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The 2024 Parliamentary Elections saw over 600 million voters choose 543 members of the 18th Lok Sabha. Find out more about your elected representative, their promises and how you can hold them accountable over the next five years! Meet your new MPs! Chennai Chennai North - Dr Kalanidhi Veerasamy Chennai Central - Dayanidhi Maran Chennai South - Thamizhachi Thangapandian Bengaluru Bangalore North Bangalore Central Bangalore South Bangalore Rural Mumbai Mumbai North - Piyush Goyal Mumbai South - Arvind Sawant Mumbai North East - Sanjay Dina Patil Mumbai North West - Ravindra Waikar Mumbai North Central - Varsha Gaikwad Mumbai South…

The world currently faces a crisis, that has not only laid bare our vulnerabilities but could also bring about lasting changes in the way we live in cities. The only way to survive these tumultuous times is to stay calm, observe, gather information and resources from authentic sources and adapt. Our coverage includes news updates, explainers on the health aspects, and how-tos for navigating the many emerging rules and regulations. Alongside, we look at systemic issues that are affecting our responses, and how these can be resolved. Bengaluru https://bengaluru.citizenmatters.in/buzz-trains-restart-ksrtc-migrants-relief-package-pubs-liquor-bmrcl-app-farmers-45236 How much does Bengaluru drink? Can the new BBMP Bill improve…

A compilation of articles that critically examine the performance of the incumbent Delhi government and expectations from the government-to-be New Delhi will see a three way fight between the BJP, Congress and AAP. Pic: Bruno Corpet/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY:SA 2.0) In one of the most closely watched contests in recent times, elections will be held on February 8 2020, to elect 70 members of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. As the national capital prepares to vote, here's our special series that takes an incisive look at the performance of the incumbent government on issues most closely linked to the quality of…

A compilation of in-depth articles, resources and opinion, to inspire thought and concrete action towards becoming a safer country for women. Representational image. Pic: Biswarup Ganguly/Wikimedia Commons From December 2012 to November 2019, from Nirbhaya to Disha, from Delhi to Hyderabad -- with Kathua, Unnao, Chennai, Jaipur and countless others in between -- the spate of crimes against women in India continues unabated. Neither a seven-year-long trial ending in a verdict of capital punishment for rapists in the Nirbhayacase, nor the encounter killing of alleged rapists in Hyderabad raises reasonable hopes of stemming the violence and reducing the vulnerability of…

Constituency Shivajinagar Constituency K R Puram Constituency Mahalakshmi Layout Constituency Yeshvanthapura Constituency Data Find your constituency Search by EPIC card details How to vote Find your polling station Explainers What you can do when politicians try to influence votes with freebies What is your MLA allowed to spend local area development funds on? Illegal banners and buntings during elections: what can you do about it? https://citizenmatters.in/karnataka-legislative-assembly-mla-roles-responsibility-24290 https://citizenmatters.in/bangalore-101-december-2019-byelection-yeshwanthpur-mahalakshmi-layout-shivaji-nagar-kr-puram-constituencies-disqualified-mlas-39069 Voter guide: All you need to know before you cast your vote https://citizenmatters.in/all-you-need-to-know-before-casting-your-vote-this-lok-sabha-elections-11190/embed In countdown to 2019, here’s all you wanted to know about EVMs https://citizenmatters.in/electronic-voting-machines-evm-vvpat-controversy-politics-elections-2019-9649/embed

Candidate list, MP profiles, interviews, voter guide, choosing an MP, polling booth info, news, analysis and data Constituency Summary of ConstituencyConstituency & all Candidates details Phase 7 (Completed) Shimla Kolkata Dakshin Kolkata Uttar Jadavpur Phase 6 (Completed) Gurgaon Chandni Chowk South Delhi North West Delhi West Delhi East Delhi North East Delhi New Delhi Phase 5 (Completed) Jaipur Jaipur Rural Lucknow Phase 4 (Completed) Mumbai North Mumbai North Central Mumbai North West Mumbai North East Mumbai South Phase 3 (Completed) Dharwad, Karnataka Ahmedabad West, Gujarat Ahmedabad East, Gujarat Pune, Maharashtra Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Gauhati, Assam Phase 2 (Completed) Bangalore North Bangalore…

An in-depth look into the root causes behind air pollution in two of our metropolitan cities - Bengaluru and Chennai, and solutions for improving air quality. This series is supported by Climate Trends When 11 out of the 12 most polluted cities in the world (according to WHO’s World Global Ambient Air Quality Database) are situated in one country, and studies point to toxic air killing 12 children every hour, any kind of complacency or resignation is no short of a crime. India finds itself in that position today. Reversal would require not just data on air quality and mapping of…

Photo Contest Dig out pictures from your personal archives, share it publicly on your Instagram , Facebook or Twitter  with a short anecdote describing the memory and just tag it with #MadrasAndhaNaal   #MadrasDay  #citizenmatters T&C: Photographs shared, must be from your personal collection, not a copyrighted image. Shortlisted entries will be shared on our website and social media. "This was the view from my house in the neighbourhood was once part of the Thiruvanmiyur temple land. The palmyra trees were the 'fence' making up the eastern periphery of IMPCOMS campus, which  was full of snakes. The empty land used to be…

A series of articles around important topics affecting Bangaloreans. The food on our plate Pic courtesy: Wikimedia The series is an explainer on sources of our food and growing our own food. Many questions are answered here: What’s the source of our food? Where do our vegetables come from? What does the supply chain look like? Are they grown in safe environment? How are they transported? How does one know what is organic food? Why does one need organic food? What are the packaging norms? What challenges are being faced by big suppliers of food door delivery? What are the…

☛ Who is winning? How did Bengaluru vote? [Live Results]  Candidate list, profiles, polling booth info and more Anekal * Bangalore South * Basavanagudi * Bommanahalli * BTM Layout * Byatrayanapura *  CV Raman Nagar * Chickpet * Chamaraj Nagar * Dasarahalli * Gandhi Nagar * Govindarajnagar * Hebbal * Jayanagar * K R Puram * Mahadevapura * Mahalakshmi Layout * Malleshwaram * Padmanabha Nagar * Pulikeshi Nagar * Rajarajeshwarinagar * Rajaji Nagar * Sarvagnanagar * Shantinagar * Shivaji Nagar * Vijay Nagar * Yelahanka * Yeshwanthpur   MLA Profiles Bangalore South MLA M KrishnappaBTM Layout: Ramalinga ReddyByatarayanapura: Krishna ByregowdaChamarajpet: Zameer Ahmed KhanChickpet: RV DevrajDasarahalli: MunirajuGandhinagar: Dinesh Gundu…