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In #Bengaluru:. Magadi Road #police have detained 46-year-old R Muthuraj, the #autodriver who verbally abused and slapped a girl student for cancelling the autorickshaw ride. He was tracked after a video of his wretched behaviour went viral.
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Non-Hindus cannot do business in and around Hindu temple premises: Karnataka govt
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#TirumalaLaddu controversy. #Karnataka govt orders mandatory use of Nandini brand of #ghee in all its 34k temples across the state, directs #temple staff to ensure the quality of prasada is not compromised.
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#KarnatakaBJPWorkerDeath. Video | Hindu activists and BJP workers surround state party president Nalin Kumar Kateel's car and heckle him, at Bellare in Sullia taluk.
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A day after a letter by #Congress MP @RahulGandhi to #Karnataka CM @BSBommai , forest department officials treat the wounded elephant calf in #Mysuru.
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In #Bengaluru:. Thousands of people got off their company vehicles/buses & walked towards their homes on Wednesday night following a massive #TRAFFIC #JAM on and below the #ElectronicCity flyover after rains. People were stranded on the flyover for around 3 hours!
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#Bengaluru: Sad & Shocking!. A person with disability (PwD) was injured after she fell off her scooter on the pothole-ridden Halsahalli road near Varthur. Angry fellow motorists slammed civic authorities & state govt for torturing taxpayers by not building infrastructure.
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In #Bengaluru. Two scooter-borne youths nabbed by the police after they were found throwing fire crackers on fellow motorists in HBR Layout. 👇. What do you call such people?
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Angry #Ola customer sets #fire to electric scooter showroom in #Kalaburagi in North #Karnataka. Mohammed Nadeem was frustrated with the new bike as it developed snags frequently. The showroom staff did not respond properly despite multiple appeals, he told cops.
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Bengaluru: Doctor ditches car stuck in traffic, runs for 45 minutes to perform surgery
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A rescued injured labourer crying for help to save his colleagues trapped inside the collapsed six storey building at Babusapalya in KR Pura limits. #Bengaluru #Karnataka #BengaluruRains
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Police have arrested a 30-year-old #Bengaluru man for riding his 1000 CC bike at 299 kmph on Electronic City expressway during #lockdown.
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#Bengaluru police arrested four #GST Intelligence officers who conducted ‘fake’ raids and extorted businessmen. The police claimed to have seized 32 mobile phones and 50 cheque books from the female officer 👇. The 4 GST officers are👇
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#Bribery in #Bengaluru. 2 #Bescom officials were caught red-handed recently by #Lokayukta sleuths while receiving bribe to sanction power for a layout on 2 acres. The arrested - AEE Ramesh Babu & section officer Nagesh - demanded Rs 16.5 lakh & said ‘No Bargaining’.
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Residents, including senior citizens and students, rescued by SDRF personnel and others on tractors at Yemalur near HAL in #Bengaluru. #BengaluruFloods
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Karnataka businessman kills self, names BJP MLA in ‘suicide’ note
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Karnataka government has issued a circular ordering the mandatory use of the Kannada language in all government programs. (ANI).
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PM Modi on Tuesday had breakfast with the erstwhile royal family of Mysuru at the royal palace. PM was accompanied by #Karnataka governor Thawar Chand Gehlot and CM @BSBommai
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90% Indians who study MBBS abroad fail to clear qualifiers in India: Union minister
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When #ministers are going overboard to flaunt their power & position, #Karnataka’s revenue minister @krishnabgowda is an epitome of simplicity. He was spotted at #Bengaluru #airport ‘carrying’ his bag, not surrounded by sycophants, and walking into terminal like a common man!
