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Non-Hindus cannot do business in and around Hindu temple premises: Karnataka govt
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#KarnatakaBJPWorkerDeath
Video | Hindu activists and BJP workers surround state party president Nalin Kumar Kateel's car and heckle him, at Bellare in Sullia taluk.
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A day after a letter by
#Congress
MP
@RahulGandhi
to
#Karnataka
CM
@BSBommai
, forest department officials treat the wounded elephant calf in
#Mysuru
.
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Bengaluru: Doctor ditches car stuck in traffic, runs for 45 minutes to perform surgery
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Police have arrested a 30-year-old
#Bengaluru
man for riding his 1000 CC bike at 299 kmph on Electronic City expressway during
#lockdown
.
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Karnataka businessman kills self, names BJP MLA in ‘suicide’ note
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Residents, including senior citizens and students, rescued by SDRF personnel and others on tractors at Yemalur near HAL in
#Bengaluru
.
#BengaluruFloods
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Karnataka government has issued a circular ordering the mandatory use of the Kannada language in all government programs. (ANI)
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PM Modi on Tuesday had breakfast with the erstwhile royal family of Mysuru at the royal palace. PM was accompanied by
#Karnataka
governor Thawar Chand Gehlot and CM
@BSBommai
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90% Indians who study MBBS abroad fail to clear qualifiers in India: Union minister
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#Bengaluru
: Noted Kannada actor Shivaraj Kumar addresses the protest meeting at Karnataka film chamber during the protest against the release of
#Cauvery
water to Tamil Nadu
#KarnatakaBandh
#CauveryIssue
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Trial run of South India's first
#VandeBharatExpress
(Chennai-Bengaluru-Mysuru) commenced on Monday. Visuals from Byappanahalli in
#Bengaluru
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#Bengaluru
#WaterCrisis
A father-daughter duo seen collecting water from a roadside leaking pipe on Hoodi Main Road in the tech corridor of Mahadevapura.
(Photos by TOI’s Chethan Shivakumar)
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#Bengaluru
: Cardiologist Dr C N Manjunath, BJP candidate from Bangalore Rural district who takes on Congressman and DyCM D K Shivakumar’s brother Suresh, walks to polling booth along with family members in Padmanabhanagar.
#LokSabhaPolls2024
.
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Patrolling cops extort couple near tech park in Bengaluru
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#Mysuru
: Around 40 volunteers conserve a Kalyani of Graveyard in the city
#Karnataka
Before After
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#Bengaluru
tech-corridor, starting from
#SilkBoard
junction to
#Ecospace
tech park, has been inundated. Techies are forced to ease through knee-deep water to reach workplaces. Meanwhile, weathermen have issued yellow alert (heavy rain) for Bengaluru
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#Karnataka
: Many employees of IT companies use tractors to reach their offices in the Yemalur area of
#Bengaluru
amid waterlogging due to heavy rains
We can't take so many leaves from the office, our work is getting affected. We're awaiting tractors to drop us for Rs 50: Local
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#Karnataka
: A girl student countered a group of saffron shawl wearing boy students who shouted Jai Shri Ram while she was arriving at her college in Mandya by saying Allahu Akbar.
#KarnatakaHijabRow
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What Kiccha Sudeep said was correct. A regional language is the most important as a state is formed on linguistic bases. Everyone should understand and respect what Sudeep has said: K'taka CM Basavaraj Bommai on Ajay Devgn-Kiccha Sudeep argument over Hindi national language (ANI)
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In Bengaluru, a verbal argument between a female passenger and BMTC bus conductor over issuing ticket goes out of control..takes a violent turn.
The woman slaps him for raising his hand and he beats her badly.
The bus conductor has been suspended.
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#Karnataka
: All types of gatherings, agitations, protests, or celebrations in public places are prohibited in Bengaluru for one week from March 15 to March 21, says Kamal Pant, Commissioner of Police,
#Bengaluru
. (ANI)
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Super jumbo jet Airbus A380 lands in
#Bengaluru
Airport on Friday afternoon. It is the first the largest passenger aircraft touching down in South India.
It's an Emirates Airline flight from Dubai to Bengaluru
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Karnataka: 200 films paid tributes to Puneeth Rajkumar in their opening credits
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Karnataka:
#Violence
at iPhone production plant run by Taiwan-based
#Wistron
Corp at Narasapura (in Kolar district) near
#Bengaluru
.
Employees allege they have not been paid properly.
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BV Srinivas: The ex-cricketer hitting it big in politics
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#Covid19
: Weekend curfew in
#Karnataka
from January 6. Schools in Bengaluru, apart from 10th and 12th standards to be shutdown. Only 50 percent people allowed at all public places with both vaccine doses. 200 people maximum with double dose allowed in outside weddings.
