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  Bengaluru this week February 26th 2015     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!   Before we get into our stories, here is a short summary of what happened in the city: Six months after shifting to the Peenya bus stand, KSRTC has shifted its operations back to the Majestic bus stand, citing losses. Even beeda and pan shops maintain better records than BBMP, said Justice Subhash Adi, Upa Lokayukta, in a hearing on illegal hoardings. 2700 files related to hoardings are said to be missing from BBMP records. Did you know that rear view…

  Bengaluru this week February 19th 2015     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!   Before we get into our stories, here is a short summary of what happened in the city: Aero India, Bengaluru’s premier air show opened yesterday with Prime Minister Modi inaugurating it. The show is on until Feb 22nd. Look out for Citizen Matters’ picture feature on the air show. Prime Minister Modi gave a call to overcome stigma and blind beliefs, and offer medical treatment to those who have mental disorders, at the convocation function at Nimhans While Modi was…

  Bengaluru this week February 12th 2015     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!   Before we get into our stories, here is a short summary of what happened in the city: 25 slums in Bengaluru will get water at Rs 5 for 25 litres, as BBMP teams up with USAID and Water Health India as summer approaches. Aero India 2015 to be held at Yelahanka Airforce Station, between February 18th and 22nd.  Bengaluru Urban and Rural District Commissioners have warned of strict action if trash is thrown indiscriminately in Yelahanka, in the backdrop of…

  Bengaluru this week February 5th 2015     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!   Before we get into our stories, here is a short summary of what happened in the city: Oil marketing companies have revised the prices of petrol and diesel prices. Bangaloreans now have to pay only Rs 62.01 for petrol and Rs 50.06 for diesel. A curious case of file change in BBMP has taken place, where a file with bills worth 35 crores was supposed to be cleared, but another file that had bills worth Rs 147 crores got cleared.…

  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…