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#Bengaluru: Noted Kannada actor Shivaraj Kumar addresses the protest meeting at Karnataka film chamber during the protest against the release of #Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. #KarnatakaBandh #CauveryIssue
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Trial run of South India's first #VandeBharatExpress (Chennai-Bengaluru-Mysuru) commenced on Monday. Visuals from Byappanahalli in #Bengaluru
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#Bengaluru #WaterCrisis . A father-daughter duo seen collecting water from a roadside leaking pipe on Hoodi Main Road in the tech corridor of Mahadevapura. (Photos by TOI’s Chethan Shivakumar)
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#Bengaluru: Cardiologist Dr C N Manjunath, BJP candidate from Bangalore Rural district who takes on Congressman and DyCM D K Shivakumar’s brother Suresh, walks to polling booth along with family members in Padmanabhanagar. #LokSabhaPolls2024.
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#Bengaluru: #KSRTC will add 20 new Airavat club class #buses by the end of the month. This is how the bus looks 👇
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Egged in #Bengaluru. #BJP MLA (Rajarajeshwarinagar) Munirathna, who is out on bail in a rape case, was struck on his head with an egg near Kanteerava Studio in the northern part of the city. He blamed his political detractors for the attack.
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No gun-wielding security staff, no sycophants, no attitude, no display of power…. this #Karnataka minister was recently spotted at a not-crowded dhaba on the road to Ballari. Can you identify him👇?
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#Breaking. All schools & colleges to remain closed in #Bengaluru on Wednesday in view of the rains, says #Bangalore Urban DC Jagadeesha. (Thursday is also a govt holiday on the occasion of Valmiki Jayanthi)
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#BengaluruRains . WHERE IS THE ROAD?. Pathetic state of affairs near the city’s tech corridor (Sarjapura-Dommasandra Road). Thousands of software engineers live here and they start their day figuring out where the potholes are. For how long should people bear this?
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After an hour of intense thunderstorms this evening, Manyata Tech park in Bengaluru is inundated yet again leaving several commuters stranded. #Bengaluru #Karnataka #BengaluruRains
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Patrolling cops extort couple near tech park in Bengaluru
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#Bengaluru tech-corridor, starting from #SilkBoard junction to #Ecospace tech park, has been inundated. Techies are forced to ease through knee-deep water to reach workplaces. Meanwhile, weathermen have issued yellow alert (heavy rain) for Bengaluru
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#Mysuru: Around 40 volunteers conserve a Kalyani of Graveyard in the city #Karnataka . Before After
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Bengalureans are frustrated…. “There is no point speaking about our difficulties…no one responds,” says a biker as he pushes his moped in flooded Tatanagar area in North #Bengaluru. How to rebuild citizen’s confidence in the system?
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#Karnataka : Many employees of IT companies use tractors to reach their offices in the Yemalur area of #Bengaluru amid waterlogging due to heavy rains. We can't take so many leaves from the office, our work is getting affected. We're awaiting tractors to drop us for Rs 50: Local
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#Karnataka: A girl student countered a group of saffron shawl wearing boy students who shouted Jai Shri Ram while she was arriving at her college in Mandya by saying Allahu Akbar. #KarnatakaHijabRow
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What Kiccha Sudeep said was correct. A regional language is the most important as a state is formed on linguistic bases. Everyone should understand and respect what Sudeep has said: K'taka CM Basavaraj Bommai on Ajay Devgn-Kiccha Sudeep argument over Hindi national language (ANI)
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In Bengaluru, a verbal argument between a female passenger and BMTC bus conductor over issuing ticket goes out of control. takes a violent turn. The woman slaps him for raising his hand and he beats her badly. The bus conductor has been suspended.
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Super jumbo jet Airbus A380 lands in #Bengaluru Airport on Friday afternoon. It is the first the largest passenger aircraft touching down in South India. It's an Emirates Airline flight from Dubai to Bengaluru
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#Karnataka: All types of gatherings, agitations, protests, or celebrations in public places are prohibited in Bengaluru for one week from March 15 to March 21, says Kamal Pant, Commissioner of Police, #Bengaluru. (ANI).
