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The monsoon may fail but the "nail harvest" never fails on the Outer Ring Road. For this techie Benedict Jebakumar, it is a daily affair to comb off nails on ORR while going or returning to/from his office. Most of the nails are combed off from the road in front of
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The residents of ST Bed under the banner of ST Bed Residents’ Welfare Association on January 3 conducted a meeting at their Association Office premises to discuss the garbage collection problems in ST Bed Layout. It was decided jointly in the meeting by the residents as well as Committee Members of
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The New Year was welcomed by downpour as well as Vykunta Ekadashi. Vykunta ekadashi pooja and16th anniversary of Panchamukhi Trust was celebrated in grand way in Koramangala 6th block. Due to dhanurmasa Abisheka started at 5am followed by Guru and Shaneswara moola mantra homa. Grand alankar to Ganesha, Panchamukhi Anjaneya
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COLD COVER..... This monkey pulled out a veil from the clothesline and covered its body in Wilson Garden. -Pic by Akshaya Deva
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Eat what you grow, and grow what you eat. Today many people are opting towards terrace gardening to grow vegetables in an organic way. Health concious people want to eat home grown food ie vegetables and they are becoming city farmers in this concrete jungle. Compost/cocopeat has replaced
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Prominent residents Ashok and Sumathi, parents of noted social activist Bharath Bhushan from Koramangala near Adugodi, were awarded Bengaluru Rathna Adarsha Dampathigalu 2014 by Bengaluru Rathna Prathishtana on Friday in Kempegowda Nagar of the City. Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda and his wife Chennamma along with former Union Minister
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After the high spirits of the festive season and the New Year parties, the perfect place to de-stress and chill over the weekend was at Jayamahal Palace Hotel where the second edition of the Bengaluru Pet Show in 2014 which is going on. The event will come to an end on
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Roundup of the year 2014 and outlook for the year 2015 with respect to the real estate and retail sector from Suresh Hari, Secretary, CREDAI Bengaluru and Vishal Mirchandani, CEO, Retail and Commercial, Brigade Group. Suresh Hari, Secretary, CREDAI Bengaluru says: Round up of 2014: Looking back at 2014, we have seen
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Not all autorickshaw drivers are bad, here is an example of honesty so that others can emulate it. On December 31, 2014 Syed Salman Hafiz was leaving for his year end motorcycle ride. So he tied his laptop backpack on the saddle bag of the motorcycle. Then he left from Kavalbyrasandra
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N Syed Umar SaabWhen people across the earth celebrate the New Year, it was one of the gravest days for the family of N Syed Umar Saab, who breathed his last on the first day of the year, three years ago. The late N Syed Umar Saab was a visionary who
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