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  Bengaluru this week January 29th 2015     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!     City news that matters Before we get into our stories, here is a short summary of what happened in the city. BBMP has begun the construction of an open air theatre under Domlur flyover at a cost of 40 lakhs. The theatre can accommodate up to 500 people and will also have a Bangalore One centre. BMRCL is in talks with the Forest Department to acquire 4.97 hectares of forest land near Devika Rani Roerich estate on Kanakpura Road…

  Bengaluru this week January 22nd 2015     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!   Wish you a Happy Republic Day in advance. Here’s something from our archives to celebrate the special day - read this article on the National Anthem.  City news that matters Before we get into our stories, here is a short summary of what happened in the city. Bangalore University is going to be split. State Cabinet gave its nod to the process on Wednesday. Bengaluru’s first crematorium for pets and other animals is all set to open in February near…

  Bengaluru this week January 16th 2015     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!   Wish you a belated Happy Pongal/Sankranthi! Citizen Matters got off to lovely start this week with business magazine, Livemint doing a feature on us. We were described as ‘a local news outlet for Bengaluru’. Read more here.  City news that matters Before we get into our stories, here is a short summary of what happened in the city. Defence Minister Manohar Parikkar wants HAL airport re-opened, on which he has written a letter to Civil Aviation Ministry. However, the agreement…

  Bengaluru this week January 8th 2015     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!      Wish you a very happy new year! We’re just about a week into 2015 and we hope that it has been going great so far. In the months ahead, Citizen Matters will continue to bring you stories of substance, on issues that matter to you and the community at large. We however will need your feedback and support to do so. If you would like to support our independent coverage on the important issues of our time, do consider…

  Bengaluru this week December 24th 2014     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!      City news that matters Before the summary of our own stories, here’s a curation of the latest news from Bengaluru. In an effort to reduce peak hour traffic in the city, Bengaluru Police has banned the entry of heavy vehicles between 8 am and 11 am, and between 4 pm and 8 pm into the city’s main roads. Only water tankers, garbage lorries, police and military vehicles, and hearse vans can ply as usual without permission. The wheels are…

  Bengaluru this week December 18th 2014     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!      City news that matters Before the summary of our own stories, here’s a curation of the latest news from Bengaluru. A case related to flouting of environmental norms in Mantri Developers’ Agara SEZ project is being heard today in the Delhi bench of the National Green Tribunal. Chief Minister restates BBMP’s claim in the assembly, that only 97 buildings have officially been given Occupation Certificates in last four years. An engineer working in Bengaluru was slapped with charges of…

  Bengaluru this week December 11th 2014     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!   Citizen Matters co-founder Meera K receiving Manthan award in New Delhi. Pic: Navya P K We are very proud to announce that your local web newsmagazine Citizen Matters has won the Manthan Award (South Asia and Asia Pacific) in the e-News and Journalism category. Our co-founder Meera K received the citation last week at the award ceremony in New Delhi. This is our sixth award in six years! Thank you, for your unfailing support to us, by reading, giving feedback, contributing…

  Bengaluru this week December 4th 2014     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!     We’re glad to inform you that your community news magazine, Citizen Matters, has made it to the shortlist of the Manthan Awards (South Asia and Asia Pacific), in the e-News and Journalism category. Our co-founder Meera K is presently in Delhi to attend the summit. In August 2014, we won the Manthan Award (South West India) in the same category. City news that matters And before the summary of our own stories, here’s a curation of the latest news…

  Bengaluru this week November 27th 2014     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!    Greetings from Citizen Matters - your own local interactive online magazine for Bengaluru! Before getting into the round-up of our own stories, here's our weekly curation of city news. BBMP has decided to renovate KR Market via Private Public Partnership model. Here is the plan for renovation. BBMP Commissioner had initially said the funds would come from BBMP. 18 BBMP markets older than 60 years will be demolished and reconstructed. Out of these 11 will be developed in PPP…

  Bengaluru this week November 20th 2014     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!    City news that mattters Before our Bengaluru This Week roundup, here’s the curation of latest city news. Good days in store? Following the decontrol of diesel prices, diesel has become cheaper in line with international oil prices. BMTC and KSRTC are mulling ticket fare cuts. Private cab operators are competing with autos, by enrolling them and asking them to charge as per meter. Some of them charge a convenience fee of Rs 10. The Transport Department has however said…