State Govt Jobs - Why not go for recruitment every year?

kbsyed61 - 7-SEP-2013

Source - Deccan Herald

Need for change in work culture

murali772 - 18-JUL-2013

The picture below of a switch box at the 4th cross junction, RMV extn, Sadashivanagar (near Sri Mallikarjun Kharge's house), possibly of the high-mast lamp installation adjacent to it, was taken yesterday. It is right on the footpath, and at a level where even school children can readily access the open wires. And, that is a potential hazard, particularly in the current monsoon season.

Proportional Electoral System Pros and cons

psaram42 - 14-JUL-2013

The meet started shortly after 10AM at the senate hall of the prestigious Bangalore central collage premises. The organizers were seen giving final touches to the Auditorium when we entered the Auditorium at 10AM. That was when we saw the session chairman a Swami being ushered in by the reception committee.  

New Govt. - By the Govt., For the Govt.

n - 20-JUN-2013

The new government has lost no time in bringing back power to the ministers / itself.  The swiftness with which the following bills were passed is astonishing to say the least.  How activists (read lawyers filing PILs) have allowed these under the radar is a mystery.

Ward Committee and Area Sabha meet at SCM house June 15, 2013

psaram42 - 16-JUN-2013

The hall was full with a mix of young and not so young senior citizens. We could see many members of "AAm Admi". Initially there were three occupants on the dais. Ramesh the former Mayer. The current mayor joined later.

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Consultation meet on "Draft Ward Committee & Area Sabha Rules"

murali772 - 14-JUN-2013

CIVIC & ESG take great pleasure in inviting you to a consultation with civil society organizations, officials, elected representatives and ward committee members on “Draft Ward Committee & Area Sabha Rules”, published in the gazette on 11th Jan 2013 (check attachment) and to be finalized soon, in compliance with directions of the Hon'ble

CAG report on allotment of sites by BDA - action take so far?

silkboard - 7-JUN-2013

I notice that there is a lot of halla in newspapers this morning on a new CAG report on financial performance of BBMP. This reminded me of the other report release last year on "Denotification of land by Government and Allotment of sites by BDA". embedding the report through scribd below.

Contractor-neta raaj

murali772 - 26-MAY-2013

A day after 198 corporators condemned the BBMP's decision to freeze 1,970 civic works worth Rs 530 crore based on the report given by the vigilance team, the man behind the investigation tendered his registration and opted for VRS.

Agenda for our new Chief Minister: What needs to be done for our cities

srkulhalli - 23-MAY-2013

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Now that we have a new goverement, let us make a vision document and send it to our CM.

Some things about this draft document -

Someone (BPAC?), please fund a CIO for Bangalore

silkboard - 19-MAY-2013

"Can't fix it if you can't measure it". That is what a lot of people say. There is a lot that gets measured by BBMP/BMTC/BWSSB/BESCOM/BDA etc. But we just don't get to see. Want GIS data used for creating masterplan to be public? Want to know the city's water consumption, and inflow from each source every day?