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Challenges facing Digital-isation of India

murali772 - 22-JUL-2015

Infosys, country's second largest software services firm, has not made any profit on government projects because of red-tapism and other issues, its co-founder N R Narayana Murthy said today.

Building law violations PIL

murali772 - 14-JUL-2015

The division bench of Acting Chief Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee and Justice B V Nagarathna on Monday issued a notice to Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in response to a PIL.

Stop Land Grab - Rally

murali772 - 28-APR-2015

BBMP's misplaced priorities

murali772 - 16-DEC-2014

On the one hand, we have been reading repeatedly in the press that the BBMP is broke, and not in a oposition to pay contractors' bills in hundreds/ thousands of crores.

Solidarity (with Police Constables) vigil

murali772 - 10-JUL-2014

TenderSure takes off, finally

murali772 - 25-APR-2014

If BBMP (Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike) is to be believed, then  about 80 roads in the city will be free of digging for various purposes.  As a part of the process the civic agency has marked 18 roads in three packages under Specifications for Urban Road Execution (SURE) with investment of `200 crore.

Public Protest planned at Mantri site at Agara SUNDAY 23rd MARCH 2014

murali772 - 19-MAR-2014

Over the months, we have tried to get Government to enforce the rule of law and bring to a halt the illegal constructions opposite Agara lake by Mantri and Salarpuria (check this).

Efforts to get them to act have hit a dead end.

Congress sidelining Prof Rajiv Gowda?

murali772 - 13-MAR-2014

Like in Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency, primary election in Bangalore North scheduled to be held on Thursday, is petering out to be a farce with top Congress leaders threatening to defeat the very purpose of the experiment.

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.

BWSSB's deathtraps

murali772 - 21-JAN-2014

The pictures below offer two views of a dig-up (on 12th main, HAL 2nd stage, Indiranagar, adjacent to Corner House), obviously by BWSSB, to access their manhole cover, the top of which has gone almost a foot below the re-tarred road surface.