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murali772 - 2-NOV-2008
Private bus operators at Kalasipalyam, who have been transporting commuters for about 60 years now, still await the day they will get a separate bus stand. There are about 250 private buses that ply daily between the City Market and nearby Hosur, Kolar, Magadi, Tumkur and Chikballapur. |
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mcadambi - 2-NOV-2008
Our judiciary, which can arguably be described as one of the least dsyfunctional organs of our nation (however slow). Still, it is overburded with 2.94 crore cases! That is about 29.4 million cases! |
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murali772 - 1-NOV-2008
Encouraging the IT sector to realise the business opportunity in the power sector, Minister of State for Power, Jairam Ramesh, said on Thursday that the Centre was planning to infuse technology into the power distribution of the country and replicate the success of IT in the power sector. |
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Urban and Real Estate Chaos - New urban policy on the anvil mcadambi - 1-NOV-2008
We all know how chaotic the real estate scence is in Bangalore. Nearly 99% of all buildings have some violations of some sort. Some are totally gross blatant disregard for the law and while others happily add extra floors and compromise on setback area and parking areas. |
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silkboard - 31-OCT-2008
Putting up a placeholder post for logs from the BMRC meeting today. 8 of us were present, so we should expect at least that many notes here. |
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Mission ‘PEACE’ - Reducing Noise Pollution by Autos and Honking Rithesh - 31-OCT-2008
Mission ‘PEACE’ Reducing Noise Pollution by Autos and Honking A step towards a Peaceful & Healthy Bangalore WHO we are: A bunch of Bangalore residents who have got together to transform our city. |
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Walk to reclaim Bengaluru: 9th Nov 2008, Sunday, Lalbagh West Gate kanishkaRCML - 31-OCT-2008Hasiru Usiru, a network of community organisations, residents associations, project affected communities, voluntary organisations and individuals concerned about protecting equitable access to public spaces such as roads and parks in Bengaluru, invite you to participate in a Walk to Reclaim Bengaluru on November 9th 2008, at 11 am at Lalbagh West Gate. |
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Jaime Lerner's Presentation at TED Talk (BRTS, design and city planning) Rithesh - 30-OCT-2008I stumbled on this nice TED talk by Jaime Larner. Jaime Larner is an architect and urban planner. He is well know for the BRT systems that he introduced in Curitiba (an industrial hub in South Brazil)as a mayor of that city. He is also know for converting the gridlocked commercial artery city into a spacious pedestrian mall(!!!). |
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kbsyed61 - 30-OCT-2008
Prajagale, |
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Police Accountability Authority murali772 - 30-OCT-2008
The constitution of a Police Accountability Authority to take care of the acts of omission and commission by the police personnel and the setting up of a State Police Board to cater to a strategic policing plan, figure prominently in the draft New Karnataka Police Act. |