BENGALURU LIVE- Jan 17, 2019
Fuel prices today
Petrol sits at Rs 72.79 per litre and Diesel sits at Rs 66.91 per litre
Coup a flop, says Cong; game not over, claims BJP
The Congress declared on Wednesday that the BJP’s attempted coup to reduce the coalition government to a minority had failed.But some uncertainty loomed as BJP legislators were asked to stay put in Gurugram with an assurance from their leader B S Yeddyurappa that something was still in the works.
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I-T refunds will soon come in a day
Income tax refunds, which used to take months, could soon be routed in your bank accounts within a few days after filing the returns.
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Bengaluru to take a leaf out of Kerala’s compost book
Waste management has always been a challenge for the BBMP. Now, the civic body wants to crack the code by emulating the Alappuzha model.
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'Can NGT alter lake buffer zone, what's fate of flats'
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked if a statutory body like the National Green Tribunal can change the 30-metre buffer zone around lakes in Bengaluru to raise it to 75 metres, wondering what would happen to thousands of flats that have come up in the city.
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