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Urgent need for single emergency helpline number!

25 November 2011 - 8:11am — kbsyed61

Isn't it odd that we have to call different helpline for different emergency needs? In Bangalore, the listed emergency helpline numbers are:

Source - www.bangalore-karnataka.com

Police - Dial # 100

Traffic /Accidents - Dial # 103

Train, solution to traffic woes?

24 November 2011 - 5:20pm — Sanjeev
Commuter RailPublic Transport

 Another route that is largely unheard of is the 67 km Yeshwantpur- Hosur rail route.

WRITE TO ME - CM

24 November 2011 - 1:52pm — murali772
Governance

Organized by Karnataka Child Rights Observatory, it was an effort to uphold children’s rights. “The objective is to engage and involve students in the democracy of our country,” said Vasudeva Sharma, convener.

Appointment with Sri Suresh Kumar Monday, 28th Nov

24 November 2011 - 1:40pm — murali772
Governance
26 Nov 2011 11:04
Asia/Calcutta

Managed to get an appointment with honourable Sri Suresh Kumar at 10.45 AM on Monday, the 28th Nov. It will be held in Room no 262, Vidhana Soudha.

Muralidhar Rao

Kerala - Dumping waste made a criminal offence

23 November 2011 - 8:52pm — murali772
Public Health

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.

Paper less society and Bangalore

21 November 2011 - 11:47am — psaram42
Governance

The difference between a book and the pen drive device carrying the book is that you require a computer to read it with no guaranty of authenticity. Governance is an important issue to depend entirely on fragile computer devices.. Governance is a serious issue which can at the best be supplemented by computer technology.

Shaping Bangalore's periphery - before its too late

20 November 2011 - 11:48pm — silkboard
Public Transport

Our city, Bengaluru has a core, and periphery. Let us define the area bound between  Outer Ring Road as the core, and beyond as periphery. If you look back from nineties onwards, City planners cared for people to live in the core, and work in the periphery.

Metro Underground - Who Is Gaining the Expertise?

19 November 2011 - 6:10pm — pdk
Metro RailPublic Transport

Came across this report in DH:  Metro’s Phase-I unlikely to meet deadline.  From June 2012, to December 2013, to March 2014 and now December 2014, though Mr Sreehari admits anything before mid-2015 is a pipedream.

'Soft' measures to promote Kannada - the time is now?

18 November 2011 - 12:55am — silkboard

Okay. I wrote this on Rajyotsava day itself, but didn't post for fear of generating the wrong kind of debates. Two weeks later, here it is.

Would you nominate your MLA/ Corporator for an award?

17 November 2011 - 5:43pm — murali772
Governance

The Namma Bengaluru awards set off an involved debate amongst the Koramangala netizens on the merits of nominating the local MLA, Mr Ramalinga Reddy, for the award, in the politicians category. Such debates in the open, I am sure, form a healthy trend, and will eventually contribute to better overall governance.



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