Bhayamukta Bengaluru launched to put a halt to Nalapad type attacks in the city.

A campaign for safe Bengaluru was launched to help people raise their voices against organised crimes and rowdyism in the city. Bangalore, March 1, 2018:  In a bid to ensure prevalence of proper law and order situation in the city and stringent action is taken against the offenders, Bhayamukta Bengaluru, a citizen movement by Bengaluru Nagarika […]

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Techies turn into teachers for Tent school

Lack of schools, shifts in locations and parents’ fear of their children being kidnapped have deprived Bengali Migrant worker’s children of education. Bangalore, March 1, 2018: The scene is the same every Saturday and Sunday afternoon. On the dusty roads leading to what locals refer to as ‘Bangla Camp’, children can be seen gathered around […]

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Students’ solution to manual scavenging awaits deployment

Bangalore, March 1, 2018: When a team of students from Reva University, Bengaluru, came up with an innovation that promised to put an end to manual scavenging, the BWSSB reportedly promised to support the building of its final version. It even said the technology would be deployed in the city. Three manual scavengers have died […]

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Areca farmers shift to other professions

Bangalore, March 1 , 2018: A scarcity of water has affected the cultivation of arecanut in Hosanagara taluk, Shivamogga district, forcing farmers to become construction workers. Umesha M started working as a daily-wages labourer after he could not earn money from agriculture. Similar is the situation of Vishwanath K, another arecanut farmer who said he […]

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Big turn: Haris, not CM, opens newly laid Church Street

Bangalore, March 1, 2018: In a surprising turn, it was not chief minister Siddaramaiah but Shantinagar MLA NA Haris who inaugurated the reconstructed Church Street on Thursday. In an email to journalists, the Karnataka information department had said Siddaramaiah would dedicate a multi-storied vehicle parking facility at Freedom Park at 10am, newly built footpaths at […]

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