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Environment

Bengaluru Buzz: Kannada on signboards | Drop in PoP Ganesha idols | LED to light-up KIA runway

September 18, 2018 News Desk

Been too busy to keep pace with what’s been happening in your city, or what plans for its future are? Here’s a recap of some of the most important developments in Namma Bengaluru over the last week.

Governance

25 years of Lokayukta: Powerful, yet powerless

January 13, 2014 Nikita Malusare

Justice Santosh Hegde gave some tips on how Lokayukta can take action on corrupt officials and ministers under existing laws.

Governance

Karnataka’s dance of democracy: Naavu ready, Neevu barteera?

February 25, 2013 Srinivas Alavilli

Change requires participation in democratic processes, not just exercise of voting rights; as the state readies for the 2013 Assembly elections, how can you engage yourself to make a difference?

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Governance

“Bangaloreans must demand to take their neighbourhoods back”

January 9, 2011 Subramaniam Vincent

Entrepreneur-investor and Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar is convener of the chief minister’s ABIDe task force. ABIDe has not been able to reform the patchwork of agencies and vested interests running Bengaluru today. A Citizen Matters exclusive interview.

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Civic

Corruption – in different manifestations

July 5, 2010 Sakuntala Narasimhan

Find out how Justice Santosh Hegde’s resignation, deregulated oil prices and a fall leading to a fractured bone are all inter-related.

Governance

Finally the powers have shown their might

June 29, 2010 Venkat Holla

The Lokayukta or the “People’s Agent” was set up to uproot corruption. But our law-makers have ensured that it’s just another barking watchdog that cannot bite, leading to Justice Santosh Hegde’s resignation.

Governance

Quiet start to anti-corruption drive by new political party

December 14, 2009 Vaishnavi Vittal

Ahead of the BBMP elections, Lok Satta party launches the ‘Empower Lokayukta’ campaign in Bengaluru. The party says it plans to collect one lakh signatures or more.

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Governance

Sharp claws, but no teeth

February 22, 2008 Sunil Tinani

The corrupt have everywhere to run, but what does the Karnataka Lokayukta need to ensure that they have no place to hide? See what Justice Santosh Hegde has to say in this interview to Citizen Matters.


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