1. Deepika-Ranveer Flag off Bengaluru Reception in Style
Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone got married on the banks of Lake Como in Italy on 14 and 15 November after dating for six years. They are flagging off the first of the post-wedding festivities with a reception in Bengaluru on 21 November.
Ranveer Singh’s parents, Jagjit Singh Bhavnani and Anju Bhavnani, are in the city to attend the reception being hosted at the Leela Palace. Padukone’s family and friends are all expected to attend the reception.
Deepika’s home in Bangalore has been lit up and gorgeously decorated for the occasion. Another wedding reception is scheduled on 28 November in Mumbai, where the who’s who of the film industry is expected to attend.
(Source: The Quint)
2. Filmed With Lover and Blackmailed, 22-year-old Dies in Suicide Pact
A 22-year-old youth died and his lover was battling for life in a Shivamogga hospital after they consumed poison because of blackmail by unidentified miscreants, who had captured intimate moments of the couple on a cellphone. Police say the extortionists had threatened to post the video on social media if they were not paid Rs 5 lakh.
Disturbed over the developments, the lovers consumed poison on Monday, 19 November. The boy died on Wednesday, 21 November while the girl is still battling for life at McGaan hospital. Police have taken one man into custody and investigation is on.
Police say the youth is from Hosuru Matti and worked in a local rice mill. He fell in love with a girl from Ragi Hosahalli. Some days ago, extortionists captured their intimate moments and began demanding money to delete the video. Eventually the two lovers decided on suicide.
(Source: The Times of India)
3. BBMP Administration Will be Restructured
Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru Development Minister Dr G Parameshwara is batting for restructuring the administration of the city, which will take place in the next few months. “One commissioner cannot look after all of Bengaluru. Administration of the city through the present setup has become very difficult,” he said, at an interaction with The Hindu in Bengaluru on Wednesday, 21 November.
“Bengaluru was 220 sqkm, but we expanded the city to include 110 villages. It now 800 sqkm. We are looking at it closely to see whether we are going to divide the corporations or not,” he said, adding that the government is also considering whether the commissioner could be elevated to commissioner of the city, and each of the zones be made independent commissionerates.
“We have to study the Bengaluru Restructuring Report of the BS Patil-led committee and see how practical the recommendations are. We will soon take a call and restructure the city administration in the next few months,” he said.
(Source: The Hindu)
4. B’luru Pays the Highest Salaries in India: Study
Hardware & networking, software & IT services, and the old favourite, the consumer sector, are the three highest paying industries in India, according to LinkedIn, which has just done a salary study for the first time in the country based on data on its platform.
By city, Bengaluru pays the highest salaries – which goes with the fact that technology industries pay the most – followed by Mumbai and Delhi.
Hardware & networking jobs fetch about Rs 15 lakh per annum (weighted average), software jobs fetch about Rs 12 lakh, and consumer jobs Rs 9 lakh.
The hardware jobs being paid highly are not the traditional ones, but those in the area of chip design and newage networking, experts said. Shivananda Koteshwar, head of design R&D at semiconductor tools company Synopsys India, said in the area of VLSI (very-largescale integration), salaries have exploded because a lot of chip design implementation has moved to India.
(Source: The Times of India)
5. Honour Killing: man Stabbed to Death by Wife's Brother
In a suspected case of honour killing, a 25-year-old man was killed by his wife’s brother at Nallur village in Devanahalli taluk, 36 kilometres from Bengaluru.
The victim is Harish Muninarayanappa, a cab driver, the police said.
The Channarayapatna police have arrested the suspect, Vinay Kumar (22), who confessed that his family was opposed to his sister’s marriage with Harish from Nayaka community.
According to the police, Harish, a resident of Bidaluru, while studying in college fell in love with Meenakshi, a resident of Nallur, who belonged to Thigala community.
They married eight months ago against Meenakshi’s family members’ wish. On Tuesday, 20 November, at around 10 pm, Vinay Kumar called Harish to an isolated spot on the outskirts of Nallur and stabbed him to death.
(Source: Deccan Herald)
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