If you live in Bangalore (or any other Indian town/city) and you want information like when the SSLC and PUC exams will be held, when the results will be out, when application forms will be issued, what courses are offered by local colleges, details of sports news that TV does not deal with and a whole lot of local information relevant to day to day life you become dependent on people who write with the pack
The untility of the rest of the stuff is debatable - as this thread indicates. shiv