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Art for art's sake: Absurd Nonsense Oxymoron workshop at CKP
Nothing is absurd or nonsensical in art, is all that is on the minds of a team of 12 artists from Poland who will teach and learn from their counterparts in Bengaluru and Karnataka. 'Absurd Nonsense...
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8 held for corporator's abduction
The Srirampuram police recently arrested an eight-member gang for abducting Okalipuram ward corporator Shivaprakash on September 12.According to the police, the accused are Naveen, 24, Charan Raj, 24,...
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HC seeks status of students from Alliance University
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed Alliance University to make a submission about the status of students in the university in the wake of a dispute between the two factions of the...
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Techie caught for posting woman's obscene photos
The HAL police recently arrested a 26-year-old techie for uploading obscene photographs of a woman on social media. Boranchi Raju, a native of Hyderabad, posed as an officer of the Intelligence Bureau...
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Who checks drivers' background? Police, firm blame each other
Following the theft of Rs 1.37 crore by the driver of a van carrying bank money, the police and the company transporting the cash are blaming each other.A representative of Logicash, a company involved...
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Flyover: govt to seek lifting of stay as NGT resumes hearing today
The state government will urge the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to vacate the stay on the construction of the steel flyover in Bengaluru when the hearing resumes on Friday. Advocate General...
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Bescom told to cut power to illegal ad hoardings
Bengaluru Development Minister K J George said on Thursday that he had directed Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Ltd (Bescom) to disconnect power supply to all unauthorised outdoor advertisement...
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Bumper crop turns a bane of farmers
A bumper crop is not always a boon. Farmers in Karnataka are realising this as they are unable to get reasonable prices for perishable commodities given the liquidity crunch. Trade in the farming...
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'Consider Kannadigas for BMRCL jobs'
Bengaluru Development Minister K J George on Thursday said that he would instruct Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) to employ as many local candidates as possible for various posts in the...
View ArticleSuspected thief who set himself afire dies of burns
A 21-year-old habitual offender, who attempted suicide by setting himself ablaze while in police custody, succumbed to burns at St John's Hospital on Thursday.According to the police, Chappar Ravi, a...
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Little Van Goghs turn storytellers, weave messages through art
"There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, thanks to their art and intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun." So said legendary painter Pablo...
View ArticleCops raid trader's house, find Rs 42 lakh in 2,000-rupee notes
Police confiscated Rs 49.5 lakh in cash, including a whopping Rs 42 lakh in the new 2,000-rupee notes, by raiding the house of a textile merchant in Chamarajpet, central Bengaluru. Three men have been...
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Van used in heist found abandoned
The van driven away on Wednesday with Rs 1.37 crore was found in Vasanth Nagar.A senior police officer said, "The High Grounds police, on night patrol, found the vehicle abandoned on ICross." Police...
View ArticleFraudsters pose as CCB sleuths, dupe realtors of Rs 83 lakh
Three unidentified men posed as Central Crime Branch (CCB)sleuths and took away Rs 83 lakh notes from 11 realtors in JPNagar on Thursday. The realtors had collected Rs 2,000 and Rs 100 denomination...
View Article'Taxmen' rob cigarette firm staff of Rs 1 cr in banned notes
Posing as Income Tax department officials, three men made away with Rs 1 crore cash belonging to the owner of a Tamil Nadu-based cigarette manufacturing company.The incident that took place around 4.30...
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Woman slips from Metro station escalator
A woman fractured her leg after slipping from an escalator at Magadi Road Metro station on Wednesday. The incident took place when Nagarathna took an escalator with a relative to reach the platform. In...
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Strange but in'sightful' way to meet strangers
Conversations between strangers can seldom be forthcoming. The talk among the interactors can come unstuck all the more, if the two in question are blindfolded. But, attempting this rather strange...
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300 trees to be chopped for widening Palace, Jayamahal Roads
Even as a case against the chopping of 812 trees for the steel flyover is being heard, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike is conducting a survey for widening Palace and Jayamahal Roads. Sources...
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NGT declines to vacate stay on steel flyover
In a setback to the state government, the National Green Tribunal refused to vacate the stay on the contentious steel flyover from Basaveshwara Circle to Hebbal.Declining to entertain the state...
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Bull Temple Road comes alive ahead of fabled peanut mela
Four decades ago, Palani Swamy used to come from Dharmapuri and watch people buy groundnuts from his father for just five paise.Today, he sells the same measure for Rs 30. One of the many vendors...
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