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sanjayv - 20-JAN-2010
In an article on Citizen Matters, titled "Bus Rapid Transport for Bangalore, today or tomorrow", Mr. Mohammad Mohsin, commissioner of the BMLTA has invited citizen feedback on BRTS in Bangalore. I sent him a private message via the CM website to come post his query on Praja for thoughtful (and an earful) of responses. |
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murali772 - 20-JAN-2010
The Supreme Court may have touted English as the flagbearer of knowledge economy but the role of the Queen's language as a "social leveller" is witnessing a renewed push for English education among weaker sections. |
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Exploitation of mineral wealth murali772 - 18-JAN-2010
Jeffrey Lee in Australia is sitting on Uranium deosits which can provide 'clean' energy to the entire country for decades together and beyond. But, he is not interested in selling out even if it will make him amongst the richest men in the world (check this report in Daily Good). |
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silkboard - 17-JAN-2010
Story from Pune area. RTI activist murdered, allegedly for exposing unauthorized construction of a bunglow in Talegaon. http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/17/stories/2010011761180800.htm The Hindu bit doesn't mention details of what was being exposed here. Does anyone remember a similar news item reported from Bangalore last year (was it around hooch/liquor shops, not sure)? |
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tsubba - 17-JAN-2010
http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/17/stories/2010011752610300.htm
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New Year, new contract for Whitefield Railway bridge vaishvittal - 14-JAN-2010
Responses to the new tenders issued by the South Western Railways for completion of the Whitefield Railway overbridge project will be opened in the third week of this month, says a top official at the Railways. |
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BBMP, state government out of sync over road-widening vaishvittal - 14-JAN-2010
Confusion continues to loom over the status of road widening projects in Bengaluru. Recent media reports suggested that all road widening projects in the city were put on hold, after a statement made by Transport Minister R Ashoka. The Minister later backtracked saying that work on only the Mysore Road-Central Silk Board corridor will be stalled. |
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Metro - try get it right the first time! srinidhi - 13-JAN-2010
As we know there is an 'Indian' way of doing everything! We never seem to follow lanes or queues..even our RJ's for traffic updates use words like 'nuggisokke aagthillava'! (are you not able to squeeze throuhg?) |
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murali772 - 7-JAN-2010
It is an extraordinary system where an equipment manufacturer for the telecom industry turns sick and remains sick just as an epoch-making boom takes place in the sector. Lakhs of private units make losses and are unable to cope with the market; only, they don’t have an automatic tap in the public treasury to keep going that way. |
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Commuter trains from Yeshwanthpur to Devanahalli and Anekal - soon jaipath - 3-JAN-2010
URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2010/01/03/stories/2010010358960300.htm
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