bangalore journal

S Muniraju, BJP, won the 2008 Assembly elections from Dasarahalli by a large margin of about 22,000 votes. Read more about this first time MLA, his assets, performance and funds utilisation for his constituency

It was like any other public function, noisy and inconvenient for neighbours. A local temple festival noise quotient pushed the author to check out what the law says and how noise limits can be enforced.

With the High Court order to the Chief Electoral Officer, random name deletions, false names and addresses in the roll that troubled citizens should get fixed soon.

A meeting is called by the top brass of the city’s adminstrators to meet active citizens. Citizens drop their reservations and go, only to find, just like earlier times, BBMP has no clarity.

You can preserve or dry oranges, tomatoes, peas, peanuts and other winter fruits and vegetables. Savour them for a few more months!

Until the landfill crisis peaked and erupted into major conflict this year, most Bangaloreans did not know where their garbage was doing. That has all changed now.

How do we view children in this country? Is physical punishment okay because it is our “culture”?

A resident of Kanakapura Road narrates her experience of running around to find the right BBMP office to submit the hardcopy after registering on the voter rolls online.

This time around, the judiciary is in no mood to allow Bengaluru’s city government to hoodwink its verdict on breakdown of zoning. A citizens’ group has been relentless to the hilt.

Bengaluru now gets 1400 million litres of Cauvery water daily, but hardly any of this reaches the poor, though they are ready to pay. Slum dwellers wait for hours for the water to come, or spend hefty amounts to buy it.

BMTC chief Anjum Parwez talks about cutting costs and being profitable, and plans of buying new buses and improving existing services, in this exclusive interview.

The Namma Bengaluru Awards 2012 nominations close on December 15th, pick your neighbourhood or city hero! In the meantime, don’t miss the Bangalore Changemakers show airing on Sundays on 91.9 FM.