1 ticket, 2 flyers: UK man hands boarding pass to Sri Lankan in washroom; both held for fraud at Bengaluru airport | Bengaluru News

BENGALURU: It’s a tale of two travellers with one ticket to London. Boarding pass to London secretly passed on to Singapore-bound passenger in airport loo. However, their UK plan fell flat, and both are now behind bars on charges of committing several violations at Kempegowda International Airport last week.A 52-year-old United Kingdom national has been…

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When Goodnight led to bad nights! Man in Bengaluru wins battle over defective mosquito vaporiser | Bengaluru News

Bengaluru: A mosquito repellent, purchased to ensure peaceful nights, led to a consumer dispute after a 75-year-old Banashankari resident claimed the device had failed to function as promised.The III Additional Bengaluru Urban District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission held both the manufacturer and the retailer guilty of deficiency in service. The complainant, Sangameswaran S, purchased a…

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35 organisations to hold statewide rally to protest private hospital costs in Karnataka | Bengaluru News

Bengaluru: As many as 35 organisations in Karnataka are organising a ‘Jatha for Right to Health’ across 31 districts from Feb 2 to 17, protesting high charges in private hospitals and lack of access to free medicines in govt healthcare facilities.Private hospitals in Karnataka charge exorbitant amounts for consultation, diagnostic tests and treatment, pushing people…

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Karnataka high court questions Kannada channel over comedy show denigrating Hindu gods | Bengaluru News

Bengaluru: The high court Tuesday orally pulled up a private Kannada television channel over the alleged denigration of Hindu gods and mythological characters in its comedy show, while granting interim protection from arrest to the channel’s representatives.“Anything under the garb of free speech? You don’t deserve any indulgence. Such people do not deserve any indulgence…

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Delimitation the gravest danger for south India: Siddaramaiah | Bengaluru News

Bengaluru: Chief minister Siddaramaiah Tuesday described the proposed delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies as the “gravest danger” facing southern India and warned that it could weaken the political voice of these states and undermine federalism. Addressing the ‘South Indian Socialist Conference’, a event organised by Centre for Socialist Studies and Samajwadi Sangama, Siddaramaiah said, “The…

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