BENGALURU LIVE- February 25, 2019

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Heavy traffic on several city roads

Toxic gases: Residents want waste plant closed

A BBMP solid waste management (SWM) plant at Chikkanagamangala near Electronics City has turned a bugbear for residents with the unbearable stench of poisonous gases emanating from the plant.

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Aero India: Air crash, fire trigger 25% drop in turnout

The double whammy of the Surya Kiran crash and the blaze that gutted over 300 cars hit the Aero India 2019 biennial airshow hard. The airshow recorded a whopping 25% drop in visitors compared to the previous edition, with less than an estimated 4 lakh people turning up for the event.

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Woman architect molested in bus; accused let free

A 23-year-old woman architect was molested by a passenger sitting behind her, inside a BMTC bus on February 17.

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Fire destroys 3k hectares of forest in Bandipur

A major wildfire has reduced close to 3,000 hectares of forest in Bandipur Tiger Reserve to ashes in the last three days, dealing a major blow to the Karnataka Forest Department (KFD) which seems to have learnt no lessons.

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‘Loan waiver software ensures money only to farmers’

Amphibious drone turns winner

Winning the best student project prize at the Aero India 2019 airshow, the Sir M Visveswaraya Institute of Technology team stood out for their amphibious drone, Gannet. The drone, developed inhouse, works both underwater and up in the air.

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Sedition case against students in Bengaluru

Post the Pulwama attack on a CRPF convoy on February 14 in which 49 jawans were martyred, registering of sedition cases has become a fashion across the country.

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After Bandipur, massive fire breaks out at Nandi Hills

Two days after the fire at thecar parking area at Yelahanka Aerobase and Bandipur forest area, a massive fire broke out at famous hill station Nandi Hills near Bengaluru.

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Sumalatha says she is hopeful of Cong ticket

Sumalatha Ambareesh, wife of late actor turned politician M H Ambareesh, who is aspiring to make her political debut by contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Mandya, on Sunday said that she was hoping to contest on a Congress ticket.

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