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My father gets a call from a fraudster pretending to be a Blue Dart delivery guy.
The guy names some client or references some real documents, so my father thinks it is genuine.
He asks my father to press some number with * and # on his Android phone.
My father starts typing and then midway realises that this is shady. So he cuts the call, blocks the number and calls to tell me what happened.
My instinct tells me that it was an attempt to activate call forwarding or some such, so that the fraudsters can get access to OTPs to execute a transaction. (Or it could be something else? So I need to call Jio and find out if any activity has been done on that number.)
I call @JioCare customer support in panic.
And then…
I’m just talking to an automated machine for the next ONE HOUR.
There is no way to get in touch with a human.
If you think I’m making it up, you can try it yourself.
I tweet to them. I DM them. It’s been over 10 hours and I still don’t have any reply from anyone at Jio.
Now think about this.
It’s a game of seconds and minutes.
That is how much fraudsters need when they have access to your information. It’s all about executing that one transaction.
You can lose lakhs of rupees in an instant. I know this because it has happened to people around me.
And in that moment, I couldn’t reach Jio for hours.
If I lose money through a financial fraud, will @reliancejio pay for it?
What is the point of “Customer Support” when there’s simply no support available when you need it?
Nothing has happened so far (thank god), but I know for sure that there’s zero trust I have in Jio to help me in an urgency.
Our systems and processes are simply not ready or prepared to handle such issues. Neither on the telecom side, nor on the police or cyber crime side. You will be on your own.
If you have parents or elders at home, please do tell them about frauds like these, and please please activate 2FA on their mail and banking accounts. It may seem like one needless extra step but it could prove priceless in a moment like this.
On World Environment Day 2026, Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh highlighted Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru’s sustainability achievements.
"The airport has a water positivity index of 2.36 and meets two-thirds of its potable water needs through rainwater harvesting. It became Asia’s first airport to achieve Net Zero Scope 1 & 2 emissions and ACI Level 5 carbon accreditation, cutting emissions by 95.6% seven years ahead of its 2030 target. BLR Airport is also India’s first airport to adopt TNFD, has a biodiversity index of 5.18, and operates a zero-waste-to-landfill solid waste management centre" : @BLRAirport
An ambulance carrying a critical patient was stopped for 5 minutes to allow the CM's convoy to pass through first in Jaipur. The traffic police can be heard shamelessly saying, “Arrey, oxygen de to rakhi hai yaar... Maine ishaara kar diya hai, band kar de (to switch off the ambulance siren).”
Even a 2-year-old child is aware of Modi's usual script of letting ambulances pass during his roadshows. However, the reality is quite different. His own ministers and CMs are well aware of his theatrics, which is why they don't follow the practice themselves.
A lot of Keralites get particularly offended when their state is called an economic basketcase. Well. Their own government just tabled a White Paper saying exactly that.
Kerala's outstanding liabilities: ₹5.07 lakh crore That's 35.5% of its GSDP. The state is literally borrowing to exist.
A staggering 77% of the state's revenue is consumed by mandatory expenditures (salaries, pensions, and interest payments). In just two years (2020–2022), Kerala's salary and pension liability grew by a staggering 52.6%. There's virtually nothing left to build anything with.
Crippled by massive debts, low revenues, spiralling unemployment, the exodus of youth to rest of India and the world, and uncertainty on the remittance front, Kerala's economy is heading towards a perfect storm.
@ManeeManjunath@krishnabgowda When a small town with narrow lanes is inundated with heavy traffic in mornings:
Carts removed ❌
Construction vehicle stopped ❌
Increased buses❌
Rerouted cars ❌
Potholes filled❌
Problem is not science!
Ramalinga Reddy’s resignation from the Karnataka cabinet today over portfolio allocation underscores an enduring reality of the state’s political statecraft: the persistent friction between a leader’s self-perceived political capital and the pragmatic arithmetic of the high command.
While Reddy’s dramatic exit over the Bengaluru Development portfolio has shaken the current administration, history shows that "portfolio rebellion" is a deeply entrenched tradition in Vidhana Soudha, where the distinction between "heavyweight" and "lightweight" ministries frequently tests party discipline.
A classic parallel is the 2013 rebellion of the late veteran leader Shamanuru Shivashankarappa. Inducted into the Siddaramaiah cabinet and allocated the Horticulture and APMC portfolio, Shivashankarappa—then the powerful face of the Akhila Bharatha Veerashaiva Mahasabha—viewed the assignment as an affront to his seniority and rushed to New Delhi to lobby for a more high-profile ministry.
However, the political drama met an unexpected structural counterweight: the state's powerful community mutts. Dr. Shivamurthy Shivacharya Mahaswamiji of the Taralabalu Sirigere Mutt publicly and sharply reprimanded Shivashankarappa. The seer famously noted that deeming a ministry dedicated to farmers as "inferior" was an insult to the agrarian community, effectively using spiritual and moral authority to deflate the veteran’s political ego and forcing him to back down.
Reddy's resignation today reveals that thirteen years later, the structural anatomy of discontent remains identical. In Karnataka’s factional politics, ministries are rarely viewed merely as administrative responsibilities; they are treated as currencies of influence and territorial dominance. When the perceived value of the currency falls short, the institutional machinery inevitably stalls—proving once again that in Bengaluru, the battle for protocol often overshadows the mandate for governance.
Dear Modi ji, if you leave your house dirty for too long, it will breed cockroaches. Clean the house before it’s too late. Then the cockroach infestation problem doest even arise.
@ManeeManjunath@krishnabgowda There's a tonne of value in citizen reported data if used right. Working on it here and will release soon:
https://t.co/BTaDWCCYXX
Congratulations @krishnabgowda avre on getting Greater Bengaluru Development. Please tackle the mess that is our traffic. We need to urgently have a scientific study of traffic patterns and use it to replan and reroute traffic to cut down congestion and commute times.
45 exam paper leaks in 24 years. 3.86 CRORE aspirants affected. Convictions? Just 2.
The usual pattern: FIR filed. Outrage peaks. Officials transferred. Case goes cold.
The system isn't broken. It is what the system is . via @IndianExpress
This is what needs to be fixed. No politician on either side of aisle seems keen on stopping the rot.
Hint: look at the investment of politicians in coaching centres and engineering/medical colleges.
Did a burger run last night to, 'The Burgery In' in Indiranagar. They ruined my evening. Ugh. Oily, disgusting burgers, terrible meat quality, and I made the mistake of ordering briskets: i'm still salty with that abomination.
We need more burger joints in Bangalore :(
I just reviewed the morning routine of a 36-year-old working mom with ADHD.
The way she described her 6:30 AM wake-up explained executive dysfunction better than any medical textbook.
She said:
Bro, let’s stop pretending.
Muslims make up about 25% of the entire world’s population — over 2 billion people across 50+ countries.
Japanese people? About 1.4% of the world. One single country.
Shinto exists only in Japan.
So when people say “Japan should prioritize minorities and be more accommodating to Islam,” who exactly are we talking about?
The global majority is coming to one of the world’s smallest ethnic and religious groups and demanding that Japan change its culture, food, and traditions for them.
That’s not “protecting minorities.” That’s the majority trying to colonize a tiny minority.
Japan has every right to protect its own people and culture first.
If Muslims want to live under Islamic rules, they already have dozens of countries where they can do that. They don’t need to come to Japan and turn it into another one.