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Mehak Luthra

📝 Language activists condemn Hindi imposition

Many Bengaluru citizens demanded that the local language Kannada should be used to convey Diwali wishes.

🚯  Heaps of garbage post-Deepavali

The Deepavali festivities, occurring after a two-year hiatus, are in full swing resulting in heaps of trash emerging on the roads.

🌳 1,671 trees felled by BBMP

Over the course of four years, the civic body has felled 1,671 trees in the name of development projects.

❄️ Coldest October morning in a decade

Bengaluru witnessed the coldest October morning on Tuesday as the temperature dropped to 15.4 degrees celsius for the first time in a decade.

💰 ₹141 crores collected in fines

The Bengaluru Traffic Police (BTP) has collected over ₹141 crores in fines as of the end of September this year.