BENGALURU LIVE - Feb 7, 2019

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Jet crash: Damaged black box to be sent to France

The badly damaged Flight Data Recorder (Black Box) retrieved from Friday's Mirage 2000 crash at HAL Airport here will now be sent to France where Dassault Aviation,the OEM of the aircraft will study the recorded data to understand what went wrong.

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KIA to be 100% green by 2020 end

Gearing up to run the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) here entirely on green, renewable energy, the airport operator on Wednesday launched a 3.35 MW rooftop solar power project. The plant will generate 4.7 million units annually.

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HC quashes BBMP resolution banning advertisements

The Karnataka High Court quashed BBMP’s August 6, 2018 resolution which banned advertisements for one year, saying it violated the corporation’s bylaws as well as fundamental rights.

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BBMP to approach high court again over flex order

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike has decided to approach the high court over its order on quashing the Palike's council meet’s decision on banning unauthorised flex and banners for a year.

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Lecturer held with ecstasy concealed in notebooks

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Tuesday caught a 27-year-old college lecturer when he was allegedly receiving a packagecontaining 16 grams of methamphetamine (MDMA), a psychotropic substance popularly known as ecstasy, concealed in notebooks.

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Elephant shot dead, tusks missing

A carcass of a wild elephant was found 3 km from an anti-poaching camp in Kothanur forest in Chamarajanagar district.Both tusks of the elephant are missing.

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State seeks 6 months to enforce GPS, panic button rule

The transport department has written to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways seeking time till July 31 for implementation of the rule about installing vehicle tracking devices and panic buttons.

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Elderly man mowed down by two-wheeler

A 73-year-old man died after being knocked down bya speeding two-wheeler near the Nagasandra metro station on Tumakuru Road, North Bengaluru, on Wednesday morning.

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Students design ‘portable and cheap’ Braille converter

A novel device, BBook, which converts text into Braille real-time, is helping the blind live an easier life.

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'Natasaarvabhowma' sets new trend in Sandalwood

Taking a cue from 'KGF Chapter 1', the much-awaited 'Natasaarvabhowma' starring Puneeth Rajkumar is not only looking at unexplored frontiers like China but also had a unique midnight screening.

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Cartoonist arrested for harassing model

A 52-year-old cartoonist was arrested for sending obscene messages and nude photographs by Facebook Messenger to a city-based model and forcing her to have a physical relationship.

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LIVE | Karnataka budget session: BJP chants 'Go back CM, step down CM'

The budget session of Karnataka Vidhana Soudha on Wednesday began with a BJP uproar against the coalition government, which led Governor Vajubhai Vala to cut short his speech to the joint session after 10 minutes. The Legislative Council adjourned till 12 pm following protests against the Congress-JD(S) government by BJP members in the Well.

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Former Karnataka CM and Congress leader Siddaramaiah issues another 3 line whip directing the 4 dissenting Congress MLAs to attend tomorrow's CLP meeting, warns of action as per the anti-defection law.

Forgot KFD immunization due to elections: Health Minister S Patil

KIA's march towards sustainability

Renovation works on one side of the Mysore Road flyover (towards Mysuru) is completed and open to the public from Friday onwards. Work will begin on the other side (towards Corporation Circle) tomorrow.

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