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Draft Concept Note on Smart City Scheme

12 September 2014 - 4:18pm — murali772

To fulfill the vision of the Prime Minister of India of developing ‘one hundred Smart Cities’, as satellite towns of larger cities and by modernising the existing mid-sized cities, the Ministry of Urban Development, as a first step has convened a National Conclave of States and Union Territories on 12/09/2014 for inviting suggestions on the concept note

FDI-funded PPP model for Namma Railu?

28 August 2014 - 11:37pm — murali772

The government on Wednesday notified the liberalised foreign direct investment (FDI) norms for Indian Railways, permitting 100 per cent foreign direct investment through automatic route in several areas, including high speed trains.

However, proposals involving FDI beyond 49 per cent in sensitive areas, from security point of view, will be

Flash mob route to road safety

14 August 2014 - 12:21pm — murali772

Here is the video of the flash mob dance as part of the road safety campaign held on August 2nd, in Koramangala. Do share this with your friends and on all social network platforms.

Well, any and every effort towards creating awareness about road safety is welcome.

Need is to fast-track the entire judicial system

4 August 2014 - 1:55pm — murali772

A bench of Chief Justice R M Lodha and Justices Kurian Joseph and R F Nariman told attorney general Mukul Rohatgi, "Now there is a demand from the Union government to fast-track trials pending against MPs. It cannot happen piecemeal. If fast-tracking of trials against MPs is needed, it is equally true for cases involving women and senior citizens.

Quiz on Namma Anti-hero's of recent past

29 July 2014 - 4:50pm — murali772

I had an occasion to set a quiz for a group of friends recently. I set one round on the above subject, and the following were the questions:

1) Refused food and liquor, a former education minister's son and his friends flew into a rage and allegedly set fire to a restaurant (near Mysore)'s thatched enclosure. Name the minister and the son.

S I Srinivas T R - my nominee for this year-end Namma Bengaluru award

1 July 2014 - 2:22pm — murali772

Exemplary CyBaNa experience in two European cities

29 June 2014 - 1:23pm — murali772

I occasioned to be in Prague (capital of Czech Republic), and Amsterdam between 5th and 15th June.

Clear case of misuse of SCST Act, 1989

31 May 2014 - 7:44am — murali772

ADGP P Ravindranath, in the dock for allegedly taking objectionable photos of a woman, has accused city police commissioner Raghavendra H Auradkar of practising "untouchability" against him, a Scheduled Caste member.

Garbage segregation is very much needed; but the problem goes beyond

20 May 2014 - 12:12pm — murali772

Sinu and Bhaskar were at the dumping yard in Lakshmipura last week, and happened to capture some pretty horrible images of waste picking. Feeling that it was important to share this with others, they made the short video, accessible through the link below:

Your Prime Minister

17 May 2014 - 5:39pm — murali772

NaMo addressing Global meet on emerging markets in Washington through video conference in Oct 13 -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK9vMM9bHWE

Isn't Nina Nayak more tuned to Bengaluru than Siddaramaiah?

13 May 2014 - 7:11pm — murali772

I have only one question to ask these politicians who're trying to impose Kannada as the medium of instruction in primary schools: How many of them send their children to Kannada medium schools? English as a language is the gateway to economic development.

TenderSure takes off, finally

25 April 2014 - 3:46pm — murali772

If BBMP (Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike) is to be believed, then about 80 roads in the city will be free of digging for various purposes. As a part of the process the civic agency has marked 18 roads in three packages under Specifications for Urban Road Execution (SURE) with investment of `200 crore.

Crony Statism?

19 April 2014 - 12:32pm — murali772

Yesterday, talking about the previous evening's IPL match, a friend said that he was happy that Mumbai Indians had lost, largely because he can't stand Nita Ambani.

Can the Metro depend on government-run BESCOM?

7 April 2014 - 5:30pm — murali772

Metro services on the recently inaugurated Peenya section were disrupted for over an hour on Sunday afternoon following a power failure.

Dissecting AAP manifesto 2014

4 April 2014 - 11:47am — murali772

All said and done, AAP has catalysed change country-wide, and it very much deserves to be in the picture, even after the elections, perhaps in place of Congress and as a an alternative to BJP. This is particulaly so as far as Karnataka is concerned, where neither Congress nor BJP has much of a credible standing. And, that's why AAP interests me.

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