BENGALURU LIVE- December 15, 2018

Hello Bengaluru, follow what's happening in the city -a where to go, what to do and all that matters - on deccanherald.com, throughout the day.

Traffic alert!

LOTS OF SLOW TRAFFIC in the following locations:

10th Main Road

towards Banaswadi Road/Banaswadi Main Road

Delay:1 min

Current speed:10 km/h​

12Th Cross Road

towards Hosur Road

Delay:1 min

Current speed:13 km/h​​

13Th Cross Road

towards Sankey Road

Delay:2 min

Current speed:10 km/h​

17th Cross Road

towards 27th Main Road

Delay:1 min

Current speed:7 km/h

1st Main Road

towards NH-4/Jaymahal Main Road

Delay:2 min

Current speed:10 km/h

2nd Cross Road

towards Kasturi Nagar 1st Main Road

Delay:1 min

Current speed:23 km/h

2nd Main Road/Gowthampuram Main Road

towards Cambridge Road

Delay:2 min

Current speed:8 km/h

30th Cross Road

towards Kanakapura Main Road

Delay:2 min

Current speed:9 km/h

4th Cross Road

towards Thavarekere Main Road

Delay:1 min

Current speed:7 km/h

4th Main Road

towards Kanakapura Main Road/3rd Cross Road

Delay:2 min

Current speed:12 km/h

7th Main Road

towards Sarjapur Road

Delay:2 min

Current speed:14 km/h

80 Feet Road

towards Outer Ring Road/Tumkur Road

Delay:1 min

Current speed:8 km/h

80th Feet Road

towards 100 Feet Ring Road/Outer Ring Road

Delay:1 min

Current speed:11 km/h

Airport Road

towards Airport Exit Road (North)

Delay:2 min

Current speed:10 km/h

Weather Update

Saturday, 9:30 am

Partly Cloudy
Air Temperature: 30.5°C

Real Feel Temperature: 31.5°C
Relative Humidity: 48.0%
Water Vapor in 1kg of Air: 14.7g/kg
Dew Point: 18.3°C

Mean Sea Level Pressure: 1016.6mb
Actual Pressure: 911.2mb

Wrongful detention case: 32 nurses fly to Armenia

India’s first solid waste management park set to launch today

Learn how to watch the year’s brightest comet a.k.a. the Christmas Comet as it flies by Earth this weekend

The 46P/Wirtanen a.k.a. the Christmas Comet, photographically discovered on Jan. 17, 1948 by Carl A Wirtanen, will be the brightest comet of the year. The comet is already visible and you can get the best views through binoculars; it will be brightest between Dec. 14 and Dec. 18.

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Conservationist calls for stop on fencing of forests

Elephant deaths: Some of DH's recent stories

Wild elephant hit by train near Sakleshpur, dies

A 25-year-old wild jumbo died after being hit by the Hassan-Sakleshpur train, near Kakanamane village, under Bage grama panchayat limits, in the taluk, on Monday. This is the fourth elephant death reported in the region in the last three months.
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Elephant corridors not secure, jumbos die
In the last four years of the NDA rule, nearly 50 elephants were killed in what is known as elephant-corridors – a narrow patch of forest meant to provide a safe passage to the jumbos.
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SC asks Karnataka, TN to remove electric fences
The Supreme Court has directed Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and other states to remove at once electric fences and barbed wire, installed by the owners of resorts developed around the “critical” elephant corridors.
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Conservation on the edge
On the global scenario, the past year has some good and bad news for wildlife— an increase in the number of mountain gorillas in Rwanda and Uganda, extinction of the Spix’s macaw, a bird from the Amazon rainforests, and the only surviving male Northern white rhino in the world, breathed his last. Closer home, we recently lost over 20 lions in the Gir forest for reasons not yet known. So, how is India faring in conserving its wildlife? What are some of the challenges animals in the wild face?
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Engineers urge govt to probe flaws in metro edifice

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) is hiding a major structural issue in building the metros which the government must probe urgently, say structural engineers.

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Whitefield residents fix potholes on their own

Irked over the Palike's failure to rid the city roads of potholes, the residents and corporate employees in and around Whitefield have taken the matter into their own hands.

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Didn’t step into Bellandur lake, says actor Rashmika

Actor Rashmika Mandanna’s recent post on social media showing her standing near the Bellandur Lake and a woman floating in a waterbody has gone viral.

