Fuel Populism killing air traffic

07/14/08 14:41 - Devesh

Fuel populism killing air transportation

India, the world's largest democracy, has a sorry record in sound and bold economic administration. Populist measures abound, and nothing is sacred or immoral in the perpetual quest to obtain and then secure the "gaddi".

Fuel pricing in India is a prime example.

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Public Transport on NICE Peripherial Road

07/14/08 13:05 - Vasanth

Now the government has cleared NICE project, peripheral road should be complete very soon and it will be clogged by Bangalore Cars + Trucks!!

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Does Mysore need to plan for a Monorail?

07/14/08 06:29 - blrsri

TOI reported that..

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Beijing is in the 22nd century!

07/13/08 18:51 - mcadambi

Beijing is far ahead of even New York City. Please read this wondeful article in New York Times:

http://tinyurl.com/6d9cbv

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CAF's Position on Capital Value System

07/13/08 14:47 - murali772

CAF (Citizen's Action Forum)'s position on CVS being presented at the meeting with RWA's convened by the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Tuesday, the 15th July, '08 (9AM to 1.30PM) at the Ravindra Kalakshetra, J C Road, Bengaluru.

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CAF's position on CVS

07/12/08 14:41 - murali772

test

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'The Next Asian Miracle' - by Professor Yasheng Huang

07/11/08 14:29 - amaku

(A must read article by Professor Yasheng Huang, of the Sloan School of Management at MIT in Foreign Policy magazine, July/August 2008)

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Careful - trouble in J C Nagar

07/11/08 13:29 - swamy

Trouble reported in J C Nagar area. Be careful.

Source: Prohibitory orders as groups clash in Bangalore

... According to sources, the violence took place after a special weekly prayer over the adulteration of food served to a particular community in the J C Nagar locality ...

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Praja meeting - Launch transportation WG and more

07/11/08 04:06 - admin123

[Update 3, Fri July 18] - We are on! Will also have a skypecast (what is it?) on for the meeting. So remote folks can listen in, and particpate as well. Will post a skypecast URL for the meeting as soon as we begin. We may have a presentation for the meeting as well. That will be shared via dimdim. See the details on how to get into the meeting.

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BIAS Routes and Frequency - suggestions

07/10/08 04:26 - narayan82

The BIAS services (Vaayu Vajras) are Bleeding! Only 1 out of every 4 busses on route Nos. 3 & 4 are even close to half full. I have seen a lot of the busses running almost empty. The return journeys seem to be faring better.

The reasons for this could be the following

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