Towards more professionalism in governance

murali772 - 1-JUN-2011

While the number of persons paying online may have doubled this year - from 32,000 to 71,000 - many more may have logged on, and then logged off in frustration. Property owners in several parts of the city were in for a shock, when the computer refused to accept their payment, saying they had not paid the previous year’s tax.

City Volunteer Technical Corps

idontspam - 24-MAY-2011

A world-class research centre cannot come up in a governmental set up?

murali772 - 23-MAY-2011

"There is hardly any worthwhile research from our IITs. The faculty in the IIT is not world class. It is the students in IITs who are world class.

Karnataka, Lokayukta, Corruption!

kbsyed61 - 14-MAY-2011

A picture is worth a thousand words. Courtesy  - Deccan Chronicle

New rules from GoI for blogging

idontspam - 11-MAY-2011

Party HQ building without required permissions!

kbsyed61 - 29-APR-2011

Bangalore Mirror carried a news item that the newly inaugurated BJP headquarter in Malleswaram is put to use without obtaining the necessary permissions - Occupancy and Fire Safety certificates.

'Worshipful' SSLC pass

murali772 - 29-APR-2011

Your next mayor will be from a newly carved out area of Bangalore — Shettihalli, North Bangalore. Sharadamma, 45, a first-time corporator and X standard pass, was chosen on Thursday as the city's mayor. The formal election will be held on Friday. This term has been reserved for woman from scheduled caste (SC).

BMTC, what a pity to namma bengaluru

naveen_blr - 18-APR-2011

From The Hindu, Apr 17:

At a time when Bangaloreans are craving for more buses, the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) could add only 58 new buses and 108 new routes as against the target of 1,000 buses and about 500 routes in 2010-11.

Solving City's traffic problems - Govt/Babus OUT, Citizen IN

kbsyed61 - 14-APR-2011

Ruling dispensation busy in saving their skins, divided in camps, CM dosing one fire after the other. Opposition in total shambles and behaving like headless chickens. Babus calling shots and in most cases avoiding the obivious to save their careers.

UVCE Hostel - Abode for less than cattle class living

kbsyed61 - 9-APR-2011

Every budding PUC (10+2) Physics/Mathematics student from Karnataka longs for joining the prestigious engineering institute - UVCE, if not for IITs and RECs. Students join this prestigious institute from nook and corner of the state.