BENGALURU LIVE- March 1, 2019

Bengaluru now boasts a cybercrime detection centre befitting its stature as the country’s tech capital.

. Bengaluru health officials on Thursday quashed rumours of an impending monkey fever outbreak in the city.

. The city police shot at a habitual offender who was trying to escape after attacking a police constable near Hennur railway station on Wednesday night.

. Staring at severe water scarcity, the state government has embarked on a massive mission to rejuvenate traditional water bodies. Making use of space and remote sensing technology, the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) department has mapped water bodies that are dried up, vanished or encroached upon.

. Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths made sure the so-called question paper leak kingpin, Shivakumaraiah alias Guruji, is behind bars before the start of pre-university examinations scheduled from March 1 this year.

. Private water tankers are making a killing this season, charging more in areas with limited BWSSB water supply.

. Gallery Sumukha, a platform that supports artists in terms of commissions and relevant spaces to expose their conceptual thinking, is presenting ‘Polygonal’, an art exhibition curated by M Ramachandran.

Artists Aishwaryan K, Deepti Jagannath, Hanoch Samuel, Lokesh B H, Pradeep G N, Prasad K V, Praveen B, Saleem Shoyab M S, and Whahab S A will be present at the preview on March 2 at 6 pm.

Exhibiton schedule

Date: March 3 to 30 (Monday to Saturday)

Time: 10.30 am to 6 pm Venue: Gallery Sumukha, Wilson Garden.

Entry open to all.

. ‘Pandutoons’, a cartoon exhibition featuring the works of B V Panduranga Rao will be opened on March 2 at 11 am at Indian Cartoon Gallery, Midford Garden.

. Lending major Vijaya Bank has red-flagged the manner in which the state government acquired land for its flagship solar park project, hailed as one of the largest in the world, coming up at Pavagada, about 150 km from Bengaluru.

. Curtains fell on the seven-day long Bengaluru International Film Festival on Thursday after a cheerful awards ceremony where director P Sheshadri received accolades for the film Mookajjiya Kanasugalu.

. PU IIexams: " Both physics and economics papers were easy. Students were asked to leave shoes outside the venue. Not even analogue watches permitted inside the exam Hall."

. Sumalatha, wife of actor-politician late Ambareesh on Thursday toured the district to elicit the opinion of the Congress leaderson her candidature for Lok Sabha polls from Mandya constituency.

. Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said that no one should bring politics in the country's security.

. Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Friday said that he introduced actor turn politician late Ambareesh to politics.

BENGALURU LIVE- March 1, 2019

Weather at 8 am: 21 degree Celsius

Light traffic on most roads

B'luru gets high-tech cybercrime investigation centre

Panic over monkey fever unfounded, say health officials

Police shoot at habitual offender

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