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n - 28-OCT-2010
The draft of the proposed police act (table of contents and the body) are attached. The link is at KSP's site. Minister Ashoka mentioned (last line in article) that it is being reviewd. |
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murali772 - 26-OCT-2010
The point of free speech is to cause offence. If nobody is offended by anything that somebody says or writes, then there is no need for a constitutional guarantee of freedom of expression. The reason such a guarantee exists is to protect those who say things that provoke or offend. |
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Bangalore Police - performance data silkboard - 28-SEP-2010
So, how much do you know about Police's performance. Policing is on part of infrastructure that doesn't get 'reviewed' as such. And thanks to movies and what not, our take on police is mostly based on misconpcetions, and not data. |
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Corrupt corporator - What a farce! Ravi_D - 20-SEP-2010
I scratch your back and you scratch mine! This corporator's suspension is withdrawn.... as |
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Some fancy ideas for mass transport srkulhalli - 24-OCT-2008Got these when I was browsing around. Kind of exotic - enjoy wwwa.vito.be/FADC/report1/10_Ankur%20Bhatnagar_UniModal.pdf http://www.unimodal.net/ |
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murali772 - 2-JUL-2010
Given the choice, very few amongst the middle and upper classes in the country will ever want to have anything to do with the government or its agencies, plainly because they lack the basic 'technology' of handling them. |
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Accountability of our emergency helplines deepakar - 2-JUL-2010
Here's my experience with the Police emergency phone number, 100, that makes me pray that nobody ever has any emergency. Last Saturday, I was returning by train from Thanjavur. While the train was waiting for a clearance to enter the railway station, I heard some commotion outside. Two guys, at least one of them very drunk, were fighting. The inebriated one was lying on the tracks (and hardly moving) and the other man was beating him up. This was at 4 AM and it was still pretty dark. Sensing danger to their lives if a train happened to approach on that track the passengers from my coach urged them to move away from the rails. Since they didn't pay heed, I decided to call the police helpline 100. My first reaction when the lady answered the phone was surprise at the complete lack of urgency in her tone and voice. I explained the situation to her, and she asked me to call the railway police. There was no answer from that number so I dialed 100 again and got to speak to the same lady. This time she asked me to call the general railway helpline 197! |
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550 wealthy biggies owe 2.5 lakh crores in income taxes! kbsyed61 - 14-JUN-2010
TOI carried a report on biggest IT defaulters saying 550 top defaulters who owe more than 25 crores.
Is it case of less of enforcement and more of corruption? |
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Bangalore Master Plan 2015 - Where is this headed? deepak_here - 31-MAR-2010
I have read the Bangalore Master Plan 2015 for the first time. I am happy to see the recommendations made after a structured study. ( Though I would have expected this to have more meat) |
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Why I will not vote for JD(S) in this election, or ever. murali772 - 23-MAR-2010
With state JD(S) chief H D Kumaraswamy on Monday brazenly saying that he saw nothing wrong in fielding criminals if they looked like winnable candidates, the comfort that Bangaloreans enjoyed, compared to those living in the cow belt, has evaporated. In an exclusive interaction with TOI ahead of BBMP polls, Kumaraswamy said that his criteria for giving tickets to criminals is simple: he/she should have the support of party workers and people of the area and should be able to win. Obviously a case of political arithmetic trumping morals and scruples. But, is it right to bring criminals into politics? “What’s wrong? It’s a chance for them to reform. If they change, isn’t it an achievement and better for the society?” |