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Birthdays are not just simple affairs with a bunch of friends, cake, balloons and candles, anymore. Today, childrens' birthday bashes can be quite a fancy event with everything from bouncing castles to magic shows, all managed by professionals. Pic: commons.wikimedia.org Hotels/party halls have tie ups with event management companies for the décor and theme of the party though it is optional. "The basic décor starts at Rs 3000, magic show at Rs 2,500, tattooing at Rs 1,500 and caricature at Rs 2,500", says Srinivas N, an event manager."My five year old son is always excited to go to a birthday…

I was delighted with the last workshop I attended, so I would strongly recommend this!  *Introduction to Origami - Beginner workshop on Origami*Date: Saturday, 7th April, 2012Time: 4pm-5:30pm (90 minutes)Place: Jaaga, Double Road (www.jaaga.in)Age: 8-80 yearsFees: Rs 150 (inclusive of paper, you just need to bring your hands) ⊕

Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has started a unique and interesting citizen science programme to collect and share information on the status and distribution of HouseSparrow in India.By logging on at the CitizenSparrow website and spending 5 minutes documenting the presence or absence of sparrows in localities you know well, both at present and at any time in the past, you will join enthusiasts all over the country in helping sparrows.For more details and to record your knowledge please click here   Karthik K. is looking after this initiative, along with Dr Koustubh Sharma and Dr Suhel Qader. They will…

Some info on what to do:  Trees on public and private land are protected by the Karnataka Tree Preservation Act , accessible here- click here If you feel trees in your area are under threat, please call the tree officer responsible fr Bangalore South, Mr.Chaudhary and report them.94806 83842, 2657 8423Office - in the BBMP southern zone office, Jayanagar 2nd block, close to Ashoka pillar.and at any point of time if you see someone cutting a tree, please see below for what can be doneStepsApproach the contractor/workers cutting the tree. Ask them if they have the approval of tree officer, BBMP…

Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE), Bangalore is organizing a 'Vacation Training Program on Bio-Resources' for students from 7th May to 26th May 2012.Funded by Department of Bio-Technology, Government of India, this program consists of lectures and interactive sessions with eminent scientists and experts in the field of biology and bio-resources, visits to research institutes, orientation to skills required for field-biology and out-door camps. Students who have appeared in Class X examination in 2012 from recognized schools in Karnataka are eligible to apply. The application forms and other details are available on our website. Please visit http://atree.org/vtpLast…

Puttenahalli Neighbourhood Lake Improvement Trust (PNLIT) is trying to raise money for the recently revived Puttenahalli Lake through the Mahindra Spark the Rise competitive funding. The entry "PNLIT - Nurturing Puttenahalli Lake back to its pristine glory" is to serve as a template for reviving lakes with active public participation. Your support in the December preliminary round of voting, helped Puttenahalli Lake win a grant of Rs 4 lakh from Spark the Rise. Now a large amount of additional funding is at stake in the Grand Finale of Spark the Rise. Voting for the finale is from 2nd to 15th April…

A message from Sangeetha Kadur:    Hello, "GREEN SCRAPS" , Nature journaling workshop !! We are happy to announce yet another exclusive "GreenScraps" workshop this Summer 2012!   April 30th to May 4th, at Lalbagh For all the details about the workshop, click here   If you need to know more about the workshop, please call the numbers;  Sangeetha: 98868 12598 Shilpashree: 92414 49073     The registrations are limited to just 12 participants. With best regards, Shilpashree & Sangeetha Kadur -- http://sangeethakadur.blogspot.com/   ⊕

Birthdays are not anymore a simple affair with a bunch of friends, cake, balloons and candles. Today, childrens' birthday bashes can be quite a fancy event with everything from bouncing castles to magic shows, all managed by professionals. Pic: Wikimedia commons Hotels/party halls have tie ups with event management companies for the décor and theme of the party though it is optional. "The basic décor starts at Rs 3000, magic show at Rs 2,500, tattooing at Rs 1,500 and caricature at Rs 2,500", says Srinivas N, an event manager. "My five year old son is always excited to go to…

Chairman of BBMP Accounts Committee, A L Shivakumar, has pointed out discrepancies in the Accounts department in a press release dated March 26th. The Accounts Committee held an inspection in the Accounts office on 26th. They found that many letters and documents had been lying pending in the office's Receiving Section for 6-7 months; some had been pending for over a year.More serious matters were found. A letter from the Chief Secretary of Urban Development Department termed ‘very urgent’ has been lying pending for more than three months. In cases where employees had paid off loan amounts, installments were still…

Here are details on property tax payment for 2012-13, as per BBMP's press release: • Financial year for 2012-13 begins on April 1st.• As there has been no revision in taxes, tax can be paid as per last year. There is no change in self-declared tax and building depreciation.• Property tax can be paid at all BBMP offices and Bangalore One centers on all working days. Payment hours are from 9 am to 12.30 pm, and from 3 pm to 7 pm.• If the entire year's property tax is paid by 30th April, you can get a rebate of 5%.…