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K Mathai - another award-worthy officer

17 March 2016 - 2:47pm — murali772
Governance

The transfer of BBMP advertisement wing's assistant commissioner K Mathai, who exposed illegal a Rs 2,000-crore advertisement scam, has raised many eyebrows and activists are asking if the officer was being punished. The BBMP council on Tuesday decided to transfer him as deputy commissioner of the markets wing and the order was issued on Wednesday.

Segregation of 2 wheelers from 4 wheelers

13 March 2016 - 5:10pm — Vasanth

Yesterday's incident of knocking down a startup CEO Anush Ramani while travelling on a two wheeler by a speeding car making him to loose his bones was shocking.

PCU for Bangalore? two wheelers?

28 February 2016 - 5:29am — srinidhi

Its become a norm that traffic is being measured as PCU (passenger car units) on the city streets. However Bangalore stands first in the highest proliferation of two wheelers in the whole country.

This is primarily attributed to the weather which makes it easy to ride a  scooter or a bike almost all through the year.

3rd Railway Terminal at Baiyyappanhalli : 115 Crore required

26 February 2016 - 4:34pm — Sanjeev
Commuter Rail

Development of 3rd Railway Terminal Baiyyappanhalli Details are as below :

Railways, SWR - True Lies!

22 February 2016 - 5:11am — kbsyed61
Commuter Rail

Excuses, Excuses and more Excuses.

The time has come to call the bluff of railways and south western railways (SWR) on its march of spreading falsehood to deny genuine demands of the Karnataka State. When one look at their claims and check with facts, they stand exposed of nothing but lies. Let us examine few of their recent claims and cross-check them against the facts.

EESL LED bulbs - quality

19 February 2016 - 12:53pm — xs400
Power

I am wondering if the quality of the EESL LED bulbs distributed under the Hosa Belaku Yojane meets any well known standards. 

I tried to dig into the specifications but did not find anything. The email response from EESL was evasive.

Is this another scam?

When the government gets into subsidizing something, the taxpayer loses almost always.

IR - no way to treat a commuter

15 February 2016 - 6:12pm — murali772

According to information posted by techie Dishendra R Deshmukh on his Facebook page, he was carrying a foldable bicycle when travelling between the two stations on February 9, something he often did. When he reached Cantonment, a woman ticketing officer stopped him and levied a fine of Rs 30 for carrying heavy luggage.

Water supply for Bangalore Metrolpolitan Region

7 February 2016 - 5:17pm — murali772

I was at a presentation on the subject of 'Public Policy on Water supply for the Bangalore Metrolpolitan Region' by Sri V Balasubramanian, IAS retd (former Addl Chief Secretary, GoK), under the auspices of the Karnataka Regional chapter of the Indian Institute of Public Administration, last week.

FAIL - motorcycles as last mile solution for metro

2 February 2016 - 8:59am — srinidhi
Metro Rail

First of all, the lack of integration of BMRCL with other modes of PT like BMTC is the biggest impediment for metro's usefulness and profitability..however nothing much can be done there now..

The business of medical education

1 February 2016 - 12:14pm — murali772

You would never find advertisements for "confirmed admission" to any IIT or AIIMS or one asking you to book a seat in advance in any of these premier institutes. Neither are there advertisements promising you selection for the civil services or placement in an all-India service of your choice.



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