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Heritage areas in Mysore to be spruced up murali772 - 22-JUN-2009
If the tourism department has its way, the core heritage zone in the city - like the Palace, Town Hall and Chamundi Hills — would undergo a complete makeover by the time Mysore Palace celebrates its centenary in 2012. |
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Race Course Shifting-CM stresses Asia's tallest monstro-city bldg. Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 19-JUN-2009
Race Course is again in the news - SHIFT elsewhere-Till such time race in Mysore says CM, - No says horse lovers, - Yes says CM for Asia's tallest building, - No says environmentalists and citizens. |
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But, Bangaloreans can't afford to ignore HDK murali772 - 16-JUN-2009
JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy is still smarting over the Lok Sabha poll results in Bangalore. Hurt by the drubbing, Kumaraswamy railed against Bangaloreans at a party workers meet at the Palace Grounds ... “Even after my government started several new initiatives, the electorate rejected the party in Bangalore. I wonder why ...” said Kumaraswamy .... |
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Ravi_D - 15-JUN-2009
Mr. Subramanya makes way for Mr. Bharat Lal Meena. DH / 14/June. |
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murali772 - 11-JUN-2009
You’ve paid infrastructure and education cesses. Now, get ready to shell out a green cess of 5 paise per kWh electricity. If the Karnataka government has its way, for the first time, the state will levy this on industrial and commercial establishments to raise funds for renewable energy. |
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New e-procurement portal - transparency!? silkboard - 21-APR-2008
I didn't know about this new e-procurement portal launched last year by the state government. Have a look here (site isn't setup right, watch the warnings). What should interest us most is "transparency". There is a section intended for "citizens", cool! But the citizen's page doesn't have much right now. A list of tenders is available, which shows up only two items. There is a news and information link too, but that leads to a third party commercial website.
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murali772 - 8-JUN-2009
The corporation has decided to induct mini-buses to act as feeder to the metro rail, before the metro becomes operational. |
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Why stop at 250-storeys, Mr CM? murali772 - 2-JUN-2009
A world-class 200-250 storey building and a garden around it. That is what may come up on the Bangalore Turf Club land. Yeddyurappa envisaged this structure during the Vikasa Sanaklp Utsav. |
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Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 31-MAY-2009
Dear All, especially Mysoreans, Hasiru Usiru and all those wonderful people who are concerned about nature are trying their best to save Lal Bagh and its trees. |
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Tier 2 chinese towns better than b'luru idontspam - 30-MAY-2009
Chinese cities that are nowhere in the league of Shanghai score better than Bangalore on atleast two fronts — respect for and execution of urban regulations and city orderliness.
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