Last night at 11:35 p.m., the Vidhan Soudha Police Station got a call from the control room about the bomb threat. Bangalore: The bomb threat made to Raj Bhavan, the official residence of the Governor of Karnataka, turned out to be hoax after a late night search. The police said that nobody had to be […]
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55 percent of Indians are unable to get six hours of uninterrupted sleep According to a study conducted by Local Circles in India, 55 percent of Indians are not getting six hours of uninterrupted sleep. The usage of mobile phones before sleep is one of the major reasons for sleeplessness. Girish, a student who suffers […]
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The boy was not under the administration of NIMHANS when he fled and running away is a habit of the boy, police said. Police are yet to trace the 17 year old boy who ran away from the canteen of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) on Monday, Dec. 11. He […]
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Bengaluru contributes 75 percent of cyber crimes across cities. Police suggests locking social media profiles for enhanced security. Recently, a case has been registered in the city where a man edited photos of his female friends and later blackmailed them, said B. Dayananda, Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru. He was addressing a press conference at the […]
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Experts say that colleges and organisations must take initiative to donate blood. Fewer donors and large scale wastage of blood due to excessive collection has led to shortage of blood supply to government hospitals. Dr. Prasanna, from Victoria hospital said, “A government hospital requires 180 units of blood, however, the hospital only gets below 80 […]
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Officials from the BBMP say that the scrapping process of such vehicles might tentatively begin next year. Old vehicles continue to remain abandoned on the city’s streets despite earlier efforts from the Bengaluru Traffic Police and the Bruhat Bengaluru MahanagaraPalike (BBMP) to identify and remove them. While officials from the traffic police said that it […]
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Even after several rounds of bidding for installation of adaptive traffic signals, the process remains incomplete. According to traffic police officials there are no bidders for upgradation of traffic signals because of a tedious bidding process along with conditions for the maintenance of these signals. Adaptive signals make changes to traffic signals in response to […]
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Rampant and unplanned development has badly affected the stormwater drainage (SWD) system in Bangalore, causing instances of urban flooding to rise. Bangalore requires additional 658 km of stormwater drains to effectively tackle frequent urban flooding, according to a report released when? by property consultants Knight Frank. The report highlights that the interconnection between the water […]
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India is attracting a lot of foreign investments as the largest online gaming market in terms of application downloads. India had 421 million online gamers in 2022 and this number is expected to go up to 442 million by 2023, attracting foreign investments in India. Surveys like EY-Loco Gamers Survey (2023), reveal that more and more players are […]
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Slums will be developed once the land to construct houses has been decided, said officials from Karnataka Slum Development Board (KSDB). A shortage of land to construct houses for developing slum areas in the city is resulting in a shortage of basic infrastructure for slum dwellers. Christy from engineering cell in Karnataka Slum Development Board […]
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