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Women's day celebratedManjari Ladies Association organised an event for 30 senior women citizens of 70 years and above to comemmorate International women's day at JP Nagar club. The attendees were from different walks of life. Pic courtesy: Manjari Association. They included retired senior government officials to researchers, scholars, musicians, social workers and homemakers. They inspired younger members and made it very clear that dedication, tolerance and perseverance are very important to be an achiever. About 90 women participated in the programme.Urmila Vittal, wife of C Vittal (President JP Nagar club) and a homemaker was the Chief Guest. Parimala Rao, President…

Note: Click here for the FAQ on BBMP Elections: how to find your ward and more.  CANDIDATES (in order of ward number) Click on links to access profiles, manifestos, affidavits for each candidates as av. Parties: LS-Loksatta; INC-Congress; BJP-Bharatiya Janata Party; JDS-Janata Dal(S);KPP-Karnataka Praja Party; CPI(M) Communist Party of India (Marxist); INL (Indian National League) BE A COMMUNITY JOURNALIST!Join our public initiative to collect and share candidate information. Download the questionnaire and collect the info about BBMP candidates. You can use candidate affidavit, candidate supplied material, and/or speak to the candidate to gather the details. Mail the completed questionnaire to…

BE A COMMUNITY JOURNALIST! Join our public initiative to collect and share candidate information. Download the questionnaire and collect the info about BBMP candidates. You can use candidate affidavit, candidate supplied material, and/or speak to the candidate to gather the details. We will be continually uploading details as they are available right here. Keep watching! What is the election schedule? March 7th 2010 - Election code of conduct comes into force March 8th 2010 - Notification will be issued March 15th 2010 - Last date for filing nominations March 17th 2010 - Scrutiny of nominations filed March 19th 2010 -…

Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa presented the state budget in the assembly on March 5th. What did the city allocated get in 2010-11? See our list below. ALLOCATIONS FOR BANGALORE Infrastructure For the next three years, Rs 18,872 crores has been earmarked for improving the transport system in Bangalore through metro rail, mono rail, roads. These funds will also be used to improve water and drainage facilities. The city's roads, footpaths and work on grade separator projects will be taken up by the BBMP at an expenditure of Rs 3000 crores. For commissioning of the first phase of the Metro…

GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKAPOLICE DEPARTMENTPROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE BANGALORE CITY.SUB : Issue of directions u/s 70 of The Karnataka Police Act, 1963 in fulfillment of the duties cast on the Police u/s 68 Sub Section F of The Karnataka Police Act, 1963. Deadlines set by Police Commissioner Bidari Filing of compliance status via Annexure A - 15th April 2010 Ensuring compliance with fire safety rules - 30th April 2010 Ensuring compliance of bldgs to approved plan - 30th June 2010PREAMBLE: 1. On 23rd February, 2010, fire broke out in a high rise building called Carlton Towers, in the limits…

From January 29th, around 600 SSLC students of government schools and aided schools, from the Jayanagar assembly constituency, are putting extra effort into preparing for their upcoming final exams. They are attending coaching classes organised by the Jayanagar Academic Committee (JAC) whose single point goal now is to improve SSLC results in Jayanagar constituency. The constituency covers Pattabhiram Nagar, Byrasandra, Jayanagar East, Gurappanapalya, J P Nagar, Sarakki and Shakambari Nagar. Students in the classroom. Pic courtesy: JAC.Presided by Jayanagar MLA B N Vijaykumar, who initiated the idea, the committee comprises of Dr T V Raju, Director RV Institute of Management,…

This is the final Bengaluru (BBMP) ward reservations list for the city council elections 2010 released by the Government of Karnataka on 3 March 2010. For the convenience of readers, Citizen Matters has sorted this list in three ways - by ward number, community (BC, SC, ST, women, general) and ward name.Key: BC-A = Backward Class, Category A, BC-B = Backward Class-Category B, G = General, W = Women, SC = Scheduled Caste, ST = Scheduled Tribe. RESERVATIONS BY WARD NUMBER  Ward No. Ward Name Reservation Type       1 Kempe Gowda BC-A 2 Choudeshwari BC-A, W 3 Atooru…

Bengaluru has 198 wards spread over an area of almost 800 sq kilometres. Here are the population figures of the city, ward-wise. Also included are the male and female population, Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe population, and area of each ward. This data has been obtained from the office of the Deputy Commissioner, Bangalore district and is based on the 2001 census. Click each image to see the expanded table showing all of the data for each ward. Wards 1-38 Wards 39-79 Wards 80-120 Wards 121-161 Wards 162-198 ⊕Related ArticlesTax collection by BBMPPay Property Tax for the year 2013-14

Governance Should you care about this plan? Read our news report here.1. Create new Bengaluru legislation that supersedes /encompasses all Bengaluru/Municipal body legislations like BWSSB Act, BBMP act etc - Bengaluru Region Governance Act, (BRGA) 2009.2. Establish the Bangalore Spatial Information Centre (BASIC).3. Strengthen the Lok Ayukta Act. 4. Amend the Karnataka Transparency Act.5. The Bengaluru City Report card to be presented by the BMRDA/MPC with Chief Minister as Chairman.6. Launch official city website www.nammabengaluru.gov.in7. Establish the Institute of Urban Planning and Governance (IUPG).  Roads, Traffic Management and Transportation1. Establish ongoing transport demand growth study and research.2. Make a single…

Responses to the new tenders issued by the South Western Railways for completion of the Whitefield bridge project will be opened in the third week of this month, says a top official at the Railways.In yet another twist to the long saga, Railways had terminated its contract last month with Soham Engineering Constructions, the Hyderabad-based firm that had been struggling to complete the bridge. Soham had been citing a cash flow crunch, but technical issues had caused the delay as well. One of the two ramps biting thin air at the railway intersection. Pic: Subramaniam Vincent. The source at the…