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Bengaluru Teen, Found Dead After WhatsApp Video, Betrayed By Best Friend
A college student's body has been found this morning near a Bengaluru lake, just days after he sent a video to his parentsasking them to provide 50 lakhs as ransom to his kidnappers.
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National Green Tribunal Orders Immediate Closure Of Industries Near Bengaluru Lake
The National Green Tribunal today directed an immediate and complete shutdown of all industries around Bengaluru's Bellandur Lake where a mound of garbage was set on fire in February this year.
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White Alert At Bengaluru Lake Again, Froth Flies After Rains In Bellandur
The terrible froth in Bengaluru's Bellandur lake has flared up again after a bout of rain on Sunday. The net that was fixed around the lake to try and hold the foam back collapsed. For the last two days, Gouts of foam with embedded dirt and muck came onto the road, spattering passers-by -the same foam had brought media attention to the plight of th...
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Blog: We Can Launch 104 Satellites, But We Can't Fix Bengaluru's Lake?
We are in a country which has launched 104 satellites in one shot, setting a world record. Is it too much to ask for?
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Bellandur Lake On Fire, Toxic Smoke Leaves Bengaluru Angry And Stunned
A fire erupted at 4 pm yesterday on Bellandur Lake in Bengaluru, causing drivers to swerve dangerously.
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In New SOS From Bengaluru Lakes, Thousands And Thousands Of Dead Fish
Bengaluru's lakes have become famous for potent declarations of the pollution they are swamped under - in recent months, three were covered with foam, another burst into flames. Today, the Ulsoor Lake was seen covered with thousands of dead fish, adding a new disastrous photo-op for a city often tagged as India's Silicon Valley.
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Files Flung, Babus Scolded: a Judge Fights for India's Environment
The judge was disgusted. Four bureaucrats stood meekly before him, their heads bowed. In May, he had ordered them to inspect the damage wrought by development near an ecologically sensitive lake bed in Bangalore, one of India's fastest-growing cities. But their report left the judge far from impressed.
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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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For Bengaluru's Lakes, a Glimmer of Hope
Nobody is in charge of Bengaluru's lakes - at least that is the impression, with any government department you ask putting the blame for the terrible condition of the city's waterbodies on each other.
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Central Pollution Board Team Visits Toxic, Foam-Filled Varthur Lake in Bengaluru
Members of the Central Pollution Control Board or CPCB visited the Varthur lake in Bengaluru on Saturday after repeated complaints from angry residents to local athourites about the spilling of toxic water into the roads of the Whitefield area in the city.
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Demolition Drive Aims to Reclaim Encroached Lake in Bengaluru
Authorities in Bengaluru have begun a 10-day demolition drive to recover land allegedly encroached from the bed of the Puttenahalli Lake in the southern part of the city. The drive follows demolition notices that had been issued to a number of homes and apartment complexes in the area a month ago.
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Virat Kohli Enjoys Anushka Sharma's Performance at IPL 2015 Opening Ceremony
Virat Kohli is leading the Royal Challengers Bangalore and was part of the captains' conclave in the opening ceremony of IPL 2015. His girlfriend Anushka Sharma, set the floor afire with her dazzling performance at the event in Kolkata's Salt Lake Stadium.
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Huge glacial lake atop Himalayas a potential danger
A satellite-based study has indicated that a huge glacial lake has formed atop the Himalayas in Sikkim with a "very high" potential for it to burst and create devastation downstream.
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Bangalore firm's solution for cleaning polluted US lakes
In yet another example of reverse technology transfer, a product developed by Nualgi Nano Biotech (NNB), a low profile biotech company here, is helping Americans to clean up polluted lakes. A three-acre Duck Pond in Croton-On-Hudson in New York state has been restored to normal health thanks to 'Nualgi' - an invention by NNB founder Thothathri Samp...
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Police truck skids into lake,driver dies
A driver of a truck belonging to Punjab police died and another person injured when the vehicle skidded into a lake in Bangalore Rural district today,police said.
