BENGALURU NEWS- December 09, 2018

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Weather at 7 am: 18 degree Celsius, Fog

'Namma Pride' march at 2.00 pm

The annual Pride march of Bengaluru, Namma Pride, will begin at 2 pm from Lokamanya Tilak park near Majestic metro station.

The BBMP project to lay concrete roads---‘white-topping’ in official parlance---has turned into a never-ending nightmare for citizens. Read the #DH_InSight on white-topping:

#DH_Insight on white-topping: 'The base should be of a certain build up. It should be well-compacted and have layers of grading below. If that’s not done then it will start cracking.'

The height will rise by the thickness of the concrete slab and that changes the geometrics and cross-sectional design of the road itself. It also disturbs the drains on the side, leaving their level way below the road surface.

Karnataka's former chief secretary has a suggestion to improve the polling in Bengaluru

BFC match day

Online petition for rail connectivity to KIA

An online petition to the Union government seeking rail connectivity to the Kempegowda International Airport is gaining support on Change.org.

BBMP demolishes tilted building, razes wall too

A BFC fan notices similarity in Chencho Gyeltshen's and Arsenal player Lucas Torreira's goals

BFC keen to ride on home advantage

#DH_PointBlank on the condition of footpaths in Bengaluru

It takes 90 minutes to reach Whitefield if you start from Majestic at 10 am (21 kms)! See Raj Bhagat Palanichamy's heat map.

Bengaluru doctors reconstruct Yemeni war victim’s lower jaw

Seventeen-year-old Hussain, a war victim from Yemen had lost his lower jaw (mandible) in a bomb blast in his country. However, with the help of doctors from the city, his lower jaw was naturally reconstructed harvesting his bone and stem cells.

Read more here.