BENGALURU LIVE- Feb 12, 2019

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Ahead of Modi’s visit, leaders set the mood in B'luru

Hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his address in Hubballi, a string of senior BJP leaders led by Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani set the mood in Bengaluru by targeting the Congress and ‘Mahagatabandhan’.
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Rs 2000 cr worth silt at Bellandur, Varthur lakes

The cash-strapped Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) seems to have identified a new source of money to fund infrastructure works. BDA is apparently sitting on silt worth Rs 2,000 crore but is yet to decide what to do with it.
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'Lack policy to govern B'luru traffic has led to chaos'

Growth without a plan has led to chaos, Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) P Harishekaran said, giving the example of 2,000 marriage halls in the city without adequate traffic facility.
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Welfare scheme beneficiaries not identified yet

The ward committees are yet to zero in on the beneficiaries of the various BBMP welfare schemes in the 198 wards. The citizens, meanwhile, are saying the committees have indeed failed in this regard.
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Bengaluru schools to snoop on children on V-Day

The associated managements of private schools in Karnataka (KAMS) has sent out a note of “caution” to its member schools regarding the measures they ought to take for Valentine’s Day.
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Whitefield section signalling to increase capacity

The Bangalore Cantonment-Whitefield section of the South Western Railway will soon be able to accommodate about 50 more trains in the network by the end of February.
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'Most wedding halls in Bengaluru lack parking facility'

Growth without a plan has led to chaos, Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) P Harishekaran said, giving the example of 2000 marriage halls in the city without adequate traffic facility.
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Discotheque charging 2.5k for escort women raided

The Central Crime Branch police on Sunday raided a discotheque in Gandhinagar near Majestic and arrested 83 men, including the manager,and rescued 28 escort women who were used for couple-entry.
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Man lends friend car, gets killed when he wants it back

Lending a car to a friend turned fatal for a 26-year-old man in a western Bengaluru suburb, police said.

Varun K, a resident of Sachidananda Nagar near Kengeri Satellite Town, had lent his car to a friend named Ravi, from Hosa Guddadahalli, off Mysuru Road. Ravi used the caras collateral for a loan. Varun learnt about it three days ago and he demanded the car back, leading to a fight.
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