No PAN without pain!
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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!
by Paul… Read more