Fix the death traps: Assaye Road residents
Fix the death traps: Assaye Road residents
ByY Maheswara ReddyY Maheswara Reddy / Updated: Feb 15, 2021, 06:00 IST
A week after a first-year MBBS student died navigating bad roads,
residents of
Assaye Road are up in arms against the civic body’s negligence that has cost the teenager her life. On Sunday, members of the Bharathinagar Residents’ Forum have staged a protest, demanding the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (
BBMP) restore Assaye Road, that has been dug up for over a year.
The agitators holding placards shouted slogans against the BBMP for neglecting the road that has become a nightmare for both motorists and pedestrians.
The Towns Mirror Special: Uncovering the story of Cox Town’s Sindhi Colony
Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: Feb 4, 2021, 06:00 IST
Sindhis in East Bengaluru after the
Partition
Adiverse culture is what forms the face of a country. But what is the history behind so many small communities that have settled here? ReReeti, an organisation that works towards revitalising museums and heritage sites, will be documenting the origin all that is pertinent to the existence of Cox Town’s Sindhi community in Bengaluru.
The Undivided Identities: Unknown Stories of Partition project aims to uncover how, during the Partition, non-Muslims from
Sindh in Pakistan migrated and settled down in different states of India, including Bangalore (Mysore State), says Tejshvi Jain. The Sindhi Colony in Cox Town was created in 1948, to house the refugees from Sindh in Pakistan. The government - then the Mysore State, bought the land from a man named
The Ladies’ Man of Cox Town
ByPragna L KrupaPragna L Krupa / Updated: Jan 31, 2021, 06:00 IST
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He would befriend them on social media, promise them marriage, spin a yarn about incurring losses in his business, take money from them and scoot with the loot. Many women have now filed complaints
Meet
Rahul Vakaria,
Cox Town’s Casanova, who is on the most wanted list of the police and a few women across the country.
Shweta, a
wedding planner and a resident of Cox Town said that she met the accused,
Rahul N Vakharia, also a resident of the same area in 2019 through Facebook. “He said he was a realtor and had a grains export business. Soon he started borrowing money from me because he said he was undergoing losses. He asked me for my i20 car, which I later realised he had pledged to someone for Rs 80,000. He promised to marry me and asked me to help him financially in his real estate business. I met his mother who was very nice to me and agreed to our wedding. Shortly af
Getting the jab? Then gear up for some tough advice. Experts suggest those who are getting vaccinated must keep away from alcohol for at least 45 days after getting the shot.
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The percentage of coverage was 65% on Saturday and 58% on Sunday
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Nursing officers prepare themselves for massive coronavirus vaccination drive, in Bengaluru on January 15, 2021. | Photo Credit:
K. Murali Kumar
The percentage of coverage was 65% on Saturday and 58% on Sunday
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is hoping to complete vaccination of all healthcare workers registered in the first phase in a week. A total of 1.82 lakh healthcare workers have been registered to be vaccinated in the first phase. However, the percentage of coverage was 65% on Saturday and 58% on Sunday.
Speaking to reporters after inspecting vaccination sites at Manipal Hospital on Sunday, BBMP Commissioner N. Manjunath Prasad said that, on Monday, vaccinations will be taken up in the civic body’s 141 PHCs (primary health centres), 106 private hospitals and nine medical colleges in the city.