BENGALURU LIVE - February 5, 2019

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Weather at 8 am: 19 degree Celsius

Moderate traffic all over the city, getting thicker minute by minute

Study underway to predict fog at KIA, 6 hrs in advance

Can fog be predicted five to six hours in advance to help airlines and passengers plan their schedules better? Making this a clear possibility in the future, the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) here has launched a 40-month fog study.

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DH Cartoon | Mamata vs CBI

City to get rid of overhead power cables in 3 years

Overhead power cables could be a thing of the pastin three years. Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (Bescom) will start laying 18,900kilometres of underground power cables in April at a cost of Rs 4,500 crore.

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From Bengaluru Traffic Police

Ex-Manipal staff, 149 others held in exam leak cases

After 75 days of investigation into the police and BMTC recruitment question paper leak cases, the Bengaluru Central Crime Branch (CCB) police arrested 150 accused, including a former employee of Manipal Technologies unit in Udupi.

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Air India apologises to passenger who got roach in meal

National carrier Air India has apologised for an incident three days ago when a pasenger on a Bhopal-Mumbai flight found a cockroach in his in-flight meal.

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600 more toilets soon in the city

Focusing to make city free of open defecation, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to build more than 600 public toilets across the city before Gandhi Jayanthi.

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EDITORIAL | ASI, govt must answer for Hampi

Neither the ASI nor the government can escape responsibility for the vandalism at Hampi.

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ASI in dock over conservation of Hampi monuments

Vandalism of monuments at the Unesco world heritage site - Hampi in Ballari district - has put the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in a tight spot.

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'Niluvangi Kanasu' (Dream of a Long Gown) at Ravindra Kalakshetra on Friday

Roadeo the robot may soon man traffic at city junctions

Traffic police manning the junctions may soon have a robot colleague that may takeover the hard part of the job -- standing for long periods amid smoke and dust to regulate vehicle movement.

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Sumalatha Ambareesh in conversation with DH

Be a Good Samaritan

BMTC to take action against its employee, who passed urine in open space!

Amitabh Bachchan at KSR Railway Station

Free movie screenings are raining upon voters in Karnataka this election season.