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Bengaluru Teen, Found Dead After WhatsApp Video, Betrayed By Best Friend
A college student's body has been found this morning near a Bengaluru lake, just days after he sent a video to his parentsasking them to provide 50 lakhs as ransom to his kidnappers.
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National Green Tribunal Orders Immediate Closure Of Industries Near Bengaluru Lake
The National Green Tribunal today directed an immediate and complete shutdown of all industries around Bengaluru's Bellandur Lake where a mound of garbage was set on fire in February this year.
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White Alert At Bengaluru Lake Again, Froth Flies After Rains In Bellandur
The terrible froth in Bengaluru's Bellandur lake has flared up again after a bout of rain on Sunday. The net that was fixed around the lake to try and hold the foam back collapsed. For the last two days, Gouts of foam with embedded dirt and muck came onto the road, spattering passers-by -the same foam had brought media attention to the plight of th...
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Blog: We Can Launch 104 Satellites, But We Can't Fix Bengaluru's Lake?
We are in a country which has launched 104 satellites in one shot, setting a world record. Is it too much to ask for?
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Bellandur Lake On Fire, Toxic Smoke Leaves Bengaluru Angry And Stunned
A fire erupted at 4 pm yesterday on Bellandur Lake in Bengaluru, causing drivers to swerve dangerously.
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In New SOS From Bengaluru Lakes, Thousands And Thousands Of Dead Fish
Bengaluru's lakes have become famous for potent declarations of the pollution they are swamped under - in recent months, three were covered with foam, another burst into flames. Today, the Ulsoor Lake was seen covered with thousands of dead fish, adding a new disastrous photo-op for a city often tagged as India's Silicon Valley.
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Files Flung, Babus Scolded: a Judge Fights for India's Environment
The judge was disgusted. Four bureaucrats stood meekly before him, their heads bowed. In May, he had ordered them to inspect the damage wrought by development near an ecologically sensitive lake bed in Bangalore, one of India's fastest-growing cities. But their report left the judge far from impressed.
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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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For Bengaluru's Lakes, a Glimmer of Hope
Nobody is in charge of Bengaluru's lakes - at least that is the impression, with any government department you ask putting the blame for the terrible condition of the city's waterbodies on each other.
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Central Pollution Board Team Visits Toxic, Foam-Filled Varthur Lake in Bengaluru
Members of the Central Pollution Control Board or CPCB visited the Varthur lake in Bengaluru on Saturday after repeated complaints from angry residents to local athourites about the spilling of toxic water into the roads of the Whitefield area in the city.
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Demolition Drive Aims to Reclaim Encroached Lake in Bengaluru
Authorities in Bengaluru have begun a 10-day demolition drive to recover land allegedly encroached from the bed of the Puttenahalli Lake in the southern part of the city. The drive follows demolition notices that had been issued to a number of homes and apartment complexes in the area a month ago.
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Virat Kohli Enjoys Anushka Sharma's Performance at IPL 2015 Opening Ceremony
Virat Kohli is leading the Royal Challengers Bangalore and was part of the captains' conclave in the opening ceremony of IPL 2015. His girlfriend Anushka Sharma, set the floor afire with her dazzling performance at the event in Kolkata's Salt Lake Stadium.
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Huge glacial lake atop Himalayas a potential danger
A satellite-based study has indicated that a huge glacial lake has formed atop the Himalayas in Sikkim with a "very high" potential for it to burst and create devastation downstream.
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Bangalore firm's solution for cleaning polluted US lakes
In yet another example of reverse technology transfer, a product developed by Nualgi Nano Biotech (NNB), a low profile biotech company here, is helping Americans to clean up polluted lakes. A three-acre Duck Pond in Croton-On-Hudson in New York state has been restored to normal health thanks to 'Nualgi' - an invention by NNB founder Thothathri Samp...
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Police truck skids into lake,driver dies
A driver of a truck belonging to Punjab police died and another person injured when the vehicle skidded into a lake in Bangalore Rural district today,police said.
