World AIDS Day is December 1st. It's Impact on India

samantha360 - 22-NOV-2012

World AIDS day is coming up in a week and I thought it would be important to talk about HIV and AIDS in all of India.

Animal sacrifice in the open

murali772 - 2-OCT-2012

I am reproducing below, relevant extracts of mail exchanges on the subject in "OneBengaluru Google-group" (there is an unwritten code in the group that such involved discussions should not be encouraged, and that it is meant largely for exchanging information - well, I guess, that's where PRAJA comes in):

Walkathon to build awareness on SWM - 2nd Oct

murali772 - 28-SEP-2012

Citizens’ Action Forum (CAF) along with Solid Waste Management Round Table (SWMRT) has been campaigning for the introduction of Segregation of waste at Source and the promotion of the concept of Zero Waste Output at the ward level so that the need to transport large quantities of municipal solid waste over long distances to land fill sites is eliminated a

Appalling health standards in Bangalore hotels

idontspam - 24-JUL-2012

It is a well known fact in all markets & mandis you will visit that the rotten vegetables they stack on the side are for hotels. 

footpath issues

vsquaretech - 24-MAY-2012

BBMP or corporation has removed the stones on the footpath for clearing the drainage about 4 months back but so far, no one has put the stones back. This is on Bannerghatta main road and inspite of complaints to sakaala and BBMP, no action is being taken. Who is the exact contact person for this ?

Loudspeaker menace

murali772 - 2-MAR-2012

A high court division bench headed by CJ Vikramajit Sen has given a week’s time to the Bangalore police commissioner to explain what action his department has initiated against illegal use of loudspeakers at religious places in the city. “If the same is not given, we will have to call the commissioner,” the bench said.

Banana Republic

murali772 - 13-DEC-2011

It is highly unlikely that all the directors of AMRI, Kolkata, were in charge of day-to-day functioning of the hospital. It was the same when the Bhopal disaster happened.

Dangerous Hospitals this time

psaram42 - 12-DEC-2011

Recently a fire tragedy killed many patients at a Kolkata hospital. The trusties of the hospital were arrested.

Kerala - Dumping waste made a criminal offence

murali772 - 23-NOV-2011

A division bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday directed the state police to register criminal cases against all those who dump waste on the streets.

Prostitution in Bangalore CITY - on the rise?

ranjith86 - 28-OCT-2011

I wonder how are we all silent about this sensitive topic, Call girls / gigolos are in raise in bangalore, and speaking of which I am a victim of it too, indirectly I must say, My story goes this way;