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Karnataka Deputy CM inspects Namma Metro

Access Controlled express highway announced for Bengaluru

Pankaj Advani, Rohan Bopanna & Malaprabha Jadhav honored by Karnataka Deputy CM

Whitefield: giant racks crashed without base support

Theaccident at the Whitefield warehouseon Thursday happened due to the smaller bolts fixed to the racks and lack of support at the base, fire and emergency officials said.

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Repair work to shut Metro on Dec 22, 23

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) will suspend Namma Metro services next weekend (December 22 and 23) to facilitate a detailed repair work on the faulty pier-155.

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Ambitious rail track fence claims life of elephant

The ambitious railway track fence, erected by the Forest department, in an attempt to check man-animal conflict, in villages bordering the forests, has claimed the life of an elephant in Veeranahosahalli forest, under Nagarahole Nation Park limits, in Hunsur taluk, of the district, on Saturday morning.

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DH Speakout

New terminal for private buses.

The transport department is now planning to set up a new dedicated terminal for private buses along Outer Ring Road. "The proposal comes as private buses plying on city roads add to the traffic chaos, making movement of public transport and private vehicles more difficult," reports The New Indian Express.

Deputy CM inspection halts peak hour traffic on MG Road

Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara inspection of the damaged metro pillar in the Trinity Station halts the peak hour traffic on MG Road on Saturday morning.

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National Horticultural Fair, 2019 in Bengaluru

Have you tried Quick Ride?

Compensation announced for victims of Chamarajanagar temple poisoning

Inauguration of Composting Learning Centre Swacha Graha Kalika Kendra

Tejaswini Ananthkumar, Adamya Chethana, Gangambike Mallikarjun, Mayor BBMP, Bhadregowda, Deputy Mayor BBMP, M Satish Reddy, MLA, Gurumurthy Reddy Corporator BBMP, inaugurating Composting Learning Centre Swacha Graha Kalika Kendra by BBMP, HSR Citizen Forum at Ananthana Vana,14th A Cross, 14th Main, Sector4 HSR Layout inBengaluruon Saturday. DH Photo by S K Dinesh

Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara during the inspection

Choir performance on December 16

The choir of St John’s Church presents‘Carols by Candlelight’ on December 16 at 6 pm St John’s Church, Cleveland Town. The production is directed by James Prajwal, retelling the story of the birth of Christ.

Will order probe if experts find poor quality: DCM

Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara said Friday he had ordered an inspection of the entire 42-km network of the Namma Metro in the backdrop of a viaduct defect that was identified on the Purple line.

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Bodybuilding show this Sunday at Whitefield

BodyPower hosts a bodybuilding show on December 16 from 11 am to 3 pm at Forum Neighbourhood Mall, Whitefield. Also, a new BodyPower studiowill be launched by Mr World junior title winner Balakrishna G.

IFBB ProfessionalBodybuilder, Kevin Levrone and athletes Jacob Sumana, Tom Coleman, Marguerita Vonral and many more will be gracing the occasion. For more details visit their Instagram page at@bodypowerindia.

Dive into the bundle of joy

If you are on Church Street, it is almost impossible to miss the bright yellow and black structure that says, ‘The Bundle and Co’. Read more

Try flavours from across India

The culinary journey at Bombay Brasserie is an explosion of flavours. But first, let’s take a moment to appreciate the ambience. Read more

The restaurant is locatedon 12th Main in Indiranagar.

Talk: on ‘Kriya Yoga Meditation

A way for Healthy, Happy and Successful life’, HAL Convention Centre, HAL GB Quarters, Old Airport Road, Marathahalli, 5.30 pm.

The RX heartbeat refuses to stop

A daring entrepreneur who pioneered affordable food joints in Bengaluru is being honoured today.

Gopady Srinivasa Rao, founder of the Mayura Group, prefers to remain low-profile, even as his businesses in Bengaluru---restaurants, cake shops, and bakeries---draw huge crowds every day. Read more

Thump! marathon on December 16

Thump! Celebration BengaluruMarathon willbe held on 16 December at the Nice toll plaza, Ring Road. Registrations for the sameare open till December 15.

Schedule

Full marathon- 4.30 am

30k run - 5.30 am
Half marathon- 6 am

10k run - 6.45 am
6k run - 8 am