For 30 years Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and Nilima Rovshen were best friends, since their days as single professional women in Bangalore at a time when Indian career women were rare.

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The squad is due to arrive in Bangalore on 15 February, with the first ODI four days later.

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Both are centrally contracted to the ECB, who would then decide whether they could play in the final on 22 September - four days after the Pakistan series ends - if Bangalore qualify.

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But what if they could get the benefits of outsourcing--cheap labor and long working days--without having to make the trip to Bangalore?

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Another tweet talked about north-eastern people - "especially business folks" - living in some Bangalore neighbourhoods who have been threatened and asked to leave the city within five days.

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