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Play based on H. Dundiraj’s Kaayuva Kaayaka to premiere at Ravindra Kalakshetra

Nataka Bengaluru, an annual theatre festival started by theatre personalities Shashidar Bharighat, K.V. Nagaraj Murthy, V.M. Nagesh, Ganesh Shenoy, and B.V. Rajaram in 2008, is running its 15th edition of the festival this year. The festival starts in December every year and concludes in January the following year with new…

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Bengaluru city sees rise in criminal offences, dip in detection rate in 2023

The city has registered a total of 12,627 criminal offences in 2023, of which only 3,603 cases were been detected, according to data released by the Bengaluru city police on Wednesday.

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Public grievance meet: Dy.CM orders suspension of officials for taking bribe, directs DC to cancel licence of fair price shop

In a swift action to complaints of citizens, Deputy Chief Minister (Dy.CM) and Bengaluru Development Minister D.K. Shivakumar ordered suspension of officials and cancellation of licence of ration shop at the public grievance meeting in K.R. Puram in Mahadevapura zone.

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Thermo Fisher Scientific and C-CAMP announce collaborative initiative to establish centre of excellence in Bengaluru

Thermo Fisher Scientific and the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) recently announced a collaborative initiative to establish a Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru. This state-of-the-art facility will serve as a hub for fostering innovation, accelerating breakthroughs in the biotechnology sector and enabling researchers to enhance their expertise and…

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BJP leader Kota Srinivas Poojary seeks probe into Congress MLC B.K. Hariprasad’s statement on Godhra-like incident in Karnataka

BJP MLC Kota Srinivas Poojary was referring to Congress MLC B.K. Haripasad telling reporters in Bengaluru that, as per information available to him, a Godhra-like incident could take place in Karnataka on the occasion of the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.

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A workable, sustainable mobility agenda for 2024 for Bengaluru

A brand new year is upon us, and yet, Bengaluru’s mobility agenda remains chaotic and clueless as ever. Is there a way to make sense of the mishmash of roads, incomplete flyovers, skeletal Metro pillars, slow-paced suburban rail work and grand tunnel visions? Can a workable, sustainable, well thought-out mobility…

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Karnataka High Court adjourns Mall of Asia petition till Friday

The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday adjourned till Friday further hearing on a petition which had questioned the Bengaluru city Police Commissioner’s order “restricting public access” to Phoenix Mall of Asia, after the police sought time for further deliberations with the mall management as suggested by the court earlier.

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Accident-prone U turn near Ambur on Chennai - Bengaluru highway closed

Accident prone ’U’ turn near Ambur on Chennai - Bengaluru highway closed

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Public grievance meeting for Bengaluru citizens to start from January 3

The government will organise grievance redressal meetings for citizens of Assembly constituencies in Mahadevapura, Yelahanka-Dasarahalli and east zones of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) starting from Wednesday. Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru Development Minister D.K. Shivakumar will preside over the meetings and officials from various departments and agencies in the city…

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COVID-19: Karnataka reports 165 more JN.1 cases, taking total to 199

Karnataka reports 199 cases of highly transmissible JN.1 variant; Bengaluru has 634 active cases & 66 in hospitals. 30,000 doses of Corbevax distributed to districts for precaution dose.

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With COVID spike, proposal to set up female foeticide task force remains on paper

Bengaluru police unearth prenatal sex determination racket; State to set up PCPNDT Task Force to curb female foeticide.

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1,000 active COVID-19 cases in Karnataka

With an addition of 229 cases on Sunday, the active COVID-19 cases in Karnataka jumped up to 1,000, according to the bulletin shared by the Department of Health and Family Welfare. Bengaluru Urban district had the highest number of positive cases, 64

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South Western Railway officer selected for award

Satyajeet Harne selected for Ati Vishisht Rail Seva Puraskar 2023 for exemplary works in operations, security & safety.

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Kuvempu Trust plans a memorial for the poet in Bengaluru

Trust to construct memorial for Kuvempu in Bengaluru, Mantra Mangalya, staging of plays, book release functions, and other literary events to be organised.

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Illegal tree felling in Belur | Mysuru MP Pratap Simmha’s brother held in Bengaluru

Officers of the Forest Department arrested Vikram Simha, brother of Mysuru MP Pratap Simmha, in Bengaluru on Saturday over the illegal felling of trees on government land at Nandagondanahalli in Belur taluk. Vikram Simha had been absconding since December 25.

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KPCC meeting on Jan. 10 to discuss preparations for LS election: DKS

KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar to convene meeting of party leaders, legislators and central leaders to discuss preparations for Lok Sabha elections in Bengaluru.

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State-level job mela in Bengaluru next month to be curated by ministerial team

The Karnataka government has decided to hold job mela in Bengaluru in the last week of January, 2024

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Plans afoot to turn heritage Kunigal Stud Farm into township to ‘decongest’ Bengaluru

The fate of the nearly 250-year-old Kunigal Stud Farm, one of the top stud farms in the country today, is hanging in the balance

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Here are the big stories from Karnataka today

Welcome to the Karnataka Today newsletter, your guide from The Hindu on the major news stories to follow today.

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Cash-strapped Bengaluru civic body wants to wrest power to approve building plan for industries from KIADB

A source in the BBMP said Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru Development Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who is looking to boost BBMP revenue, is impressed by this proposal, and has directed officials to pursue it with the government.

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Bengaluru birds flock together in this board game

“Games are an excellent medium to engage with people and draw their attention to issues that they are surrounded by,” says Bengaluru-based ecologist Priti Bangal, the co-creator of Birds in the City, a board game that attempts to capture the relationship between urbanisation and its effects on bird biodiversity in Bengaluru.

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Karnataka HC declines to pass order on New Year’s Eve celebrations

High Court of Karnataka declines to pass order on PIL seeking restrictions on New Year's Eve celebrations in Bengaluru due to COVID-19.

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A marriage of history and science, and why we need it today

Human, social and natural sciences will have to work together as they bear relevance to what and how we study natural and human-induced phenomena, says Jahnavi Phalkey, Founding Director, of Science Gallery Bengaluru and winner of the Infosys Prize 2023 for Humanities

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Private and KSRTC buses continue to stop at Kempapura despite Bengaluru Traffic Police’s orders

BTP orders private & KSRTC buses not to halt near BMTC bus stop in Kempapura, Ballari Road, Bengaluru; enforcement & awareness needed.

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