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In a trap laid out on Thursday evening, the
#Lokayukta
police in
#Karnataka
arrested
#BJP
MLA K Madal Virupakshappa's son V Prashant Madal, who is a chief accountant with BWSSB, with bribe money of Rs 40 lakh.
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#Bengaluru
: Fans of
#PuneethRajkumar
gather at Kanteerava Studio to pay tribute to the late actor on his first death anniversary.
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All
#BMTC
bus services including non-AC & AC (Vajra & Vayu Vajra) will be free on August 15 on the occasion of BMTC's 25th anniversary.
#Bengaluru
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Bengaluru hoteliers to boycott Amul products & buy only Nandini
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#Bengaluru
: App-based aggregator Uber on Saturday slashed minimum auto fare to Rs 35. This comes a day after
#Karnataka
high court permitted aggregators to operate auto rickshaws by charging 10% more than the base fares fixed by the government plus the applicable tax GST.
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#Karnataka
:
#Mysuru
road crash that claimed 10 lives, left three injured seriously, caught on dashcam in the bus.
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IPS officer M A Saleem will take charge as the chief of
#Bengaluru
traffic police today. He has a doctorate in traffic management & is keen on finding solutions.
WHAT SHOULD HIS PRIORITIES BE?
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Karnataka BJP MLA's son caught red-handed by Lokayukta Police while accepting Rs 40-lakh bribe
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Four Constables from Wilson Garden police station dressed up as Lord Yama, Chitragupta & Kinkaras and stopped bikers riding without wearing helmets near Lalbagh (East Gate circle) in Bengaluru on Saturday.
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Religious conversion is silent invasion, shouldn't be allowed: Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai
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Karnataka: Sadhguru begins drive to up Nandi Hills green cover
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#Karnataka
home minister Basavaraj Bommai has converted his residential premises into
#Covid
care center with 50 beds, at Shiggaon. (ANI)
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#WATCH
|
#Bengaluru
’s first woman e-bus driver to hit the road in February
The 32-year-old will take the wheel as the city’s first female e-bus driver next month
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#Lokayukta
officials have recovered Rs 6 crore in cash during a a raid at the residence of
#PrashanthMadal
in Bengaluru. Searches are still under way. Prashanth is son of BJP MLA
#MadalVirupakshappa
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Meat shops will remain closed on Monday, 30th August on the occasion of Krishna
#Janmashtami
: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)
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22-year-old woman died and her five relatives were rescued from MPV, and two auto-rickshaws got stuck in flooded K R Circle underpass. Fire force rescue team seen rescuing people from vehicles stuck in the underpass which was flooded after rain in
#Bangaluru
on Sunday.
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Government to accord full state honours during the last rights of actor
#PuneethRajkumar
:
#Karnataka
CM
#BasavarajBommai
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Karnataka Govt bans consumption, promotion, storage and sale of hookah products citing ‘public health and safety’.
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#Water
#Crisis
in
#Bengaluru
Tankers are demanding Rs 1,600 per load, said women who stormed BBMP head office demanding regular drinking water supply. Even tankers are not immediately available on-demand, the residents of Herohalli said.
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Girl offers her savings to Karnataka CM for fixing potholes
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Bengaluru: Riders taking shelter from rain at underpasses to be fined Rs 500
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Karnataka bans practice of giving garland, shawls, memorabilia at govt events
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A 23-yr-old girl named Akhila died allegedly after she came in contact with an electric pole as her scooty fell down on a waterlogged road under
#Whitefield
PS in Bengaluru.
#BengaluruRain
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Aam Aadmi Party will form government in
#Karnataka
like it did in Delhi and Punjab: Delhi CM
@ArvindKejriwal
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Bengaluru world’s second most congested city; took 29 minutes to cover 10km in city last year: Traffic index
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Bengaluru collapsing as all political parties have failed it: TV Mohandas Pai
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Non-Kannadigas in Karnataka must embrace local language, says CM Basavaraj Bommai
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2.7km in 40 minutes: Daily woes of Marathahalli flyover users in Bengaluru
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Karnataka orders a temporary ban on trekking in forest areas from Feb 1 till SOPs (standard operating procedures) are framed. (However, trekking will be allowed in 23 places where online booking is operational)
This is in the backdrop of the recent rush at Kumara Parvata peak.