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Karnataka: 200 films paid tributes to Puneeth Rajkumar in their opening credits
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Karnataka: #Violence at iPhone production plant run by Taiwan-based #Wistron Corp at Narasapura (in Kolar district) near #Bengaluru. Employees allege they have not been paid properly.
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BV Srinivas: The ex-cricketer hitting it big in politics
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How to get e-khata for your property in #Bengaluru? . #BBMP explains 👇as it launches the test run of online e-khata issuance system
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#Covid19: Weekend curfew in #Karnataka from January 6. Schools in Bengaluru, apart from 10th and 12th standards to be shutdown. Only 50 percent people allowed at all public places with both vaccine doses. 200 people maximum with double dose allowed in outside weddings.
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#Bengaluru’s Test of Resilience: After Tuesday’s rain. While politicians mocked at people’s misery stating: “Rain water can’t be sent back to the sky!”, private players swung into action and restored normalcy in a record time. From yesterday to today @ Manyata Tech Park
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In a trap laid out on Thursday evening, the #Lokayukta police in #Karnataka arrested #BJP MLA K Madal Virupakshappa's son V Prashant Madal, who is a chief accountant with BWSSB, with bribe money of Rs 40 lakh.
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#Bengaluru: Fans of #PuneethRajkumar gather at Kanteerava Studio to pay tribute to the late actor on his first death anniversary.
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In #Bengaluru:. When a thick-skinned BBMP didn’t act…. A traffic constable went out of his way & clear a footpath of fallen tree branches near Vidhana Soudha, the seat of power. A salute to him👏. BUT…How to get the civic agency (#BBMP) personnel to do THEIR own work?
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All #BMTC bus services including non-AC & AC (Vajra & Vayu Vajra) will be free on August 15 on the occasion of BMTC's 25th anniversary. #Bengaluru.
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#BengaluruRains. A BMTC got caught on flooded Kogilu Road, off Kempegowda International Airport Road.
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#Arrested In #Bengaluru: . The guy who put his #dogs on the car’s roof while driving & also badmouthed a biker for trying to sensitise him has been booked by Banaswadi police. The accused is 36-yr-old Harish, a hairstylist from Kalyan Nagar area👇(pix).
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Bengaluru hoteliers to boycott Amul products & buy only Nandini
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#Bengaluru: App-based aggregator Uber on Saturday slashed minimum auto fare to Rs 35. This comes a day after #Karnataka high court permitted aggregators to operate auto rickshaws by charging 10% more than the base fares fixed by the government plus the applicable tax GST.
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#Karnataka: #Mysuru road crash that claimed 10 lives, left three injured seriously, caught on dashcam in the bus.
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IPS officer M A Saleem will take charge as the chief of #Bengaluru traffic police today. He has a doctorate in traffic management & is keen on finding solutions. WHAT SHOULD HIS PRIORITIES BE?.
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In #Bengaluru: Prank turns Fatal !. 32-yr-old Shabarish died after a box of #firecrackers burst under his butt in Konanakunte, South Bengaluru. His friends had promised to buy him an autorickshaw if he won the challenge of sitting on a box of bursting crackers.
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#Karnataka govt imposes #nightcurfew from 10pm to 5am as #Omicron cases rise in the state. #Covid19.
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Karnataka BJP MLA's son caught red-handed by Lokayukta Police while accepting Rs 40-lakh bribe
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#Bengaluru #Traffic #Police crackdown on drivers of school buses: 23 drivers tested positive for #Alcohol. How to ensure school bus/van drivers don’t drink & drive with children onboard?
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#Stabbing In #Bengaluru!. BPO employee Harsh Sinha, who was fired from his job recently, ended up damaging 500ck/13 #BMTC bus and assaulted conductor Yogesh near ITPL. Trigger: The conductor told him not to stand on the foot board near the door.
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Four Constables from Wilson Garden police station dressed up as Lord Yama, Chitragupta & Kinkaras and stopped bikers riding without wearing helmets near Lalbagh (East Gate circle) in Bengaluru on Saturday.
