Dajiworld News Network – Mangalore (VM)
Mangalore, Aug 24: The Dakshina Kannada District Police Blog has been chosen for the egov Award for Innovation for the year 2006 by the egov magazine, which is the only monthly print publication on trends and practices in e-Government.
The award was presented on Wednesday, Aug 23 during the international conference on e-Governance being held at Delhi.
DK district Superintendent of Police, B Dayananda received the award on behalf of the district police which was handed over by Manishankar Aiyer Minister for Panchayat Raj and Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India.
The conference has been co-organized by the Department of Information Technology GOI and UNDP.
Ever since the DK Police blog was launched last year, it has been widely acclaimed worldwide as a very unique and novel effort to disseminate police information to the press and public. The efforts have been recognized through the award, said Dayananda.
URL of the blog: http://spdk.blogspot.com