Bangalore traffic police fined 3,32,102 riders for not wearing helmets while 1,36,751 pillion riders were fined for the same offence in August 2023. Five years after a blanket ban on non-Indian Standards Institution (ISI) helmets, they still continue to dominate the helmet markets. Wearing a helmet is compulsory by the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. In […]
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Conviction rate under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act decreased to 2.7 percent and getting justice remains a draconian task for the community, say lawyers. The average number of crimes against Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) in 2023 increased in Bengaluru and Karnataka according to data provided by the Bengaluru City Police, and Karnataka State […]
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The transport department says that private-vehicle carpooling has no checks and therefore may not be safe. Commuters say that they now have to pay more and spend more time after carpooling has been banned in the city. They now have to rely on expensive options like Ola and Uber, which also consume more time. After […]
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The disease is now impacting youngsters too unlike before when it only used to impact people over 52 years of age. Motor Neuron Diseases (MND) cases are increasing at a significant level in India. However, India does not register cases leading to a lack of data in the country, doctors say. This, they added hampers […]
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The number of cases booked went up by 93 percent over the previous year. Shops near educational institutions in Bangalore continue to sell cigarettes and other tobacco products, flouting the law. Kumaraswamy, a vendor who sells tobacco products near Vinayaka English School at Nagarathpete, said, “I have been selling cigarettes and tobacco products here for […]
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Leading social media sites in India Nikita Joshi Revenue of different social media platforms over the years Vishisht Dwivedi Social networks ranked by monthly users Arya S Biju Non active users on social media Sumanta Sinha Increasing Facebook users over the years Varidhi Goyal India has the largest YouTube audience Akankhya Rout User data requests […]
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Rabi crop yields will be hugely impacted due to a deficit in the North-East monsoon. The El-Nino effect, continuing from the south-west monsoon will result in a deficit returning monsoon, officials say. Rabi crop production in Bengaluru Urban and Rural will be affected due to the North-East monsoon this seasonal year fear farmers and government […]
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Kumbalgodu has six bus stops, but only one of them has a shelter. The Kumbalgodu bus stop does not have a shelter for passengers to wait for the bus. Vijay Kumar, a student of Don Bosco Institute of Technology who was waiting for the bus at the Kumbalgodu bus stop complained, “There is no proper […]
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Due to a lack of faculty in the Music subject of Bangalore University, fewer students are taking admission. Bangalore: The number of students enrolling in the Music course of the Masters in Performing Arts (MPA) has dipped in Bangalore University. Only nine students are registered in the batch of 2022-23. The music course is under […]
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Only 12 out of 21 CCTV cameras installed by the BBMP were fully operational; this resulted in incidents of thefts and threat to senior safety. Residents of Doddanekundi allege that malfunctioning of CCTV cameras in the area has resulted in senior citizens being under threat. In 2019, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) had spent […]
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