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Karnataka and Goa Govts announce to reduce prices of petrol and diesel by Rs 7 per litre in their state (ANI)
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Bengaluru: We're here for traffic management and not collecting fines, says MA Saleem
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Lockdown to continue in 10
#Karnataka
districts including Bengaluru Rural, restrictions in Bengaluru Urban to be relaxed till 2pm from June 14; night curfew to continue from 7pm to 5am
#karnatakalockdown
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#Lockdown
extended in the state till June 14 to break the
#Covid
-19 chain:
#Karnataka
chief minister BS Yediyurappa (ANI)
#Karnatakalockdown
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#Karnataka
to go under complete lockdown from May 10 to May 24. All hotels, pubs and bars will remain closed. Eateries, meat shops and vegetable shops can operate from 6am to 10am: CM
#karnatakalockdown
#KarnatakaCovidCases
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#KarnatakaPolls
Nearly 45 per cent of Bengalureans did not vote despite being given a paid holiday. What could their reasons be for NOT voting?
#Bengaluru
#KarnatakaAssemblyElection2023
#Voting
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Mother, son die as a metro pillar collapses in
#Bengaluru
. The deceased were travelling on a bike when pillar fell over them.
#NammaMetro
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Video: Residents in parts of north and south
#Bengaluru
went into a tizzy on Thursday after four leopards were sighted prowling along main roads.
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#BengaluruWaterCrisis
The Bengaluru district administration has fixed rates for water tankers:
1. Rs 600-750 for 6000 ltr tank
2. Rs 700-850 for 8000 ltr tank
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Man dressed like Hanuman draws crowd's attention before
#PrimeMinisterNarendraModi
's roadshow in
#Bengaluru
.
#KarnatakaAssemblyElection2023
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#Karnataka
:
#IndianAirForce
and Chikkaballapur Police rescued a 19-year-old student who fell 300 ft from a steep cliff onto a rocky ledge at
#NandiHills
on Sunday evening. (ANI)
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#Karnataka
reports 12,000 fresh
#COVID19
cases (9,020 in Bengaluru) today. Positivity rate in State: 6.33%. Active cases: 49,602 (ANI)
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All shops and hotels, clubs, restaurants allowed to operate till 5pm, lodges, resorts, gyms, private offices allowed to operate with 50% capacity in 16 districts that have less than 5% positivity:
#Karnataka
CM
#BSYediyurappa
. (ANI)
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#WATCH
|
#Bengaluru
: Karnataka Rakshana Vedike protests to oppose the sale of Amul milk in Karnataka & encourage Nandini products. (ANI)
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#Karnataka
: People gather on terraces of the buildings around Sree Kanteerava Studios in
#Bengaluru
and climb trees around it to catch a glimpse of late Kannada actor
#PuneethRajkumar
. His last rites will be performed at the Studios today.
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Karnataka caretaker chief minister
#BSYediyurappa
spends time with adopted cows at his official residence in Bengaluru.
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#Mysuru
| Pro-Kannada activist write "use Kannada" slogan on Congress's
#BharatJodoYatra
flex board in Nanjangud and Ooti Road.
#Karnataka
#Congress
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At least 40 potholes dot the 500-metre stretch from NICE junction to Kengeri Metro station on Mysuru Road
#BengaluruPotholes
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Civil contractor who wrote to PM on 40% cut in projects booked for criminal breach of trust
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The waterlogged
#RVRoad
in front of Vijaya college at Basavanagudi in
#Bengaluru
after a heavy rain on Monday evening. Several two wheelers and autos struck midst of flooded road.
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Beautiful Bengaluru!
Several stretches in the tech capital turn pink as Tabebuia Rosea trees are in full bloom this season.
(Pics by TOI Chethan Shivakumar)
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'Rapid road' develops cracks within 30 days in Bengaluru
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Elderly man dragged by scooter in
#Bengaluru
| The 25-year-old man who was seen dragging an elderly man behind his scooter has been brought to
#Govindarajanagar
police station; Case registered. (ANI)
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#Bengaluru
| Today, an incident occurred where a car & a scooter met with an accident. When the car driver tried to stop the scooter driver he sped & the car driver was dragged behind it for a short distance. The scooter driver is in our custody now: Laxman B. Nimbargi, DCP, West
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Couple and youths attack each other over road rage: In yet another road rage incident, a couple and four youths attacked each other near Ullala in Jnanabharati, West
#Bengaluru
, on Friday morning.
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Watch: Congress leader and ex-Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah slaps his aide outside Mysuru airport.
#Siddaramaiah
#SiddaramaiahSlapsCongressWorker
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#COVID19
:
#Karnataka
govt announces guidelines for New Year celebrations.
1. Celebrations allowed till 1am
Regardless of the location (indoor or outdoor), masks are mandatory.
2. Kids, pregnant women & senior citizens not allowed in resorts/hotels for parties or dining
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58 girls suspended from college in Karnataka for wearing Hijab, holding protest
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#Karnataka
: Holiday announced for schools till Class X in Mandya district following heavy rainfall.
(Visuals from Ramanagara)
#KarnatakaRains
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Third wave is inescapable, tougher restrictions to be imposed in 4 days: Karnataka government
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