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Govt Service Providers' Consumer Committee/ Council - how effective?

26 December 2010 - 6:11pm — murali772
Governance

Taking over as the MD of BESCOM, Mr Manivannan, IAS, is moving in earnest to set up a 'consumer participatory council', which he insists should have 'bottom upwards' approach, lest it also get labelled elitist, like had happened in the case of BATF and ABIDe.

Government apologies

24 December 2010 - 3:23pm — murali772
Governance

Australia on Thursday apologized to Indian doctor Mohammad Haneef for wrongly detaining him on terror charges three years back, saying it was a mistake and hoped that the compensation paid to him will mark the end of an “unfortunate chapter”.

Right to response in English, an official language of GoK

24 December 2010 - 11:14am — murali772
Governance

What is clearly noticeable, of recent, particularly after the RTI usage has become quite extensive, is the mis-use of Kannada by government officials to deny information, through plain obfuscation (This is apart from other subtle, and not-so subtle, ways of denying information being adopted - click h

Workshop on Urban Mobility, IISc, Jan 10 (Mobilicity)

23 December 2010 - 7:59pm — idontspam
Urban DevelopmentGovernance
10 Jan 2011 14:00
10 Jan 2011 16:30
Asia/Calcutta

Discussions will be held to understand the issues (political, social, economic and technical) for developing livable cities; take a systems view of the challenges being faced; identify possible ways forward. Focus will be put on ways to learn from urban case studies from across the world and capture critical issues and their effective solutions for application in t

Kumaraswamy Layout - going to dogs?

23 December 2010 - 4:06pm — acoward
Urban DevelopmentGovernance

Some real angry words from a whistelblowing resident of Kumaraswamy Layout:

Housing Society Scam - Yeddy, Once Bitten Twice Not Shy

21 December 2010 - 11:09pm — Rithesh
Urban DevelopmentGovernance

Tehelka has done a excellent article (Once bitten, twice not shy) on how Yeddi is continuing his corrupt practices. It reports:

Karnataka - Governance going down hill?

17 December 2010 - 9:05am — kbsyed61
Governance

All indicators in the arena of political and governance canvas in Karnataka points to one thing - A Big down hill in terms of governance, growth and quality of life. No day passes without any money swindling scams reported from rival political parties.

'pEtE maatu' panel discussion: "Is Bengaluru women-friendly?" on Sat 18 Dec, 4 pm

16 December 2010 - 5:51pm — murali772
18 Dec 2010 16:00
Asia/Calcutta
Governance

Dear Bangalorean women and supportive spouses/family members,

Irresponsible behavior in the enforcement arm of our governance

16 December 2010 - 11:00am — psaram42
Governance

 “B. Mutnanna DCP Traffic Ordered for Jonny walker Blue label scotch but got something Desi equivalent at Le Meridian Hotel in Bangalore yesterday 15Dec2010.

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