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February 2019 Press News on Electronic City
28 February 2019  
Karnataka's 1st multi-purpose car park opens in city
https://www.deccanherald.com/city/karnatakas-1st-multi-purpose-720743.html
vintage cars, amphitheatre, sanpit, rabbit enclosure !

28 February 2019  
E-City now a swine flu hotspot
https://www.deccanherald.com/city/e-city-now-swine-flu-hotspot-720932.html
70% of those affected are migrant workers in the garments industry

28 February 2019  
Begur-Koppa road to get e-toilets, bins
https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/begur-koppa-road-to-get-e-toilets-bins/articleshow/68209609.cms
3 e-toilets and 12 dustbins to be installed

26 February 2019  
BBMP wakes up to E-City Rising’s call
https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/bbmp-wakes-up-to-e-city-risings-call/articleshow/68158826.cms
Randeep D, Special Commissioner interacted with the people in E-City

24 February 2019  
Air show 2019: Jewellery, documents go up in smoke
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2019/feb/24/jewellery-documents-go-up-in-smoke-1942976.html
sad story of a resident of Singasandra

19 February 2019  
Student cheated of Rs 50,000 while trying to get US dollars
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/student-cheated-of-rs-50k-while-trying-to-get-us-dollars/articleshow/68054467.cms
management student near Chandapura in Anekal taluk

18 February 2019  
E-City rises against Solid Waste Management plant
https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/civic/stink-in-the-tale-e-city-rises-against-solid-waste-management-plant/articleshow/68039964.cms
Residents of Chikkanagamangala, Doddanagamangala, Electronic City Phase II

18 February 2019  
Man hacked to death by friends
https://www.deccanherald.com/city/man-hacked-death-friends-719161.html
Deceased Lokesh C, resident of Bommasandra

14 February 2019 Deccan Herald 
Delay in open data policy: BMTC app plagued by bugs
https://www.deccanherald.com/city/bmtc-app-plagued-bugs-delay-718354.html
far from perfection, 5 years after its launch !

14 February 2019 TOI 
Infrastructure work on 38 roads makes commuting hell
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/infra-work-on-38-roads-makes-commuting-hell/articleshow/67982775.cms
mainly due to whitetopping and Metro work

14 February 2019 TOI 
Land grabbing plaint against CM's brother HD Ramesh
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/land-grabbing-plaint-against-cms-brother-hd-ramesh/articleshow/67982786.cms
A city lawyer complains that he grabbed government land in Ballur village, Attibele

13 February 2019 TOI 
Jayadeva flyover demolition work to begin in March-end
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/jayadeva-flyover-demolition-work-to-begin-in-march-end/articleshow/67966644.cms
bottleneck for adjoining areas: BTM Layout, Jayanagar and Bannerghatta Rd

12 February 2019 Bangalore Mirror 
Metro work moves in slow-mo
https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/metro-work-moves-in-slow-mo/articleshow/67948265.cms
31% completion between Silk Board and Electronics city

11 February 2019 TOI 
Don't approve building plans along first elevated corridor
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/dont-approve-building-plans-along-first-elevated-corridor-pwd-to-bbmp/articleshow/67933462.cms
PWD asks BBMP to temporarily suspend granting approvals

09 February 2019 The News Minute 
ACB raids expose BBMP scam
https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/bengaluru-s-big-garbage-mafia-acb-raids-expose-bbmp-scam-rs-550-cr-fake-bills-96442
550 Cr in fake bills in BBMP zonal office, Bommanahalli

08 February 2019 NDTV 
Biocon Chief conferred with rare American distinction
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/biocon-chief-kiran-mazumdar-shaw-conferred-with-rare-american-distinction-1990666
Kiran Mazumdar, the first woman in US National Academy of Engineering (NAE)

07 February 2019 Business Standard 
Infosys plans to double campus hiring in US
https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/infosys-plans-to-double-campus-hiring-in-us-as-part-of-localisation-drive-119020701553_1.html
as part of localisation drive

05 February 2019 Bangalore Mirror 
Cop’s wife loses gold in BMTC bus
https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/crime/cops-wife-loses-gold-in-bmtc-bus/articleshow/67839419.cms
Wife of an E-City cop boarded BMTC in Attibele

05 February 2019 Deccan Herald 
3 arrested in Infosys techie kidnap and assault case
https://www.deccanherald.com/city/three-arrested-infosys-techie-716691.html
All 3 men from Anekal

05 February 2019 Bangalore Mirror 
Techie arrested for making ex abort, and dumping her
https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/crime/techie-arrested-for-making-ex-abort-then-dumping-her/articleshow/67840387.cms
in Madivala police limits

04 February 2019 NIE 
Youth attacks ex-boss for sacking him
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2019/feb/05/youth-attacks-ex-boss-for-sacking-him-1934379.html
in Garvebhavipalya off Hosur Main Road

04 February 2019 Edex Live 
Gang-war style fight among students outside college campus
https://www.edexlive.com/news/2019/feb/04/gang-war-style-fight-among-students-outside-karnataka-college-leaves-3-injured-police-on-lookout-fo-5230.html
which popular college in Bommanahalli ?!

04 February 2019 Daiji World 
80-year-old woman gang raped in cemetery, dies
http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=559278
Yellamma (80) was a gatekeeper at NGR Extension of Roopena Agrahara

03 February 2019 Deccan Herald 
Gang robs Infy engineer after offering Chennai lift
https://www.deccanherald.com/city/gang-offers-infy-engineer-drop-716518.html
on Hosur main road

03 February 2019 Zee Biz 
New US H1B Visa rules - 5 things to know
https://www.zeebiz.com/india/news-challenge-to-iit-iim-new-us-h1b-visa-rules-5-things-to-know-83778
benefits graduates from US universities over graduates from IIT / IIM

02 February 2019 Deccan Herald 
BBMP to rejuvenate 20 lakes
https://www.deccanherald.com/city/bbmp-rejuvenate-20-lakes-716234.html
Singasandra, Mangammana Palya, Chika Begur, Basapura lakes included

01 February 2019 TOI 
BBMP kicks off process for Begur Road widening
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/bbmp-kicks-off-process-for-begur-road-widening/articleshow/67781228.cms
links Bannerghatta Road to Electronics City