamics of Bengaluru reveals a very disturbing trend: A 1005% increase in concretisation, loss of tree cover and drastic decline in water bodies. This is unacceptable as this...
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Flattening the Greens
Bengaluru's dramatic fall from a once-cherished garden city to a graying, polluted, concrete cluster has been relentless. Scientists have repeatedly warned that this unchecked trend of felling trees...
View ArticleA green petition to NGT
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) had enough evidence before it to order a four-week stay on the steel flyover project. Drawing attention to the glaring gaps in the government's arguments, the...
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Citizens' narrative built around saving trees
The steel flyover project may have been put on hold for the time being. But the citizens are still left wondering how an expensive project could be imposed on them by felling hundreds of trees and...
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Woman cons 150 people, lands in police net
A 26-year-old woman, who is said to have conned at least 150 people in various parts of the country and has had several run-ins with the police, is now cooling her heels behind bars for cheating a city...
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They get a kick out of teaching Taekwondo
Students staying back after classes in the evening to learn martial arts is a common sight in private schools in the city. Now, even children from slums in Malleswaram and Binnypet are learning to...
View ArticleCommercial tax officer caught taking bribe
Omkarappa, Commercial Tax Officer, Chamarajpet Circle, was trapped on Friday reportedly for taking bribe. The trap was laid by sleuths of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). The suspect has been booked...
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BBMP's public grievance meet gives voice to flyover naysayers
The state government on Saturday said the contentious steel flyover from Chalukya Circle to Hebbal was not a prestige issue for it.At an interaction programme - Janaspandana - organised by the Bruhat...
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