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Buses, autos, airport taxis and metro to be affected during Cauvery bandh
With even Namma Metro lending its support to September 9 bandh over the Cauvery dispute, it seems like all public and private transport system plying in the Bengaluru city will be hit until 6...
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Give our allowance, good hostels: international students camp outside ICCR...
The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) office in Bengaluru on Thursday witnessed sudden protests by around 50 international students who camped outside the office demanding payment of their...
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Karnataka Cauvery Bandh: Regular updates, images and videos
8.00 Chief Minister Siddaramaiah held a press conference in the evening and said he was awaiting a reply from the PMO. He defended Water Resources Minister MB Patil and the legal team headed by senior...
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Kiran Mazumdar Shaw speaks up against bandhs, Vatal Nagaraj slams her
With the Karnataka bandh over the Cauvery river, the Kannadiga-non-Kannadiga debate has risen afresh, with Vatal Nagaraj saying Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar Shaw is off her rocker.On Thursday night,...
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Siddaramaiah shoots off letter to PM Modi, urges him to call meeting of chief...
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has shot off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, apprising him of the “extreme unrest” in the state and urging him to call a meeting of chief ministers to...
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Kannada activists forced companies to shut down for Karnataka Bandh
Kannada activists protesting the release of water to Tamil Nadu from the Cauvery attempted to close down companies which had opened their offices on Friday.Within hours of the Supreme Court directing...
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Alumni, parents and students ask govt. to save NPS, police yet to file an FIR
Following CBSE’s announcement of withdrawal of affiliation to six National Public Schools, alumni and parents of children studying at the affected branches have launched a campaign urging the...
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Cauvery fall-out: Sandalwood not to release 'Mungaru Male-2' in TN
Karnataka government has released Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu with a heavy heart, but the makers of ‘Mungaru Male -2’ have decided not to show the much-awaited film in Chennai.A sequel to the 2006...
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Celebrating Ganesha with same fervour as Bakrid: Hindu-Muslim unity in...
Haridas Koli and Javed Kalamba claim that they were surprised when they were told that they followed different religions simultaneously. They did not believe when they were told that Ganesha Chaturthi...
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Karnataka moves SC for modification of Cauvery water order
Karnataka on Saturday filed a special petition in the Supreme Court seeking it modify its order on releasing Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu in view of the distress situation, a state minister...
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Video: Bengaluru student thrashed for Facebook post on Kannada actors
A 22-year-old student was thrashed by a group of locals in Bengaluru on Saturday, for allegedly posting derogatory comments on social media about Kannada actors' protest over the Cauvery water...
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I am a proud Kannadiga, says Kiran Mazumdar Shaw facing heat for comment on...
Two days after she deleted her tweet criticizing the number of frequent bandhs in Bengaluru, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw on Sunday wrote a blog defending her position against bandhs.Shaw on Thursday had...
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Bengaluru couple found dead in their home after toddler’s cries alert neighbours
A couple was found hanging in their home in Nelagatharanahalli in Peenya on Saturday, by neighbours checking on them after their toddler was heard persistently crying for a long time.According to...
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Karnataka govt botched up Cauvery case, not Fali Nariman: MP Rajeev...
Hours after Karnataka moved the Supreme Court for an urgent hearing on its plea to modify the court’s order on the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar hit out at...
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Bengaluru councillor’s son arrested for allegedly assaulting private bus driver
The Attibele police arrested the son of Hebbagodu Municipal Corporation member for allegedly assaulting a private bus driver on Sunday.Thirty-two-year-old Prabhu is the son of Padmamma, who is also the...
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Will Karnataka get relief? State pins hope on SC to modify Cauvery order
The Supreme Court on Monday will hear Karnataka’s petition to modify its order on releasing 15,000 cusecs of Cauvery water per day to Tamil Nadu for 10 days.The modification petition was handed over to...
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Bengalureans ask city police to act against group that thrashed Tamilian in city
Protests over the Cauvery water dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have now spilled over to the online world. On Saturday, a 22-year-old was assaulted by locals in Bengaluru for allegedly posting...
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Tempers flare over Cauvery, as attacks increase so do appeals for peace
Stray incidents of violence have been reported in parts of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka over the Cauvery dispute.Security beefed upAlthough the Bengaluru police did not impose prohibitory orders in...
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Shops down shutters across Bengaluru for fear of violence, situation under...
Most shops across Bengaluru downed shutters after news spread that violence could erupt in the city following the Supreme Court's order asking Karnataka to release 12,000 cusecs of water everyday till...
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Cauvery crisis: 45 KPN travels buses set on fire in Bengaluru
Although the Bengaluru police and the Karnataka government have been claiming through the day that the tensions over the Cauvery dispute are well under control, the situation seems to have escalated...
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