User: technagara Topic: BangaloreDomains
Category: Environment
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Puppets In Gumshoes (Cached) 27.5.2013 Outlook Magazine
A crony-capitalist society can’t but produce sleuths-on-strings
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Where does Bangalore get its water from? (Cached) 22.5.2013 Citizen Matters
How is the city’s water demand met? Why is it important to reuse water or not waste it? How can people make best use of treated water? Can treated water be used to recharge bore wells?

We all depend on groundwater. The single largest source of water that Bangalore has created apart from Cauvery, is actually a hole in the ground!

We are pulling water that has been down there for hundreds of years, that is somebody else's right as much as it is ours. Some use Cauvery water or groundwater to flush the toilets, while some others are not getting water even to drink.

Where does ground water come from?

We all live above common aquifers – spaces between soil particles and cracks, fissures and faults in the rocks. The spread of aquifer is…

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When sleep becomes a luxury denied 22.5.2013 newindianexpress.com
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Will the poor man’s arrack give the economy a high? 22.5.2013 newindianexpress.com
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Corporators pass buck as garbage piles up on Harris road 22.5.2013 newindianexpress.com
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Tough issues for Phaneesh Murthy successor (Cached) 22.5.2013 Rediff: Business
He has to keep herd together, service massive takeover debt on Pat#8715 however, operational performance unlikely to be affected
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"US-India share similar manufacturing goals" (Cached) 22.5.2013 New Kerala: India News
Kolkata, May 21 : U.S. Ambassador to India Nancy Powell on Tuesday said the United States and India share similar goals to encourage domestic manufacturing and industry.
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10-year-old boy killed in accident 22.5.2013 deccanherald.com
A 10-year-old boy was killed in a head-on collision between a bike and a water tanker on pipeline road near Netaji Circle in Mathikere on Tuesday.

The victim, Nishanth, a resident of Nagashettyhalli, was riding pillion. His grandfather Venkataraman was riding the bike. "The accident took place when they were returning from a swimming pool at JP Garden in Chowdeshwarinagar," police said.

The water tanker, which was coming from the opposite direction, struck the bike.

Nishanth was flung into the air and came under the wheels of the tanker. Venkataraman, however, escaped with minor injuries, police said. "The tanker driver abandoned his vehicle and fled the scene," police added.
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Ace Princess tipped to ace 22.5.2013 Deccan Herald - Sports
Ace Princess tipped to ace
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Tough issues for Murthy successor 22.5.2013 Latest News
Has to keep herd together, service massive takeover debt on Patni; however, operational performance unlikely to be affected
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In the making: Eco-friendly alternatives to smoky autos (Cached) 22.5.2013 Bangalore Mirror: City
Though the original proposal was to import some 5,000 electric vehicles in the city, the government wants to test a handful first before taking the big green leap...
Rain claims life, damages properties 21.5.2013 deccanherald.com
Rain claims life, damages properties
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Greens have high hopes from new Forest Minister 21.5.2013 The Hindu: Today's Paper
Greens have high hopes from new Forest Minister
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It was a rainy Monday evening 21.5.2013 The Hindu: Today's Paper
It was a rainy Monday evening
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Bangalore today 21.5.2013 The Hindu: Today's Paper
Bangalore today
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Hasiru - Usiru analyses the tragedy of commons (Cached) 21.5.2013 Citizen Matters
The discussion Hasiru-Usiru organised by the Alternative Law Forum, analysed the cause and effect of the erratic development in Bengaluru, and ways to counter it.

“Everyone should claim the city. What’s happening today is an outcome of many interactions between citizens. We need a collective and shared understanding of things” said Dr H S Sudhira, referring to the present situation of ‘commons’ in Bangalore in Hasiru Usiru, as part of the the Public Discussion Series organised at the Alternative Law Forum on 18 May 2013. The talk titled 'Re-imagining Bangalore: Transcending the ‘Tragedy of Commons’ was moderated by Vinay K Sreenivas, Researcher, Alternative Law Forum and Co-ordinator, Hasiru Usiru.

In the process of its evolution, the city has been pushed and pulled…

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Greens have high hopes from Rai 21.5.2013 Hindu: News
‘The biggest threat to Western Ghats is forest fragmentation’
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Companies encourage staff to rejoin after break 21.5.2013 newindianexpress.com
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Promises must be fulfilled 21.5.2013 newindianexpress.com
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An initiative to bring smiles to the differently abled 21.5.2013 newindianexpress.com
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