Posts : governance

Crony Statism?

murali772 - 19-APR-2014

Yesterday, talking about the previous evening's IPL match, a friend said that he was happy that Mumbai Indians had lost, largely because he can't stand Nita Ambani.

Dissecting AAP manifesto 2014

murali772 - 4-APR-2014

All said and done, AAP has catalysed change country-wide, and it very much deserves to be in the picture, even after the elections, perhaps in place of Congress and as a an alternative to BJP. This is particulaly so as far as Karnataka is concerned, where neither Congress nor BJP has much of a credible standing. And, that's why AAP interests me.

Electoral Roll for 2014 Lok Sabha elections - Updated as of March 26, 2014!

kbsyed61 - 1-APR-2014

The Updated Karnataka State electoral rolls for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections has been published on state election commission website. Here is the link for the list.

http://ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in/ElectionFinalroll2014/Dist_List.aspx

Why Nandan Nilekani is my choice from Bangalore South

murali772 - 21-MAR-2014

Relevance of Dr Vivek Murthy's appointment as US Surgeon General, for the democratic world

murali772 - 17-MAR-2014

The bane of Capitalism is the power of business lobbies to affect governance in a way that it suits their vested interests, even if it is at colossal costs to public interest.

Elections 2014 - Manifesto for Bengaluru !

kbsyed61 - 12-MAR-2014

Come April 17th, people of Bengaluru city along with other districts across the state will be exercising their right to elect their political representatives to represent them in the temple of largest democracy - Parliament.

Emboldened Corporates

murali772 - 20-FEB-2014

Lokayukta police on Tuesday arrested a chief environmental officer in the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) while he was accepting Rs 50,000-bribe from an employee of a leading instant food manufacturer.

Question of Corporate citizens' accountability

murali772 - 19-JAN-2014

My posting a link to this comment on the non-professional methods adopted by BBMP to collect property tax dues (going by BBMP's claim) from WIPRO, on OneBengaluruGoogleGroup, led to the following exchange with DV (incidentally, a

Time for Siddaramaiah to switch to AAP?

murali772 - 2-JAN-2014

Amidst displeasure expressed by some Congress MLAs and flak from civil society activists, Congress MLAs D K Shiva Kumar and R Roshan Baig were sworn in as cabinet ministers here on Wednesday. Both Shiva Kumar and Baig were administered the oath of office and secrecy by governor H R Bhardwaj at Raj Bhavan.

Fountainhead of scams

murali772 - 1-JAN-2014

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) probing the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) recruitment scam has found that 15 per cent of the total aspirants paid bribes ranging from Rs. 45 lakh to Rs. 75 lakh fixed by Chairman, Gonal Bheemappa, and other members of the commission.