Banana Republic

murali772 - 13-DEC-2011

It is highly unlikely that all the directors of AMRI, Kolkata, were in charge of day-to-day functioning of the hospital. It was the same when the Bhopal disaster happened.

SWR has been asked to pay for delayed service!

kbsyed61 - 7-DEC-2011

Source - Deccan Herald

no official state flag

murali772 - 6-DEC-2011

Karnataka has no official state flag and the government has no intention of having one. The red and yellow flag that flutters in the state, especially on November 1, the Kannada Rajyotsava day, has no official sanctity.

BBMP Technical Vigilance cell Engineer Humiliated for exposing a (possible)scam

Bengloorappa - 1-DEC-2011

The BBMP Technical Vigilance Cell under the Commisioner(TVCC) Engg., who brought to the fore, the possibility of a scam perpetrated using fake bills, has allegedly been humiliated in a BBMP council meeting - questioned for his inability to execute projects that were assigned to him midway including the notorious Kadirenahalli Underpass, The Tagore Circle Underpass(which was never needed) and so

Unique Property Records (UPR) programme

murali772 - 25-NOV-2011

The revenue department hopes that the proposed Unique Property Records (UPR) programme, which is the urban replication of the revolutionary Bhoomi project that computerized land records in rural areas, will wipe out irregularities in urban property documentation.

WRITE TO ME - CM

murali772 - 24-NOV-2011

Organized by Karnataka Child Rights Observatory, it was an effort to uphold children’s rights. “The objective is to engage and involve students in the democracy of our country,” said Vasudeva Sharma, convener.

Kerala - Dumping waste made a criminal offence

murali772 - 23-NOV-2011

A division bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday directed the state police to register criminal cases against all those who dump waste on the streets.

Illiberal India

murali772 - 14-NOV-2011

Elite journals like Economic and Political Weekly are full of articles describing Indian economic policy as neo-liberal. This might lead readers to think that India has become a haven of economic freedom, a business paradise. Anybody who has actually tried to start and run a business will tell you this is a pack of lies, but the fiction continues unabated.  

defanging the LokAyukta

murali772 - 14-NOV-2011

Chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Sunday blamed former PM H D Deve Gowda for the transfer of Lokayukta ADGP Jeevan Kumar Gaonkar, prompting the latter to dismiss it as ‘‘utter nonsense’’.

Smart Cities - Can Bangalore become one?

idontspam - 3-NOV-2011

How can Bangalore leverage technology to outsmart corrupt & outdated practices?