November 2013

Public assets or perpetual burdens?

20 November 2013 - 4:29pm — murali772

Babus and public sector executives may have to surrender phones and broadband connections from private operators such as Airtel and Vodafone and shift to the networks of state-owned MTNL and BSNL as part of the government's plan to improve the finances of the two PSUs.

Grab the opportunity to offload Air-India

20 November 2013 - 6:35pm — murali772

Industry leader Ratan Tata today expressed interest in the possibility of privatisation of Air India, saying he would be very happy to look at it whenever it happened. "As an when it happens, we would be very happy to look at it," the Chairman Emeritus of the Tata Group said when asked whether he would be interested if Air India was privatised.

Bangalore Metropolitan Committee draft rules

19 November 2013 - 5:55pm — murali772

The draft of the Bangalore Metropolitan Committee rules dt 7th Nov, 2013 is accessible here.

Why are there no Platform Screen Doors or equivalent on Bangalore Metro?

15 November 2013 - 10:44pm — mandayamr

As per wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_screen_doors#India) , Kochi Metro plans to install Platform Screen Doors on all stations.

Thoughts/questions:

1. Is the life of a Bangalorean is less valuable?

"Namma Kere, Namma Bengaluru" workshop

14 November 2013 - 7:47pm — murali772

Start: 30 Nov 2013 10:00

Timezone: Asia/Calcutta

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