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Bangaloreans contribute to city's power crisis: survey bcsagar - 11-MAR-2009
Reported in The Hindu |
sanchitnis - 8-MAR-2009
Any idea about the plans for Google to include Bangalore in Google Transit service: http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/transit/text.html ? |
No shrines on public sites, HC tells govt murali772 - 7-MAR-2009
The high court on Friday said no church, temple or masjid should exist in public sites and asked the state government to come out with a uniform stand within two weeks. It asked the government what action it proposes to take about places of worship encroaching upon civic amenity sites and other public properties. |
Good response to Karnataka's Mega PPP on Roads silkboard - 4-MAR-2009
In this round-up report today ("States pip NHAI in PPP road projects"), Biz-standard reporter Anirban Chowdhury has updates on Karnataka's mega PPP initiative to improve state's highways. |
rs - 1-MAR-2009
I saw this in the times of India today. |
idontspam - 26-FEB-2009
Stockholm and Hamburg became the first cities to be named European Green Capital on Monday, Stockholm was commended for beach improvements, high recycling rates, its congestion charging system, an extensive public transport system and carbon emissions that were half the national average. |
KSRTC’s profits are all blown up: CAG murali772 - 26-FEB-2009
The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) overstated profits by a total of Rs 126.42 crore in 2007-08, says the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) for the year. KSRTC, in its accounts earlier, had shown a profit Rs 40.54 crore in 2007-08. This means the KSRTC had actually incurred a loss of Rs 85.88 crore in 2007-08. |
Bescom ordered to pay Rs-50 compensation for long outage murali772 - 25-FEB-2009
Consumer power rests on knowing your rights. You may remember cursing Bescom when there was a 21-hour power outage on April 29 and 30 last year. But this 73-year-old man did something more - he found out there is a provision for consumers to get compensation if power supply is interrupted beyond certain hours. |
Ravi_D - 25-FEB-2009
Read some first snippets about upcoming BBMP Budget in DNA. |
psaram42 - 24-FEB-2009
I have wondered many times how people drive in the opposite direction in one way designated roads un-punished. The following article may be of interest in this connection which describes a similar situation in UK. |