STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOSBENGALURU, India - Police banned gatherings on Tuesday in India's southern technology hub of Bengaluru, to deter violence by protesters who oppose the sharing of river waters with a neighbouring state, police officials said.
Bengaluru hosts more than 3,500 tech companies and some 79"tech parks" housing offices and entertainment zones for technology workers. Protests in the past have led to mob violence. The demonstrations are part of an agitation led by farmers and politicians from Karnataka and the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu, locked for decades in a legal dispute over the sharing of water from the Cauvery river.
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