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.

Shiradi Ghats dirt track

murali772 - 30-NOV-2011

Some ten days back, I accompanied my brother to Mangalore, in his car, essentially to attend a family function. The drive out of Bangalore, on a Friday afternoon, was fairly smooth, once we were on the elevated expressway. The signages are still not quite proper, leading to our missing the turning to Hassan (onto NH-48) at Nelamangala, and the resulting detour and half hour time wastage.

Jharkhand set to get Right to Service, Karnataka next?

silkboard - 24-AUG-2011

Jharkhand is the latest state all set to pass a Right to Service Bill. Quoting from Jagran Post:

Single RR Number, Multiple gas connections- Can BBMP make use of data?

Nags123 - 5-AUG-2011

Food & Civil supplies collected data abour RR Number of all LPG gas holders. It has found 1 to many i.e 1 RR Number to Multiple gas connections.

BBMP is always falling short of property tax collections. Above data can be very useful data for BBMP to enhance revenue collection, if this data shared with BBMP.

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Why not put the temple wealth to good use?

murali772 - 11-JUL-2011

What should India, rising but still plagued by poverty, do with a newly discovered treasure of gold coins, statues and jewels in the vault of a Hindu temple, valued at about $22 billion? Suggestions are pouring in from across the country and the world. Some say it should be used to establish universities and colleges.

Jnana fellowship

shas3n - 5-JUL-2011

If any of the Praja want to take a sabbatical from their current jobs and serve as a consultant to a government department, this might be an interesting opportunity. I am reproducing verbatim an email I received.

Information needed about making complaints

Maya.S - 3-JUL-2011

Does anyone know what is the way to make a complaint about a civic issue in cities in India?

For example, information about lodging a complaint on a civic issue in bangalore is

About receipts in private schools

Bheema.Upadhyaya - 13-JUN-2011

Today I have sent a query to Section Officer,education department. Matter is self-explanatory. Corruption is eberywhere.

Hello sir/madam,

Developed or underdeveloped?

E.R. Ramachandran - 4-JUN-2011

I met My friend Ace Political Expert ( APE)  at the University Library who had come to return Abdul Kalam’s book ‘2020 – A Vision for the New Millennium ’ .

In his book, Dr. Kalam had predicted India would be a developed country by 2020.

2011 census - Karnataka population data

silkboard - 2-JUN-2011

Vinay mailed these over, provisional data on Karnataka from 2011 Census. Thought it would be worth sharing at this data hungry portal.

Somethings that caught my eye

• Population density of Bangalore district, 2001: 2985, NOW? 4378

Any correlation here?