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In Tejasvi Surya Vs Asaduddin Owaisi, Old Rivalry Plays Out In Hyderabad
In the late 1990s, when SM Krishna and Chandrababu Naidu were Chief Ministers of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad's effort to challenge Bangalore's numero uno position in the world of IT was a constant headline in the pink papers.
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A Python Is 'Swallowing' Bengaluru's Potholes One at a Time
These days to fix a pothole, Bengaluru civic officials start by making it bigger. Once it is cut into a more regular, rectangular shape, the 'Python' gets to work.
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Bengaluru Sticks With BJP, PM Tweets 'Hat-trick': 10 Developments
In Congress-ruled Karnataka, capital Bengaluru has picked the BJP again to fix its chronic civic problems, handing the party a majority in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike or BBMP, that it has controlled for the last five years.
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Bengaluru Civic Elections Voting Ends With Dismal Turnout
Voting for Bengaluru's municipal body known as the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike or BBMP ended today with less than 50 per cent voter turnout, underscoring once again the city's apathy to polls.
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Bengaluru Sees Low Turnout in Crucial Civic Polls
Bengaluru is voting today to elect its civic body, amid major concerns of traffic and cleanliness faced by its residents, in a high-prestige political battle. Till 12 noon, just 11 per cent of the electorate had come out to vote.
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The Key Issues Facing Bengaluru Ahead of Municipal Polls
With the municipal elections due this Saturday, the residents of Bengaluru are thinking more than usual about the civic challenges faced by the city. A garden city that first turned into the country's IT capital, became a pensioner's paradise, and is now a startup town.
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Bengaluru Civic Elections Campaign Starts Off With Accusations
With familiar-sounding promises to clear out the garbage on streets, fix traffic jams, mend potholes and clean up filthy lakes, aspirants for the Bengaluru civic polls have jumped into the fray. Their first task at hand? Raise the offensive on opponents.
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As a Minister, I Removed the Lal Batti
This is my 31st year as an elected representative. In 1983, I was first elected as a municipal councillor in Bengaluru - also called Corporator. The day I entered the municipal corporation building a senior leader gave me a pep talk that I must stay always accessible and approachable to the common man.
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Bangalore hit-and-run case: SUV driver who killed 4 surrenders in court
The driver of the SUV, who allegedly mowed down four people, including two women, and inured six others on Monday has surrendered in a Bangalore court. The accused is 60-year-old Krishnappa, who was the president of the Bommanahalli city municipal council till 2009. He used to live alone in the civic ward after his wife and daughter deserted him ov...
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Bangalore garbage crisis: Karnataka High Court questions municipal authority
The Karnataka High Court has warned Bangalore's civic body, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), that it would be superseded if it finds that politics is being played while dealing with the garbage issue in the city. This is the second rap from the court in less than three weeks to do the clean-up act.
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In Tejasvi Surya Vs Asaduddin Owaisi, Old Rivalry Plays Out In Hyderabad
In the late 1990s, when SM Krishna and Chandrababu Naidu were Chief Ministers of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad's effort to challenge Bangalore's numero uno position in the world of IT was a constant headline in the pink papers.
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A Python Is 'Swallowing' Bengaluru's Potholes One at a Time
These days to fix a pothole, Bengaluru civic officials start by making it bigger. Once it is cut into a more regular, rectangular shape, the 'Python' gets to work.
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Bengaluru Sticks With BJP, PM Tweets 'Hat-trick': 10 Developments
In Congress-ruled Karnataka, capital Bengaluru has picked the BJP again to fix its chronic civic problems, handing the party a majority in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike or BBMP, that it has controlled for the last five years.
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Bengaluru Civic Elections Voting Ends With Dismal Turnout
Voting for Bengaluru's municipal body known as the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike or BBMP ended today with less than 50 per cent voter turnout, underscoring once again the city's apathy to polls.
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Bengaluru Sees Low Turnout in Crucial Civic Polls
Bengaluru is voting today to elect its civic body, amid major concerns of traffic and cleanliness faced by its residents, in a high-prestige political battle. Till 12 noon, just 11 per cent of the electorate had come out to vote.
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The Key Issues Facing Bengaluru Ahead of Municipal Polls
With the municipal elections due this Saturday, the residents of Bengaluru are thinking more than usual about the civic challenges faced by the city. A garden city that first turned into the country's IT capital, became a pensioner's paradise, and is now a startup town.
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Bengaluru Civic Elections Campaign Starts Off With Accusations
With familiar-sounding promises to clear out the garbage on streets, fix traffic jams, mend potholes and clean up filthy lakes, aspirants for the Bengaluru civic polls have jumped into the fray. Their first task at hand? Raise the offensive on opponents.
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As a Minister, I Removed the Lal Batti
This is my 31st year as an elected representative. In 1983, I was first elected as a municipal councillor in Bengaluru - also called Corporator. The day I entered the municipal corporation building a senior leader gave me a pep talk that I must stay always accessible and approachable to the common man.
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Bangalore hit-and-run case: SUV driver who killed 4 surrenders in court
The driver of the SUV, who allegedly mowed down four people, including two women, and inured six others on Monday has surrendered in a Bangalore court. The accused is 60-year-old Krishnappa, who was the president of the Bommanahalli city municipal council till 2009. He used to live alone in the civic ward after his wife and daughter deserted him ov...
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Bangalore garbage crisis: Karnataka High Court questions municipal authority
The Karnataka High Court has warned Bangalore's civic body, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), that it would be superseded if it finds that politics is being played while dealing with the garbage issue in the city. This is the second rap from the court in less than three weeks to do the clean-up act.
