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  Ladies circle A fun filled day for about 50 children at Kidwai Cancer hospital was organised on 4 November, by Ladies Circle India Area 6 Chapter. Deepa and Arvind Aathreya, of "School of Success" fame, Chennai conducted an interactive & creative session for the children. There was also a puppet show in which the kids participated eagerly. Ladies Circle Area 6 donated fruits and hospital fees for children below poverty line. Ladies Circle India (LC India) is a non political and non sectarian organisation of young women, usually the wives of members of Round Table, aged between 18-40. It…

Thalassemia is a genetic blood disorder in which there is a reduction in the rate of production of haemoglobin and thus causing anemia. Treatment for Thalassemia Major involves regular blood transfusions. Some patients may require a transfusion every three weeks and treatment is often a painful process. With proper care and treatment, a person with thalassemia can live near normal life. However, due to lack of systematic treatment, counseling and care, most children with thalassemia do not live to celebrate their 18th birthday in our country. Over 2.5 crore people in India have the genetic trait for thalassemia. People with…

Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation has been conducting Bus Day on the 4th of every month, providing publicity through different media. Bus Day is an initiative to promote public transport in the city of Bangalore. BMTC is now inviting innovative posters (inclusive of slogans) for Bus Day publicity carrying a prize of Rs 15,000 for the best poster design. Bus day posters should incorporate the blue & red wheel-logo (either Kannada or English) and BMTC Logo contained in Enclosure 1. The softcopy of the logo can be downloaded from the scroll found on the homepage of the website: www.bmtcinfo.com.The last date for submission…

Bangalore Club for Kathakali & the Arts, a non-commercial organisation focusing on the preservation and promotion of Kathakali and other classical art forms, brings to you an evening of Kathakali Padam (Kathakali songs) first time in Bangalore by acclaimed singers Pathiyoor Sankarankutty and Kottackal Madhu. Pathiyoor Sankarankutty and Kottackal Madhu. Pic courtesy: BCKA. Pathiyoor Sankarankutty learned music from his father, the renowned Kathakali singer Late Shri. Pathiyoor Krishna Pillai. He passed Ganabhooshanam from RLV Music College, Thripunithara and subsequently joined Kerala Kalamandalam for training in Kathakali music. Pathiyoor’s mellifluous rendering of padams with elaborate bhava has made him a veteran…

R Ashok, Transport and Home Minister, and minister-in-charge of Bangalore, recently announced that BBMP would try to create new playgrounds. While this is a welcome statement, it is unfortunate that BBMP is threatening to take away a portion of a century-old playground. Protests at Malleswaram grounds. Pic: Vani Murthy BBMP's ill-advised Road-Widening plan will not only impact trees, homes and pedestrians but the century old Malleswaram 18th cross playground as well. Around 7 m – 12 m of the ground and the trees on one side of the ground will need to be given up if the road is widened.…

The Joy of Giving Week (JGW) is India's largest "festival of giving"! Launched in 2009, the festival is celebrated every year, in the week including Gandhi Jayanti, i.e., October 2, and brings together Indians from all walks of life, to celebrate "giving" The first event from JGW - Bangalore will be ‘The Road' event. (www.theroad.fr) A Royal Enfield Ride has been organised where three French bikers and one Indian biker will ride on their bullets from Bangalore to Paris. Purpose of the ride - JGW Awareness and fund raising for NGO - Baale Mane. The ride will be flagged off…

Golden Jackal. Pic: kalyan Verma, courtesy: Nature Conservation Foundation. Nature Conservation Foundation has launched Jackals: Past and Present, a two-month, public, nationwide online survey to find out more about the golden jackal. Although jackals are distributed widely in India, very little is actually known about them. But at the same time, because they are also easily recognised, we hope to draw on what people already know about jackals to uncover trends in how widely or how often they are being seen, and learn about the threats they face across the country.To do this, we really need your participation. So, please…

In a shocking event, employers of M/s Electrosys Solutions India have cheated 90 BE and MCA graduates with crores of rupees by providing fake jobs. The employers collected money of Rs. 80,000 to 2,00,000/- per employee offering them a Rs. 17,000/- monthly emoluments for 2 months training period. This amount was collected by 5 - 6 consultants who were appointed by the company and shared amongst the company and the consultants. After regularization, the company had assured employees of Rs. 24,000/- emoluments per month. But little did these employees know that after one and half months later, the employers would…

The lapses observed at the time of Surprise Visit made to Victoria Hospital, Bangalore on 24 May 2011. During the time of visit attendance register of Doctors and other Staff members was verified. Out of 173 Doctors 73 Doctors were found to be absent. At the time of visit only 15 Doctors were present and the remaining 82 Doctors attended the duty after prescribed time. 03 Doctors went on leave. It was directed to issue notice to the absente Doctors and to call for their explanation. It was directed to cut one day salary to the Doctors who were un-authorized…

Official note sent by the Puttenahalli Lake Trust to members and citizen volunteers. The lake then, as on Jan 2009. Pic courtesy: PNLIT We are happy to tell you that our Puttenahalli Neighbourhood Lake Improvement Trust (PNLIT) has signed an MOU yesterday with the BBMP to maintain Puttenahalli Lake, JP Nagar. This gives official status to what most of you would know PNLIT has been doing ever since the BBMP began rejuvenating the lake from Feb. 2010. Your donations helped us plant 300 trees, hire a gardener and a sweeper. We greatly appreciate your support to a citizens' movement which began in a very…