City: Bengaluru

BANGALORE SOUTH » Report on debate between Bangalore South candidates, organised by Smart Vote and News9 » Comparison chart of candidates at myneta.info Ananth Kumar - BJP Four terms as an MP. Served as a Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Tourism and Culture, Youth Affairs and Urban Development. Age: 50 years; Assets: Rs. 122.06 Lakhs; Criminal Record: None since 2004 Citizen Matters' interview of Ananth Kumar Click here for detailed profile. Capt Gopinath - Independent With an MBA and degrees from the NDA Captain has working life that includes 8 yrs service in the Indian Army, 17 years in Farming…

Saturday (10 June 2017) morning saw me at the Kengeri railway station. I was there to see the Science Express - Climate Action Special. This was a special train exhibition that had reached Kengeri the previous day after a 3-day halt at Whitefield. The first thing that met my eyes was a queue that appeared to be almost never ending, especially as it was a serpentine queue spanning at least 2 platforms and an overhead bridge. This was something I had not expected. In my naivety (or should I say arrogance as I had believed that not many would be…

Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation is commencing the issue of Student Concessional Bus Pass for the year 2017-18 through pre-printed card and newly introduced Smart Card.  The smart card and pre printed passes are simultaneously issued by BMTC for the smooth and hassle-free issuance of passes for the students of Primary, High School and PUC grades. The Pre printed passes will be issued from 12 June 2017 and Smart card from 17 June 2017 onwards. Students who have availed  the pre printed passes have to switchover to smart cards compulsorily, between 01 Aug 2017 to 30 Sep 2017 at the BMTC…

The landmark Queens Veterinary Hospital, located at the heart of Bengaluru, is getting razed down. The NGO Sarvodaya that handles street animal sterilisation, which was also housed there has been told to move out. Power was cut on Monday and without an alternate space yet, doctors in Sarvodaya are performing surgeries under candlelight. Doctors in Sarvodaya animal centre performing surgery on a dog in the candle light, as the power was disconnected. A group of concerned citizens under the umbrella Knights For Queens (KFQ) are campaigning against this move. On Wednesday a candlelight vigil was held to protest against loss…

25 years after the 74th Constitutional Amendment (Nagarapalika Act) prescribed effective citizen participation through ward committees, to bring in accountability of the local councillor to the community, an opportunity is at last being given to citizens to get into ward committees.  Till now, if at all the ward committees were constituted; councillors were themselves nominating the individual members and registered associations who would sit on ward committees.  It was not surprising that the ward committees used to be filled with the councillors’ own party-men and cronies, defeating the purpose of the ward committees. The two seats for registered associations used…

Being a Public Policy student from Mount Carmel College and currently working as an intern in Co Media Lab, I got an assignment of talking to a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), to understand how MLAs manage their expenses. I chose to talk to Priya Krishna, the MLA from Govindrajanagar constituency. He has been holding this position since 2009, re-elected in 2013 elections. I assumed that an MLA, being a public figure, needs to give an appointment to meet him. Last week of April went in vain, as I was trying to reach Priya Krishna's Personal Assistant (PA), one Mr.…

Finally, the first phase of Bengaluru Metro is going to be fully functional on June 18th 2017, with the inauguration of final leg running from Swastik station to Yelachenahalli to be done on June 17th, by the President of India. That’s a major relief for many people, including me! I'm a new entrant to the Metro User Club, and a skeptic-turned-admirer. It all started with me waiting in the bus stop in front of Jayachamarajendra Polytechnic College, for a BMTC bus to take me to Kempegowda Bus Station, and not seeing a single bus for 10 minutes. Spending more than…

The World Environment Day was celebrated amid much excitement and joy by school children and volunteers which was organised by Bengaluru-based NGO United Way Bengaluru and BBMP. Nearly 150 children from Sadguru Sainath School, 50 volunteers and team members of United Way Bengaluru came together to plant 600 saplings at Kudlu Doddakere near Kudlu. The 40-acre lake which was recently fenced, gated and had a walk path constructed was adopted by United Way Bengaluru under their ‘Wake the Lake’ Campaign. On the occasion Manish Michael, CEO of United Way Bengaluru, said: “While many may assign the responsibilities of our children…

A thriving Puttenahalli Lake full of water is a great sight. If there is one person happier than us at PNLIT, it must be Yellappa, the guy who got the fishing contract for our lake. Yallappa and his people fishing. Pic: Usha Rajagopalan About a year ago he had released fingerlings of several species such as the Indian Catla, Rohu, Mrigal and the Chinese Carp (Common, Silver and Grass). He also introduced Snakehead, called Varal locally which according to the Fisheries Department, is not grown much in our city. It is expensive and is a delicious fish. Snakehead (varal). Pic:…