Bangalore's sacrifices Peace-loving Bangaloreans even planted bombs, burnt police stations and post-offices and threw stones at the men in Khaki. When Britons used cavalry, Bangaloreans strewed ragi (millet) on the roads to make the horses trip.
Free-doom Karnataka branch of All-India Freedom Fighters Samiti requested Governor T N Chaturvedi to direct the government to convert the Balabrooie guesthouse, off Sankey road, into a freedom fighters memorial.
Now, everything here is videshi What hurts Octogenarian H Sreenivasaiah, who actively took part in the freedom struggle in Bangalore, is that nobody is proud of their own things and their own people.
Traffic curbs in City for I-Day In view of the 60th Independence Day celebrations, Bangalore traffic police have announced some restrictions and diversions around Manekshaw Parade grounds.
Schoolchildren performing cultural programme on the eve of Independence day celebrations, at Kumbalgod plant of The Printers (Mysore) Private Limited, in Bangalore on Tuesday.DH photo
India’s nuclear deal with the United States has generated a lot of heat and dust.
Who is the principal beneficiary of this “historic” deal -- India or the US?
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