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Home2008March

Month: March 2008

Society

Are you alert to child abuse?

March 30, 2008 Sindhu Kashyap

A gynaecologist working with an NGO in Koramangala says that 30-40 per cent of her cases involve child sexual abuse. Children do not lie about such abuse, she says, and asks parents to be alert.

Infrastructure

Still waiting for good art

March 27, 2008 Purnima Coontoor

The long-awaited southern regional centre of the National Gallery of Modern Art may indeed open in June, a top official with state government says. But the ball is still in New Delhi’s court.

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Civic

Delay, backlog and deny

March 25, 2008 Sunil Tinani

Prominent Bangalore-based RTI activists list evidence to show that bureaucrats are systematically trying to push the sunshine law back into the bottle. Here’s how.

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Society

Blogathon in April

March 23, 2008 Rochelle D'Silva and News Desk

Bloggers, unite for a seven-day blogging epic to get together and voice your concerns, opinion and solutions to matters of social importance that India faces every day.

Civic

Vote Bengaluru sounds the bell

March 9, 2008 Rajeev Yeshwanth

City and state officials have been engaged in yet another effort to clean up the error and horror-ridden voter rolls in the state. What’s in store? How do you get on the elusive list?

Society

Tireless feet take her far

March 5, 2008 Rochelle D'Silva and News Desk

Meet Nischal Pai. She started running to lose weight and became
a competitive marathon runner in the process.

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Infrastructure

Still lying on the footpath

March 4, 2008 Srijaya N Char

One lady with a wheelbarrow. Another with a helper in a three wheeler to collect. Even other people to clean the drain. Yet
at 10 AM, the streets…

Commute

CMH Road : No to Metro

March 3, 2008 Zainab Bawa

The CMH Road traders’ association in Indiranagar is fighting an uphill battle to relocate the Metro alignment to Old Madras Road. The High Court awarded the latest round to BMRCL.

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