Bills are inflated, the helpline is not of much use. However, Bescom claims to address complaints at the earliest By Tamanna Yasmin Bescom consumers have numerous grievances against the company. Primary among them are frequent power outages, delays in updating payment status, termination of connection despite paying the bill, and inability to pay bills due […]
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Bescom says that putting those underground will help solve the problem and that will provide uninterrupted power supply Loose cables and wires are found in several areas across Bengaluru. Residents in areas such as Halasuru have complained about the hazards posed by them, particularly in the rainy season. Vinod, a resident of Halasuru, informed The […]
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Flats supposed to be given in 2017, not delivered yet By Tamanna Yasmin Hundreds of buyers in the Mantri Webcity apartment project are in distress due to an alleged fraud by Mantri Developers. Apartment buyer Syed Nabeel Ahmed informed The Observer: “In July 2014, I booked a 3-bedroom flat at Mantri Webcity. I paid Rs […]
Continue ReadingFood adulteration poses the single biggest risk to public health in India, says Shivani Priyam The Public Health Foundation of India attributes 80% of all premature deaths in the country to contaminated food and water. While that might sound alarming, there’s little doubt everyone one of us is exposed to contaminants in the food we […]
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Problem caused due to motor damage of ground water, villagers can’t get drinking water in their village Pump is out of order for 1 year, no action taken. People who are living in the Kenchanapalya village are finding difficult to fetch the drinking water for them and for their family. They have to travel […]
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Annihilation takes you on a journey that few science-fiction movies would even dare to, What if human beings could be recreated after we are gone? What if every memory we have, every emotion that we feel, every biological and anatomical feature which makes us human could be replicated? The result would be an exact replica […]
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Choked at 4 places, it has garbage thrown by its side. It creates a stink around the area and is a source of illness. A clogged drain beside the Deccan Herald press in Kumbalgodu has made the area unhygienic. The drain is clogged at multiple places, leading to a foul smell. Tea stall owner Rudresh […]
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Many cab drivers do not wear seatbelt in and across India, though Bengaluru traffic police has imposed fines which they again revised it to higher amount, but still the drivers do not bother. Drivers strap on only on seeing traffic police to escape fines. Though it is compulsory for drivers of four-wheelers to wear seatbelts, […]
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Platelet donation is less taxing than blood donation but just as critical Of the 9,374 cases of dengue reported in Karnataka this year, Bangalore accounts for as many as 5,832. One of the definitive symptoms of dengue is a drastic fall in platelet count (from a normal 1,50,000-4,50,000 to 50,000/ml). Platelets, also called thrombocytes, are […]
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Sacred Games is brilliant but requires a sustained suspension of disbelief In the first episode of the web-series Sacred Games, based on a novel by Vikram Chandra and directed by Anurag Kashyap, gangster Ganesh Gaitonde (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) calls cop Sartaj Singh (Saif Ali Khan) and warns him that something terrible is going to happen in […]
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