BENGALURU LIVE - February 2, 2019

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

Weather at 8 am: 17 degree Celsius

Traffic on city roads are relatively low, thanks to weekend.

For racers and enthusiasts, the Jawa legacy lives on

It was also a happy occasion for members of the Bangalore Jawa Yezdi Motorcycle Club (BJYMC). They had turned out in large numbers, on their old two-stroke bikes, to see the new model and to also welcome new members of the four-stroke Jawa.

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Don Ravi Poojari to be deported after arrest in Senegal

Ravi Poojari, an underworld don and a master extortionistwanted by the police in two states, was caught inside a salon in Senegal, West Africa, by the Senegal police a few days ago. Acting on a tip-off by theKarnataka police who had been tracking him meticulously, the Senegal police arrested him in capital Dakar.

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Quick-thinking duo sacrificed lives to save thousands

Taking out the upgraded Mirage 2000 on an acceptance sortie, Squadron Leaders Samir Abrol and Siddhartha Negi had a life-and-death question on the edge of the HAL Airport runway: In microseconds, they had to decide whether to fly an aircraft on fire or eject out dangerously.

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For adventure-seeking Abrol, biking was first love

Squadron Leader Samir Abrol was an avid biker before his dreams took flight as an Indian Air Force (IAF) test pilot, a rare breed. For 33-year-old Abrol, testing high-precision avionics and aircraft systems was a challenge that he bravely took on.

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Public desperately tried to save pilots of crashed jet

Following the crash of the Indian Air Force aircraft at the HAL airport near Yemalur, the public broke the wall at the crash site and tried saving the injured pilots.

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'Bazaar' movie review: Works better than Maari

The exercise of comparison is unflattering. But in the vast cinematic universe, it’s hard to not miss stories that seem familiar.

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Conman swindles money from techie through Shaadi.com

Online fraudsters cheated a software engineer and his sister more than Rs 1 lakh, after the duo zeroed-in on a marriage profile for the sister in Shaadi.com and believed they were dealing with a groom from the US.

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Protest gathering against the arrest of Anand Teltumbde in Bengaluru