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No PAN without pain!

Posted on June 05, 2012

With PAN cards increasingly proving useful for most identification purposes, having one with correct details proves vital.

A person from Faridabad… Read more

Nice barter: Marks for money

Posted on June 05, 2012

Lecturers in a top medical college in Davangere have a unique way of collecting bribes. They instruct students to drop envelopes stuffed with cash… Read more

Subsidies at not-so subsidised rates!

Posted on June 04, 2012

The idea behind a subsidy is to cater to the financially weaker sections of society. The point of this gets wholly lost when the supposed beneficiary… Read more

Now, bribe ‘Tigers’ to escape from their clutches

Posted on June 04, 2012

The brigade of tow-away trucks in Bangalore, popularly referred to as `Tigers’, are new sources of income for the traffic cops.

Irrespective… Read more

Vendors suffer at the hands of corrupt cops

Posted on June 02, 2012

Just imagine you have to stand under the sun throughout the day with no water to drink or place to sit. This is to earn your daily wages, running to… Read more

Everyone gets taken for a ride at Bannerghatta Park

Posted on June 01, 2012

Be ready to suffer a huge hole in your pocket when you embark on a trip to Bannerghatta National Park with your family.

A respondent from Bangalore… Read more

Lose more money to recover lost phone

Posted on June 01, 2012

 

It is a cruel irony that when one visits the police station to record the loss of some item, one is forced to pay the writer there to… Read more

Fire safety measures burn holes in your pocket

Posted on May 31, 2012

Do you want to install fire-safety equipment that will result in safeguarding countless lives in the eventuality of a disaster? Well, like every other… Read more

Cool! Get your licence in absentia!

Posted on May 31, 2012

Imagine your driving licence landing up at your doorstep without you having to struggle in front of a Regional Transport Officer to draw an Eight with… Read more

Bribe-giver not bribe-taker!

Posted on May 31, 2012


by Paul… Read more