Mumbai Sinking Again....Monsoon 2009 (Photo Feature)

       A photo feature of the Mumbai rains with headlines from newspapers...i will update as and when i receive new pictures....that would help us track the situation.... These...

Chinese curve a Speed Bump -

Some have said before, Wrongly, that no idea is a bad idea. "The local government in ShanXi province, China, decided they had enough of people speeding on their highways. In an effort to stop speeders once and for...

Court hints at bigger AGO bribery conspiracy

This bribery case really interesting, AGO put their department image on stake..." The Corruption Court questioned Monday whether there could be a larger conspiracy involving the Attorney General's Office (AGO) in...

Traffic Jams On The Information Superhighway Explained :: Symblogogy

"The Harbor Freeway Interchange is the largest and tallest freeway interchange in Southern California. This massive 5-stack interchange connects the Century Freeway (I-105) with the Harbor Freeway (I-110). Nestled...

Traders face chaos from sewer work

"Swathes of central London face eight months of chaos when a £6.5million flood relief scheme gets under way next month. Some traders fear for their livelihoods and experts predict major traffic jams as Westbourne Grove in Notting Hill is dug up by Thames Water so a new sewer...

Presidenr asks Jakarta governor to deal with traffic jams

""The President has given directives to develop Jakarta conceptually and in a well-planned and integrated way in order to deal with various problems, especially traffic jams," Fauzi said at the Presidential Office...

Fauzi promises to soon overcome traffic jams in Jakarta

""The building of the new corridors has so far not been efficient to reduce the traffic jams. Our good intention to build TransJakarta should not be disrupted by such a problem," he said. To that effect, Fauzi promised to make a personal inspection of a number of locations of...

Are Streisand Concert Goers Being Ripped-Off?

 UPDATE TUESDAY JULY 17:  The National Consumer Agency is recommending that anyone who has any complaints following last weekend's Barbara Streisand concert, contact them with the details. The acting...

California has worst U.S. traffic: study

Californian society is built around the car. And it is finally catching up to them. It's official, California has the worst traffic in the United States. "NEW YORK (Reuters) - Californians idle in the nation's...

First rain in mumbai picture

"First rain On the last day of the May we had quite a decent rain accompanied by strong winds and lightning. It was quite nice to feel the breeze after a very long spell of extreme heat. Although I enjoyed the...

Coachella 2007: A NowPublic roundup

This weekend's Coachella festival has been hailed as its most successful yet, (supposedly) drawing upwards of 100 000 attendees--in triple digit weather--to the desert in Indio, California. Net coverage of the...

How NYC Govt. Causes Its Own Traffic Jams

"From an article in today’s N.Y. Times about Manhattan’s eternal congestion woes: 35.1% of government workers drive to work instead of taking public transportation, second only to workers in “transportation, warehousing and utilities,” at 36.1%. Comparatively, only...

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