BENGALURU LIVE - January 9, 2019

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Weather at 8 am: 14 degree Celsius, fog.

DH EXCLUSIVE | People are free to question me, hold me accountable: Prakash Raj

Prakash Raj shares with Ashwini Y S of DH his thoughts on the decision to contest as anIndependent candidate from Bangalore Central in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Read the interview here.

Workers' nationwide strike continues on the second day.-

BMTC reduce services due to stone pelting: TV reports.

The strike has not affected the petrol pumps and movie theatres in Bengaluru.

#DH_Cartoon by Sajith Kumar

Supreme Court reinstates Alok Verma as CBI chief

CBI issue: Opposition pounds on Modi, Jaitley defends govt

CPI(M) asks Modi to quit after SC reinstates Verma

Govt's aim was to protect CBI: Arun Jaitley

Workers' Strike: Namma Metro services remain unaffected for the second day.

Cab aggregation services like Uber and Ola are unaffected in the workers' strike on Wednesday.

Ravi Raghuram, who attempted suicide in front of Sandalwood actor Yash’s house in Hoskerehalli after he was unable to meet Yash on his birthday, succumbed to injuries on Wednesday.

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DH Editorial | English-medium for poor welcome

3D mapped drone image 10 times sharper than satellites

Drones that track damage to road infrastructure, count number of potholes and monitor properties to calculate tax, and much more. Mixing drone visuals with data analytics, a city-based startup has ventured deep into 3D-mapping of the earth’s surface,even helping Kerala track roads ravaged by the recent floods.


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For auteur Mrinal Sen, Indian cinema was mostly rubbish

CINEMA, like any other art-form, can only help in creating a climate which leads to social, political and moral awareness, said Mrinal Sen, who recently won the Soviet award for outstanding artistes in an interview.

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In front of RMZ Eco-world campus, Bellandur.

DH Photo by N V Vijayakumar.

Denied golden hour medical care, macaque dies

A bonnet macaque succumbed to injuries on Tuesday after it was mowed down by a speeding car on the busy Outer Ring Road near Kaadubeesanahalli.

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Police personnel installing barricades on Sheshadri road as the protest march of the trade unions approaches Raj Bhavan

Police set to divert the Raj Bhavan march, part of workers' strike, to the Freedom Park.

Installing barricades at Maharani's College underpass to stop protestors from reaching Raj Bhavan. DH Photo by Sandesh M S.

'Raj Bhavan Chalo' protest march ends at Freedom Park.

The Chennai-Bengaluru Express (12609/12610) is now extended up to Mysuru.

The train will stop at Kengeri, Ramanagaram, Channapatna, Maddur, Mandya and Pandavapura. (Image courtesy: Twitter/Pratap Simha)