Bengaluru LIVE - December 16, 2018

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CCTVs a security cover, but cameras need maintenance

Simply installing a CCTV camera near houses is not enough - they have to be maintained properly, say Bengalureans.

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Safety through surveillance

Beyond the 731 CCTV cameras currently installed in the CBD, the city police have identified 5,494 locations with a high footfall of women to put up these surveillance devices. A senior police official informs that the systems will be financed under the Nirbhaya Fund allocated for the State.

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People flex at the Thump! Celebration Bengaluru Marathon

Parameshwara asks police to shoot serious criminals

Home minister G Parameshwara on Saturday warned criminals that the police would not hesitate to use firearms against them to maintain law and order.

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Bangalore Club: 150 and still going strong

Bangalore Club, the elite, British-era club in the heart of the city,released a coffee-table book, postal covers and stamps on Saturday tocommemorate its150th-year celebrations.

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Reduction of Bannerghatta ESZ, for whose benefit?

The true colour of the Karnataka government has come to the fore with its ‘recommendation’ to reduce the extent of the ESZ around the Bannerghatta National Park.

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BBMP goes big on social media to promote city

As part of the intensive social media campaign ahead of the Swacch Survekshan, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has taken the first step by opening a forum called ‘Swaccha Sundara Bengaluru’ in social media.

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Solid waste management park named after Ananth Kumar

A solid waste management park - considered India's first - located in BBMP's HSR Park has been christened 'Ananthanavana' in memory of the late Union minister, Ananth Kumar.

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Convict accuses cops of asking bribe, molesting sister

A sharpshooter and an aide of underworld criminal Chhota Rajan, Yusuf Suleiman Kadri, has accused three policemen with the City Armed Reserve of accepting a bribe and misbehaving with his sister.

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Modi wishes HDK on his birthday

HDK thanks President Kovind for his wishes

Chamarajnagar food poisoning: Death toll rises to 13

The death toll in the food poisoning incident at a temple in Chamarajnagar district rose to 13 with two more deaths Sunday, Health Department officials said.
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Deputy CM says road in Bengaluru to be renamed after martyr on Vijay Diwas

Six killed in boiler blast, CM orders probe

Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has ordered a probe into the blast that occurred at a sugar distillery the Kulali village in Mudhol, Bagalkot district that killed six persons on Sunday.

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Bengaluru Weather Update

BBMP goes big on social media to promote city

A picture of Murudeshwar temple of Karnataka

800 nature lovers plant 8000 saplings

Uma Ramakrishnan delivered a lecture on her research on tigers

Appeal for participation in football awareness campaign

Faster link soon from Jakkur to Ballari Road

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will soon be constructing a new road from Jakkur village to National Highway-7.
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