Weekly News Roundup

  Bengaluru this week May 21st 2015     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!     Oorvani Foundation had called for funds earlier this year and we were truly overwhelmed by the support we received. Several folks made online transfers without sharing the details of the transfer on mail or on the form. We have sent out the 80G receipts to those folks for whom we had complete details. In case you are yet to receive an acknowledgement, drop us a mail on foundation@oorvani.in with your name, transaction amount and date and we will get…

  Bengaluru this week May 14th 2015     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!     Before we get into our stories for this week, we need your help! Oorvani Foundation is looking for a lawyer to work with us pro-bono on reviewing investigative reporting stories. This is critical assistance and we are unable to afford commercial rates. Work may amount to an hour per week, and we are flexible about this. If any of you are able to chip in, please send an email to edit@citizenmatters.in with a brief intro about yourself and we…

  Bengaluru this week May 7th 2015     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!     While this edition of our newsletter is much briefer than usual, it features several interesting stories. Read about how public land near Sankey tank is now in the hands of Mantri developers. