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DIG (Prisons) Smt D Roopa, IPS, my latest nominee for Namma Begaluru award

14 July 2017 - 3:34pm — murali772

Excerpts from a ToI report:

DG (Prisons) HN Sathyanarayana Rao - "What she is saying is not a new discovery".

DIG (Prisons) Smt D Roopa - "He might say this is not a new discovery.

Updated Ward Committee Rules dated 22.6.16

10 September 2016 - 8:06pm — murali772

Following is the text of the letter received from Smt Kathyayini Chamaraj, Executive Trustee, CIVIC Bangalore, following the recent finalisation of the updated Ward Committee rules:

Dear friends,

Is this the route to "Smart Bengaluru"?

21 June 2016 - 7:20pm — murali772

Mid last week, I received a whatsapp message, from the local community group, stating as below:

Please kind attention !!!!!!!

Panel discussion on implications of the Executive Order on Lokayukta, ACB

21 March 2016 - 5:45pm — murali772

Start: 23 Mar 2016 17:00

End: 23 Mar 2016 20:00

Timezone: Asia/Calcutta

Bengaluru at near bottom in city governance ranking

17 March 2016 - 4:47pm — murali772

From scoring zero on 10 on two parameters and over five on just one, Bengaluru's governance ranking in the Annual Survey of India City-Systems (ASICS) 2015 reflects poor performance. In a list of 21 cities, Bengaluru figures at number 12. The ranking though is an improvement over 2014's performance (18).

K Mathai - another award-worthy officer

17 March 2016 - 2:47pm — murali772

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.

PIL challenging veto power of Ward Committee Chairperson

1 December 2015 - 3:44pm — murali772

The High Court on Monday issued notice to the state government on a public interest litigation questioning the veto power granted to councillors as chairpersons of ward committees under the Karnataka Municipal Corporations (KMC), Act, 1976.

misfeasance of public office

15 October 2015 - 6:18pm — murali772

The high court has said if an officer or authority issues a vague notice to a person without specific allegations against him/her, it amounts to harassment, and the action of that officer/authority is liable for "misfeasance of public office".

Loyalty - To the Party or to the Nation?

15 August 2015 - 7:10pm — kbsyed61

Wishing 'Happy Independence Day' to all my fellow countrymen. In this fast paced life, these are few occasions when we stop for a moment and try to reflect what this means to us.

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Worrisome aspects of Modi Sarkar's functioning

11 August 2015 - 1:33pm — murali772

While I had some reservations about Narendra Modi, largely from the perspective of his not having followed "Raj Dharma" post the Gujarat riots, I was welcoming of his government coming to power, or more specifically the defeat of the corrupt and ineffective Congress government.

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