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Lisa Sthalekar speaks on importance of UP Warriorz’s off-season camp in Bengaluru ahead of WPL 2024

Former Australian all-rounder Lisa Sthalekar, currently the mentor of the Women's Premier League (WPL) franchise UP Warriorz, said that she expects Indian batters to dominate the next season of the league following the off-season camp taking place in Bengaluru. Read further on Dynamite News :

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Police on the lookout for over 40 Bangladeshi nationals working in and around Bellandur

Three Bangladesh nationals arrested by NIA for running racket helping others cross porous borders and get placements in Bengaluru. Police tracked down 43 Bangladesh nationals working as security guards, housekeeping staff and construction labourers. Accused booked under Passport and Foreigners Act; NIA probing further to ascertain involvement in anti-national activities.

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Right now, our grouse is not corruption, but non-clearance of pending bills, says D. Kempanna, president of Karnataka State Contractors’ Association

Contractors are again on a collision course with the Karnataka government. While the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) contractors have stopped work, demanding immediate clearance of pending bills, contractors across the State have also warned that they may tread the same path if bills are not cleared soon. The pending…

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Karnataka govt. plans year-long programmes from November 1 to mark golden jubilee of State’s renaming

Karnataka has decided to hold year-long celebrations from November 1 to mark the golden anniversary of its renaming from the erstwhile State of Mysore. Announcing this at a press conference in Bengaluru on Wednesday, Kannada and Culture Minister Shivaraj Tangadagi said the nature of the year-long programmes would be finalised…

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A bus on the home stretch for HSR Layout residents in Bengaluru

As ‘Feeder IA’ makes its way into HSR Layout, residents receive the “visitor” variously -- some with a knitted brow, surprised by the presence of a BMTC bus in their neck of the woods; and those who knew it was coming their way, smile and hop on the bus for…

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Hi-tech security system for Vidhana Soudha, Vikasa Soudha, Legislators’ Home in the offing: Speaker

The Karnataka government has embarked on an ambitious project to set up an integrated hi-tech security and surveillance and visitors’ monitoring system for the Vidhana Soudha, the Vikasa Soudha and the Legislators’ Home in Bengaluru.

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BBMP removes 59,000 flex banners to implement HC direction

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has removed 59,000 flex banners and hoardings in the city. The action came after the High Court of Karnataka rapped the civic body for its failure to implement the ban.

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Bengaluru Metro launches ‘special operation programme’ for orderly boarding

With the expansion of the Namma Metro, issues relating to disorderly boarding and and passenger behaviour protocols have risen, particularly during peak hours. Acknowledging these, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) introduced a ‘special operational programme’ on Tuesday that aims at addressing chaos and enhancing station management.

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With no nod for fresh tenders, development activities in Bengaluru come to a standstill

Development works in Bengaluru have come to a standstill with the State government yet to grant permission to float fresh tenders

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Police arrest three Bangladeshi nationals staying illegally in Bengaluru

The Bellandur police on Tuesday arrested three Bangladeshi nationals who were allegedly staying illegally in Bengaluru.

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Govt. cannot shut its eyes to Bengaluru’s public toilet issues: Karnataka High Court

The State government can neither shut its eyes nor mouth to the issue of poorly maintained and insufficient number of public toilets in Bengaluru city, the High Court of Karnataka said as the government had not filed its response even though the court is hearing a PIL petition on the…

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Karnataka officials will get monthly targets for reclaiming encroached government land

Whether it is lake or any other property, the exercise to remove the encroachment from government land will be taken up as a campaign. The government is beginning the drive from Bengaluru Urban and Bengaluru Rural districts, where a large volume of valuable government land had been encroached.

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Tunnel roads: D.K. Shivakumar wants more companies to participate

Amidst allegations of the project being no answer to the city’s traffic problems, Deputy Chief Minister (Dy.CM) and Bengaluru Development Minister on Monday said only two companies had shown interest in the Expression of Interest (EI) floated by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on building the proposed tunnel roads.…

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Karnataka runs the risk of turning the clock back by confining top-tier cricket to Bengaluru

KSCA's July 2022 unveiling of the Maharaja Trophy T20 was meant to energise cricketing activity in Karnataka, but the 2023 edition will only be held in Bengaluru. This move turns back the clock on efforts to democratise the game, while neighbouring Tamil Nadu is deepening its roots. Uneven resources and…

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Ambitious plan for gargantuan green space in Vijayapura district, 6 times bigger than Lalbagh in Bengaluru

Karnataka Government is developing high-density forests near two tanks in Vijayapura.

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Kannada actor Vijay Raghavendra’s wife Spandana dies due to cardiac arrest

Spandana was on a vacation with family in Bangkok. Her mortal remains will be brought back to Bengaluru on August 8

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National Handloom Day: How a design studio in Bengaluru is reviving the Uppada weave with Rajasthan’s famed pichwai paintings

At Bengaluru-based Madhurya Creations, Andhra Pradesh’s famed Uppada saris are getting a refreshing makeover by blending them with pichwai paintings. Using pichwai paintings — that originated over 400 years ago in Rajasthan — to shed light on the fading Uppada weave hasn’t been done before. They have a signature style…

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‘Our education system is the reason for increasing concern about Kannada’s survival in Bengaluru’

Poet, translator, and academic H.S. Venkatesha Murthy, who released his autobiography recently in Bengaluru, talks about the literary tradition of Kannada and concerns about language’s survival in Bengaluru .

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Karnataka govt. frames guidelines for demarcation of BBMP ward boundaries

Two days after the State government reduced the number of Bengaluru’s wards from 243 to 225, the Urban Development Department issued fresh guidelines to demarcate ward boundaries for the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

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Flower show at Lalbagh draws more than 90,000 visitors over weekend

Bengaluru Bengalureans kept their bi-annual date with the city’s floral extravaganza, as thousands thronged the Lalbagh Botanical Garden during the weekend to witness the flower show organised ahead of Independence Day

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Around 170 students from violence-hit Manipur join Karnataka’s schools and colleges

Within 11 days of the Karnataka government’s order providing special admissions for students from strife-torn Manipur, around 170 students from the region have joined various schools and colleges in the State.

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Surjewala in Bengaluru this week to hold talks with MLAs to nip discontent

After a meeting with senior leaders of the party on Wednesday in Delhi, AICC general secretary in charge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala is expected to arrive Bengaluru in a few days to hold talks with MLAs who have been miffed over denial of Cabinet berths as well as delay…

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Bodies of techie, family found dead in Bengaluru reach Bandar Kota in Machilipatnam

Family of four—software professional Vijay (31), wife Hemavathi (28) and children Moksha (3) and Srushti (8 months)—was found dead in their Bengaluru apartment. Bodies have been brought to Machilipatnam. Cause of death yet to be determined.

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Opposition Coalition: Shiv Sena (UBT) to host 3rd meeting of 'INDIA' in Mumbai, says Sanjay Raut

The first such meeting was convened in Patna on June 23 and the second meeting was held in Bengaluru on July 17-18. Read further on Dynamite News:

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