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Palike fells huge silk cotton tree on steel flyover route overnight
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike felled a 55-foot tall Bombax or silk cotton tree (botanical name: salmaria malabarika) near Balabrooie guesthouse on Sankey Road, during the intervening night of...
View Article2-day meet on women entrepreneurship in B'luru from Nov 14
Bengaluru will host a two-day summit on women entrepreneurship and economic empowerment from November 14 aimed at enhancing the capacity of women business owners.Addressing a press conference in...
View ArticleCity to host India's 1st uterus transplants early next year
Nine women are set to receive wombs from live donors in Bengaluru early next year in what will be the first batch of uterus transplants in India. The first few surgeries will be performed by a team of...
View ArticleDrive against SWD encroachment fails to resume
The BBMP's drive to remove encroachment of stormwater drains (SWD) has lost steam with the civic agency focusing only on recovering vacant sites on the outskirts of the city.The demolition drive to...
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Can Namma Metro meet April deadline for Phase 1?
Namma Metro's Phase 1 may not meet its newest deadline — April 2017 —notwithstanding the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd's (BMRCL) confidence. The BMRCL hopes to finish all the...
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Aerial stunt goes awry, 2 actors feared dead
Two actors who plunged from a helicopter into a reservoir for a spectacular movie climax on Monday are feared dead.They were shooting at Thippagondanahalli, 35 km west of Bengaluru, for the Kannada...
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9th edition of BIFFES in February
The ninth edition of Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFFES) will be held inBengaluru and Mysuru from February 2 to 9 next year, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced here on Tuesday.Speaking...
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Rib-tickling British play in Bengaluru from today
The city will witness British humour at its best with the 'Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense', a blockbuster play from London's West End. Written by brothers David and Robert Goodale, the play is...
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Selfie craze: two PU students drown
Three youths, including two students, drowned in Anekal and Vidyaranyapura on Tuesday. The students drowned while trying to click a selfie and both did not know how to swim.Two PU students went to...
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Divers intensify search for actors; no luck on Day 2
A team of expert divers on Tuesday spied something that looked like a body buried deep inside the Thippagondanahalli reservoir. They are looking for two actors who jumped from a helicopter on Monday,...
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Draped in sari, May says 'Namaste'
British prime minister Theresa May's day-long visit to the city featured quick outings to a government school and the ancient Someshwara temple.Shortly after she flew in from New Delhi, she visited...
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City's 32,000 municipal workers to get free meals every day
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday launched a scheme to provide midday meals to more than 32,000 pourakarmikas (municipal workers) in Bengaluru. The scheme has been envisaged to help both contract...
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Steel flyover will mar Bengaluru's beauty, says architects' body
The Indian Institute of Architects (IIA) has also come out against the proposed steel flyover, saying the government didn't conduct proper public consultation on the project and that better...
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Not against Indian techies coming to UK, May tells CM
British Prime Minister Theresa May is learnt to have told Chief Miniser Siddaramaiah on Tuesday that she is not against techies coming into her country but wanted the "right people" with the "right...
View ArticleKarnataka gets six palliative care units
After the launch of the new palliative care policy on Tuesday, six districts across the state are set to get palliative care units in their district hospitals.Speaking at the launch of the policy here,...
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Social media goes berserk on currency jokes
Before the 500-rupee note dramatically turned notorious, before everyone scrambled to get to the nearest ATMs, social media exploded in mirth. Laced with acid humour, the tweets erupted in reckless...
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Huge rush, heated arguments at ATM kiosks
Just after Prime Minister Narendra Modi finished an unscheduled speech announcing the discontinuation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes on Tuesday evening, panic-stricken people started lining up outside...
View ArticleMan stabbed to death
A 28-year-old man was stabbed to death by bike-borne miscreants near Mohan theatre, Hegganahalli at Kamakshipalya on Tuesday night.The deceased is Chikkathimme Gowda, a resident of Hegganahalli. At...
View Article67 deprived women learn life skills, begin life anew
Sixty-seven underprivileged women graduated from 'Gurukul' of non-profit startup The Nudge Foundation, where they completed a programme in 'Life Management'. Gurukul, the flagship product of the...
View ArticleCunha among 5 judges to be elevated to HC
Five district court judges, including John Michael Cunha, the judge who sent Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa to prison, are all set to become High Court judges. Cunha is serving as a Registrar...
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