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Objections to the Draft Animal Welfare Act 2011 acoward - 23-MAR-2011
Someone mailed in a detailed objections the draft Animal Welfare Act. The draft itself is available here (careful, big PDF) on the MoEF website, and apparently the ministry is taking in suggestions online via this email id - animalwelfareact2011 [at] gmail.com. Here it goes, in full: |
rs - 16-MAR-2011
This mornings paper had a rather disturbing story timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Bangalore/Road-rage-on-Brigades-1-stabbed/articleshow/7715833.cms |
License, common sense, civility... Arun - 15-MAR-2011
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shekhar_mittal - 13-MAR-2011* yes, I depend on borewells * yes, I depend on tankers * yes, I depend on Bisleri jars (or the likes) for drinking water * yes, I do more than one of the above * No, I use only the water supplied by my water agency for ALL my water needs |
Does Bengaluru need another Cricket Stadium? kbsyed61 - 12-MAR-2011
After our representatives vociferously vented their anger on ticket fiasco in recent India-England cricket match in Bengaluru, Karnataka chief minister Yeddyurappa had made an announcement that a new well-quipped cricket stadium would be built in the city. |
BBMP wants fee for on - street parking srinidhi - 3-MAR-2011
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State Budget Populist? or just full of hot air? srinidhi - 24-FEB-2011
BSY has created history of sorts by announcing a budget before the Union one! Lot of juicy information related to infra for blr! Mono..metro..brts..you name it and its listed! |
kbsyed61 - 16-FEB-2011
We have heard about the word "Stress". Those of us who commute long distances often use this word to describe our frustrations on daily basis. Have we thought of phrase "Water Stress"? |
Concession in NAMMA METRO for Students community ??? Sanjeev - 10-FEB-2011
Any plan exists in NAMMA METRO to povide concession in ticket for Students & Senior citizens. As BMTC has this facility & encourages the public to use PT. Take the case of Kolkotta METRO, 60% concession is offered for students. I hope BMRC also comes out similar facility for students community. |
BMTC Bus Day – It’s a date or live-in-relationship? kbsyed61 - 7-FEB-2011
On Feb 2nd, BMTC observed its first Bus Day anniversary and announced that Bus Day will be observed in other cities/towns like Mysore, Dharwar and Hubli. It was a subtle message that the monthly ritual of Bus day in Bengaluru would continue. I was very curious to know what BMTC is planning for this year as a result of one year learning via 12 Bus Days. |