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Updated: Jan 26, 2019 08:20 IST

For the eighth time since 2015, two of Bengaluru’s lakes broke into flames earlier this week fuelled by high levels of toxic chemicals in their waters. Sunday saw Varthur lake, a 180-hectare water body on Bengaluru’s periphery, up in flames. On Monday, flames were seen flickering on Bellandur lake, not very far away. Both incidents were a pointer that repeated efforts to clean up the lakes had largely come to naught.

On December 6, 2018, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) imposed a ?50-crore fine on Karnataka for poor maintenance of its lakes. A committee it set up to oversee the action plan for clean-up of Bengaluru’s lakes also directed the state government to deposit ?500 crore into an escrow account for use in thearticle

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10 Buzziest Movies at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival

The 64th Cannes Film Festival kicks off May 11 with the premiere of Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris, featuring France's first lady, Carla Bruni. From Terrence Malick's ethereal Brad Pitt-starrer to the controversial Lars von Trier's take on Armageddon, see what films will light up the Croisette.

The South of France will be even more glam than usual as some of the biggest film stars from around the world arrive via plane, train, or yacht to the world’s most decadent movie fete, the Cannes Film Festival. Running from May 11 to May 22, the 64th fest will open with Woody Allen’s
Midnight in Paris, which will hope to avoid the opening-night curse, and close with
The Beloved, a decades-spanning musical-comedy from