City: Bengaluru

Here is an announcement from KSRTC: In view of Tiru Onam festival, KSRTC has made elaborate arrangements for operating extra buses as mentioned below in addition to the existing schedules to provide transport facility to the traveling public from 26/08/2015 to 01/09/2015. Special buses from Mysore Road Bus Station and Shanthinagar Bus Station in Bangalore will be exclusively operated in important places of Kerala State i.e, Cannanoor, Kozikod, Ernakulam,  Palghat, Trissur, Kottayam etc. Facility to book computerized reservation tickets in advance for the special buses have been provided. Reserved passengers should note the place of boarding in their reservation ticket.…

Namma Bengaluru Foundation and the Bengaluru Residents Associations Confederation Ensemble (BRACE) congratulates all the corporators elected to the BBMP. Bengalureans have reposed immense faith in corporators across party lines to reshape the future of our city. Bengaluru is already one of the fastest growing metropolises in India, and will become one of the largest and most populous cities by 2025. Scams, financial irregularities, corruption, bankruptcy etc have plagued BBMP in the last five years. Despite this, Bengalureans came out to elect their corporators. This is a testimony to Bengalureans unwavering faith in the political process, and an opportunity for the…

Bangalore Political Action Committee (B.PAC), a citizen's group that aims for better governance in Bangalore, and to enhance the quality of life of every citizen, had earlier announced the names of 50 candidates that met B.PAC endorsement criteria for BBMP elections 2015. The full list of B.PAC endorsed candidates for the BBMP Elections. Pic: B.PAC (Click to view larger image) 23 of these 50 candidates from across political party and spread over seven zones of BBMP have been elected by the voters of their ward. These candidates are all set to swear in as corporators in the BBMP council. Earlier,…

Now that the months-long, twisted tale of BBMP elections has unfurled and the votes have at last been ‘beeped’ on the voting machines, it is time to take stock of the entire saga. It was a meaningless nine-day festival with grandiose manifestos promising the same old tired ‘castles in the air’, blatant distribution of cash and freebies, inane processions with paid supporters enjoying the sudden showering of ‘manna from heaven’ and fist-fights and blood-letting between opposing party supporters vying for the same pot of gold. Except attempts by a few civil society organisations and media houses to conduct  purposeful city…

With most television/ print media exit polls predicting a majority for Indian National Congress party, but not enough to form the government, is the result going to be a BJP-JDS coalition BBMP council? We have to wait and watch till tomorrow to see the actual results but here is the compilation of all exit polls. Most Kannada news channels have predicted that Congress will get more seats than the BJP, which is in quite contrast to what was predicted a few weeks before the elections. News 9 - C-Voter Exit Poll Congress - 90-98 BJP - 83-91 JD(S) - 9-17…

Data courtesy: Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy Click here for raw data.  Related ArticlesWardwise list of voters in Bengaluru - BBMP election 2015Affidavits of BBMP election candidates from 84 wards of Bengaluru

  Bengaluru this week August 21st 2015     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!     The big voting day is almost upon us. Tomorrow, Bengaluru will go to polls and we will decide whose hands to leave the fate of the city in. For the past month, Citizen Matters has been covering the BBMP Elections 2015 with much fervour. We hope this helps you with your decision before you cast your vote. Results of BBMP Elections 2010. BJP in orange, Congress in blue, JDS in green and Independent candidates in pink. See our Elections…

Voter roll analysis expert P G Bhat says in his blogpost that finally State Election Commission and Chief Election Officer, Karnataka have synced their voter rolls and around 5,00,000 applications have been approved, and deletions made. This means that you can check your name on voter list and go to polling booth with any accepted id card for voting. In his blogpost on his blog PG's Pensive, he explains it all: State Election Commission (SEC), an organ of the state government, is responsible to conduct local body elections. Thus, it does not enjoy autonomy like Election Commission of India(ECI). Rules…