Posts : Corruption

"Sakala" - Wake-Up Call For Babudom?

murali772 - 2-MAR-2012

Beginning today, there is a deadline for all public services: be it a certificate or redressal of a grievance from any government department. If the deadline is not met, the official will be penalized. - - - -  “Enough is enough. We don’t want people running around for services,” the CM pointed out.

Drunk drivers of Bengaluru = 4 Crore worth black money?

silkboard - 17-DEC-2011

Now that I have had 10 second hand reports on this, its time to do some math on the black money generated by drunken drivers of Bangalore. I am yet to experience this first hand (hope never to), those who have, say that they pay anywhere from Rs 1500 - 2500 in all after they get booked for drunken driving.

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.

Rally on International Anti-Corruption Day - 9th Dec

murali772 - 2-DEC-2011

UN General Assembly, as mandated through resolution no. 58/4 dated 31st October 2003, has designated December 9th as International Anti-Corruption Day in order to raise awareness against corruption.

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

Section 420 case against Kiran Bedi!!

psaram42 - 28-NOV-2011

Section 420 “char sow bees” is an ill famous case known for cheating. If you think of NGOs it comes to mind that it is a common device for money laundering. A combination of these two is deadly in this case.

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.

Would you nominate your MLA/ Corporator for an award?

murali772 - 17-NOV-2011

The Namma Bengaluru awards set off an involved debate amongst the Koramangala netizens on the merits of nominating the local MLA, Mr Ramalinga Reddy, for the award, in the politicians category. Such debates in the open, I am sure, form a healthy trend, and will eventually contribute to better overall governance.

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’’.

Karnataka - Right to Services Act Bill proposal

Public Agenda - 5-NOV-2011

Here is the full bill proposed by the GoK

THE KARNATAKA (RIGHT OF CITIZENS TO TIME BOUND DELIVERY OF SERVICES) ACT, 2011

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