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Religious conversion is silent invasion, shouldn't be allowed: Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai
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Videos of: #Stabbing In #Bengaluru!. BPO employee Harsh Sinha, who was fired from his job recently, ended up damaging 500ck/13 #BMTC bus and assaulting conductor Yogesh near ITPL. Trigger: The conductor told him not to obstruct near the door.
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#Breaking near #Bengaluru!. Six persons including two children were killed when a container truck toppled and fell on their #Volvo car near #Nelamangala on NH48. The victims were on their way to Vijayapura for vacation when the #accident took place.
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Karnataka: Sadhguru begins drive to up Nandi Hills green cover
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#Karnataka home minister Basavaraj Bommai has converted his residential premises into #Covid care center with 50 beds, at Shiggaon. (ANI)
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#WATCH | #Bengaluru’s first woman e-bus driver to hit the road in February . The 32-year-old will take the wheel as the city’s first female e-bus driver next month
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#Lokayukta officials have recovered Rs 6 crore in cash during a a raid at the residence of #PrashanthMadal in Bengaluru. Searches are still under way. Prashanth is son of BJP MLA #MadalVirupakshappa
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Meat shops will remain closed on Monday, 30th August on the occasion of Krishna #Janmashtami : Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).
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22-year-old woman died and her five relatives were rescued from MPV, and two auto-rickshaws got stuck in flooded K R Circle underpass. Fire force rescue team seen rescuing people from vehicles stuck in the underpass which was flooded after rain in #Bangaluru on Sunday.
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Government to accord full state honours during the last rights of actor #PuneethRajkumar: #Karnataka CM #BasavarajBommai.
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Karnataka Govt bans consumption, promotion, storage and sale of hookah products citing ‘public health and safety’.
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#Water #Crisis in #Bengaluru. Tankers are demanding Rs 1,600 per load, said women who stormed BBMP head office demanding regular drinking water supply. Even tankers are not immediately available on-demand, the residents of Herohalli said.
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Girl offers her savings to Karnataka CM for fixing potholes
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#BengaluruRains . For all those wondering what DyCM DK Shivakumar is thinking/doing to reduce people’s misery, hear him: “Even Dubai faced flood situation, no one can stop nature…even I got caught in the rain…there was 2.5 ft high water near Nelamangala.”. What do you think?
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Karnataka bans practice of giving garland, shawls, memorabilia at govt events
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Bengaluru: Riders taking shelter from rain at underpasses to be fined Rs 500
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A 23-yr-old girl named Akhila died allegedly after she came in contact with an electric pole as her scooty fell down on a waterlogged road under #Whitefield PS in Bengaluru. #BengaluruRain.
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#Boats on #Bengaluru Roads!. With Tatanagar in North Bengaluru being flooded, boats were used for supplying food to stranded residents and for transporting senior citizens. 📹 by TOI Chethan Shivakumar
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Bengaluru world’s second most congested city; took 29 minutes to cover 10km in city last year: Traffic index
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Aam Aadmi Party will form government in #Karnataka like it did in Delhi and Punjab: Delhi CM @ArvindKejriwal.
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Bengaluru collapsing as all political parties have failed it: TV Mohandas Pai
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Non-Kannadigas in Karnataka must embrace local language, says CM Basavaraj Bommai
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2.7km in 40 minutes: Daily woes of Marathahalli flyover users in Bengaluru
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Karnataka and Goa Govts announce to reduce prices of petrol and diesel by Rs 7 per litre in their state (ANI).
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Karnataka orders a temporary ban on trekking in forest areas from Feb 1 till SOPs (standard operating procedures) are framed. (However, trekking will be allowed in 23 places where online booking is operational). This is in the backdrop of the recent rush at Kumara Parvata peak.
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Bengaluru: We're here for traffic management and not collecting fines, says MA Saleem
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