August 2008

Rohan Kokane of Belgaum makes a record in skating

20 August 2008 - 10:22pm — belgaumblog

Tumkur as satellite for Bangalore?

20 August 2008 - 11:34pm — Vasanth

Tumkur, so close to Bangalore - Just 55 minutes to 1 hour in Non-Stop Train, 1.5 hours by road (delay mainly due to Traffic) is highly under-utilized. Bangalore is growing like anything and the existing space is not sufficient. Tumkur can be well utilized as a satellite city.

Why is Bangalore growing towards Hosur - a city belonging to neighbouring state and why not towards our own city Tumkur? Townships as well as IT companies can be planned between Bangalore and Tumkur in areas that are close both to railway track and the bus route.

Unravelling Myths about Subsidies in Urban Transport

19 August 2008 - 7:16pm — shas3n

In a recent article published by Ashok Sreenivas and Girish Sant in EPW, they demonstrate that private vehicles get more subsidy from Goverment than public trans

Making a Leader -- Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw

19 August 2008 - 4:44am — amaku

Making a Leader
SAM HFJ MANEKSHAW
(Edited extract from the late Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw's lecture at Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, India--November 11th 1998)

Does it make sense?

19 August 2008 - 9:32am — Ravi_D

http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Aug192008/city2008081985404.asp

From recent Praja discussions and meetings with Mr Sood, it is clear that Police have only so much say - so many areas are beyond their jurisdiction.

Why would we have police officers visit Singapore? To get trained.... On what?

> We don't have our roads planned right - but it is for BBMP to worry about

> foot paths - BBMP

> public transport - BMTC

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