BENGALURU NEWS - 28 NOV 2018

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Bengaluru weather

The fog season took off with 39 flight departure delays at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) here early Tuesday morning.

The visibility was so poor that all operations had to be cancelled for 14 minutes. The flight disruptions could aggravate as temperatures drop further in the coming days. Read more

Lalbagh starts digitisation of its rich plant wealth

51 rescued Indian star tortoises were released in a specially designed quarantine centre at the Bannerghatta National Park on Tuesday.

The tortoises were repatriated from Singapore to Bengaluru on Monday night by the Karnataka forest department officials and members of the not-for-profit, Wildlife SOS. The tortoises which have been micro-chipped will be monitored for 90 days. Read more

Huh! Is that so?

#KFI remake directors wanting same look for your actors:- Have them bike around #Silkboard & #ORR in #Bengaluru for less than an hour. https://t.co/fzlXiToojP

— DoubleA (@anirusan) November 28, 2018

As 2.0 hit theatres tomorrow, Vivek M V writes about what’s Chitti up to this time?

Over 300 citizens on Tuesday discussed about the upcoming ward committee meetings at a public roundtable, an event organised by Citizens for Bengaluru (CfB).

The mayor Gangambike Mallikarjun, BBMP commissioner N Manjunath Prasad, and BBMP ruling party leader M Shivaraju cleared people's doubts. Read more

Annual bazaar, celebrating handmade crafts to feature 120 artists across India, atJayamahal Palace Hotel Groundsfrom November 28 to December 2, 2018. Over 50 new collections by member artists of A Hundred Hands will be featured at the event.

Thirty-two women nursing graduates from Kerala who were suspected to be victims of human trafficking were rescued from the Kempegowda International Airport during the early hours ofTuesday. Police have arrested the suspected trafficker and he is likely to be produced before the court this afternoon.

Making early weekend Getaway plans? Kundadri Hill is just 355 kms from Bengaluru

Human trafficking: 32 nursing students rescued from KIA

Tony Tom (40), who runs Hopesyn Education Education Institution in Mangaluru was arrested on Tuesday around 4 am, after receiving an alert from the Immigration officials that he was taking to 32 nursing students to theUniversity of Traditional Medicine of Armenia (UTMA) for atwo-month short-term course to learn German language, the police said.

The immigration officials doubted the veracity of the course and informed the police. Read more

The tortoises were repatriated from Singapore to Bengaluru on Monday night by the Karnataka forest department officials and members of the not-for-profit, Wildlife SOS.

De-jamming Bengaluru roads: The sustainable way out

Traffic in Bengaluru 6:30 pm