Bangalore: Bangalore-based astronomer, Ashwin Mahesh isn't gazing at the stars for now as he has hit the campaign trail. He along with icons like former Infosys Director Mohandas Pai, and other prominent citizens are addressing voter concerns and raising awareness ahead of May 11 polls.
"Representation and public participation is required in a democracy and if an opportunity has presented itself why can't we take it up and do something," said Mahesh.
At the other end of the city, Dr Meenakshi Bharath too, has decided to be the change this election season and educate voters for the May polls. She has worked relentlessly towards correcting errors in the 2008 Karnataka state elections voter list.
Thanks to her efforts, the voter turnout in 2008 increased from 44 per cent to 68 per cent in the Malleshwaram area. This time she wants to better that....
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09:28 AM, Apr 08, 2013
With 7 points in their kitty, Bengal will now have to beat East Zone leaders Assam to advance into the knock-out stage. ...
07:25 PM, Feb 21, 2013
Days after CNN-IBN aired stories of rampant corruption in the Dental Council of India, another Dental Council executive committee member has resigned. Jammu and Kashmir's nominee to the Dental Council Riyaz Faruq has quit. Dr Faruq told CNN-IBN that he was stepping down as he wasn't aware of what was going on in the executive committee. ...
10:28 PM, Feb 05, 2013
Dr Dibyendu Majumdar, chairman of the Dental Council of India, has denied allegations of corruption against him in the Dental Council scam. Dr Usha Mohandas, who is the Former Member of the Dental Council of India and Founder President Dentists Against Corruption in Dental Education asked, "When you are heading the body which is responsible primarily for the education of youngsters and your junior is involved in corruption, how can ...
11:45 PM, Feb 01, 2013
In a fresh twist to the Dental Council scam, letters written by the members of Dental Council of India (DCI), accessed exclusively by CNN-IBN, have raised serious questions against the present Chairman of the Council, Dr Dibyendu Majumdar. "I will step down if any corruption case can be proven against me," Majumdar, who denied the allegations of bribery against him, said. ...
11:15 PM, Feb 01, 2013
In a fresh twist to the Dental Council scam, letters written by the members of Dental Council of India (DCI), accessed exclusively by CNN-IBN, have raised serious questions against the present Chairman of the Council, Dr Dibyendu Majumdar. In one of the letters, written by a member of the DCI Dr Joseph Issac to the Union Health Ministry, questions the manner in which the Council is being managed to suit...
10:00 PM, Feb 01, 2013
Indo-Canadian actress Anita Majumdar plays the role of a north Indian girl Emerald in 'Midnight's Children'. ...
02:49 PM, Jan 30, 2013
Round 8 Ranji matches with ended with a humdinger at Indore. UP and Gujarat posted wins on the final day as all the other games were drawn. ...
09:03 AM, Dec 25, 2012
Kerala and Vidarbha posted outright wins as Suarashtra-Rajasthan and Himachal-J&K game is evenly poised for the final day. ...
09:01 AM, Dec 24, 2012
The biggest highlight of Day 2 was the record 8th wicket stand of 392 runs between double centurions Amit Mishra and Jayant Yadav. ...
09:13 AM, Dec 23, 2012
New Delhi: Midnight's Children is a Deepa Mehta film adapted from a bestselling novel of the same name written by Salman Rushdie in 1980. The film is set around the partition of India and has a long list of star cast: Shriya Saran, Satya Bhabha, Siddharth Narayan, Anupam Kher, Shabana Azmi, Seema Biswas, Shahana Goswami, Samrat Chakrabarti, Rahul Bose, Soha Ali Khan, Anita Majumdar and Darsheel Safary. Saleem Sanai, played...
10:07 AM, Sep 01, 2012
Washington: Naming yet another Indian American to a key administration post, President Barack Obama has appointed Arun Majumdar, an Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, alumnus as the top bureaucrat in the Department of Energy. Announcing the appointment of Majumdar as Under Secretary of Energy along with four other key administration posts, Obama said: "These men and women have demonstrated knowledge and dedication throughout their careers. "I am grateful they have...
05:04 PM, Nov 30, 2011
It's been a month since the commercial run started on the Gurgaon-Central Secretariat line of the Delhi Metro. For someone like me and for many others who need to travel from one part of the NCR to another everyday, the legacy of the Commonwealth Games has taken on a different meaning. Earlier, it was a tale of crowded buses or long snarls and annoying traffic, dug-up roads and water-clogged ways....
03:00 PM, Oct 01, 2010
Majumdar will be the Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency. ...
01:44 PM, Sep 19, 2009
Is India ready for this social change? CNN-IBN National Affairs Editor fields questions. ...
02:26 AM, Jul 11, 2009
Maumdar was killed by unidentified person just outside his home on the night of March 25. ...
05:06 PM, Mar 28, 2009
Anil Majumdar was the editor of
Aji, an Assamese daily. ...
09:09 AM, Mar 25, 2009
London: The England team on Thursday embarked on their gruelling Test tour of India with captain Alastair Cook insisting that Kevin Pietersen's text message scandal was over and he was delighted to have the controversial batsman in the squad for the series. Cook, who was a driving force behind the reconciliation process that ended last week with Pietersen being added to the India-bound squad, said he wanted his best players...
02:50 AM, Jul 11, 2008
Sydney: Australia captain Michael Clarke Thursday said he didn't think of Don Bradman and Mark Taylor's record when he made a surprise declaration and all that he thought was to give his bowlers enough time to dismiss India for a second time and win the second Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Clarke was unbeaten on 329 and Australia were 659 for four when he decided to make India bat...
09:16 PM, Apr 07, 2008
Is the BJP on a stronger wicket after its betrayal by HD Deve Gowda? ...
05:46 PM, Nov 20, 2007
