| Wednesday, 9 April 2025 |
| 'US Wants To Use India To Beat Up China' |
| A multi-agency team has gone to the US and all paperwork and legal issues are being completed with US authorities to bring him to India, they said. |
| Rana to be brought to India in special flight today |
| In Rajasthan, Pilani recorded 44.9 degrees Celsius, Phalodi and Churu touched 43.8 degrees Celsius and 43.5 degrees Celsius respectively, while Bikaner and Jaipur registered 43.4 degrees Celsius and 43 degrees Celsius. |
| Mercury soars past 43 deg C in 26 places; more heat ahead |
| The move by the US President came following a retaliatory move by China, where it increased its tariff on US goods from 34 per cent to 84 per cent starting April 10. |
| Trump pauses tariffs for 90 days for 75 nations |
| Referring to clashes between police and teachers outside the district inspector of schools' office at Kasba in Kolkata, Pant appealed to the educators not to get involved in confrontations so that their plan to legally resolve the impasse does not get affected. |
| Bengal to seek SC review on 25,000 scrapped school jobs |
| Mathura resident Tarun Gautam has alleged in the court that police threatened his family and framed his son, a B.Tech student, in false cases under the Gangsters Act, and Arms Act. |
Monday, January 09, 2006
Bangalore has the ingredients to be one of the best cities
EDISON THOMAS
What should Bangalore’s priorities be this year? The government of India introduced the National Urban Renewal Mission (NURM) in December 2005, with financial incentives to the states and municipalities. Sixty-three cities have been chosen. Bangalore is one of them. We should make maximum use of this.
Should we try a new approach to citizens’ participation in governance this year? Yes, absolutely! We believe that unless citizens are given a formal role, participation can only be sporadic and through patronage. For the first time a formal role is suggested for the urban citizen through NURM, with a law for citizens’ participation in urban India.
How is citizens’ participation different under the scheme? The dilemma in engaging the urban citizen thus far has been the large numbers. The size of the ward constituency in a metropolitan city is anywhere between 20,000 to 50,000. NURM proposes a simple solution — the area sabha. Every resident within each area will have an opportunity to participate. Citizens need to be proactive and ensure that the government delivers this law.
Is there a silver lining? Bangalore has all the ingredients to be one of the best cities in the world. We were pioneers in Panchayati Raj reforms and have an engaged citizenry and a plethora of NGOs. The BDA has one of the best digitised data information systems and the BMP one of the best financial management systems. With this kind of good quality information must follow good quality decision making.
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