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IT company sacks techie for raising safety concerns
A senior software engineer has been sacked from a leading IT company for raising concerns over the safety of employees at the workplace.For the the past five years, Sharan Desai, a post-graduate in...
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Bidari gets top cop's job, BJP lands in trouble
In a decision that could snowball into a controversy, the government appointed 1978-batch IPS officer Shankar M Bidari, who belongs to the politically influential Ligayat community, as the state police...
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Krishna, 'the author of Karnataka mining scam'?
Social activist files complaint with Lokayukta court naming foreign minister, former chief ministers Dharam Singh and H D Kumaraswamy; Justice Santosh Hegde does a U-turn over Krishna indictment a day...
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Fire-ravaged BBMP to beef up security
It took a devastating fire to take the glasses of 'ignorance' off the BMMP's eyes that could not see the imminent security threat till the last month's blaze that reduced the BMTF office to...
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City's wait for suburban railway network gets longer
Three decades after announcement, project still in limbo as existing railway routes cannot accommodate local trainsSuburban trains, known as the lifeline of transportation in cities like Mumbai and...
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Death toll dwindles but BMTC buses yet to shed 'killer tag'
Statistics reveal a decline in the number of accidents this year, but transport experts far from impressedIt looks like there is still a long way to go before the city transport corporation could rid...
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Jinxed speedfest hits permission hurdle
Racing extravaganza is scheduled to start this weekend after seven years; while organisers claim to have got the go-ahead, city police deny giving green signalThe much-awaited annual carnival of racing...
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BMTC moves faster on 'priority lane'
The state transport agency is working on signal preference system for its buses on the Majestic-ITPL route, hopes to cut down the commuting time by a good 20-25 minutesThere's a good news for those...
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Harassed woman biker takes on bribe-lusty traffic police
Forced to pay Rs 200 for releasing bike, 38-year-old woman calls up top cop to inform hims about the bribery incident, leading to suspension of a sub-inspector and blacklisting of towing vehicleA...
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City divided over FDI debate
While traders' associations from across the state observed a daylong bandh, Bangaloreans deliberated on the pros and cons of foreign investment in retailAs a part of the ongoing protest against the...
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Is this the beginning of BJP's nightmare?
Sriramulu's landslide victory in Bellary is giving the BJP leadership sleepless nights. the assembly's winter session may turn in to a bed of hot coals for the ruling partyA day before the Assembly...
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Danseuse faces cheating charges
Renowned danseuse Nandini Alva has been accused of cheating her legal advisor of Rs 75 lakh that she reportedly owed to him for executing various project of the upcoming annual cultural fest,...
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Lumbering beasts feast on standing crops worth Rs 30 lakh
A herd of 40 elephants strayed into 3 tribal hamlets adjacent to Bannerghatta National Park; forest department says 'it is impossible to stop such attacks'At least 40 elephants strayed into three...
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Nobody will be spared: Bidari
DG and IG of the state says even the elected representatives will be summoned if their name crops up during the investigationThe upshots of the firethat engulfed Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force...
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Freedom of expression denied?
Following strong opposition from right wing organisations, police withdrew permission that was granted to conduct Slut Walk in the city yesterdayA large group of Bangaloreans intending to voice their...
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Get smart, save power
BESCOM plans to introduce Smart Meters that will give Bangaloreans the option to monitor and control their power consumption online; it will also help 'reduce power bills by 15-20%'While the much-hyped...
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Sriramulu not to topple BJP's apple cart
As B Sriramulu looks 'little interested' in pulling down the D V Sadananda Gowda government as of now, the BJP leadership has heaved a sigh of relief. But 'increasing infighting' in the party could...
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Junior Katta's BBMP council membership in jeopardy
Problems don't seem to cease for Junior Katta who has been in the limelight for all the wrong reasons throughout the year. Little did he know Katta Jagdish that someday, the Mayor whom he once...
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Beware if you've evaded tax on your high-end car
The Regional Transport Office has begun a crack down on people who illegitimately evade tax on their expensive vehicles by getting it registered outside the stateThere's bad news for those who had been...
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'I still tear up thinking about Steve Jobs' death'
He is the "other Steve", but to geeks around the world, he is the real deal; the man who practically invented the personal computer and changed the world. Steve Wozniak, supreme geek of the 1970s and...
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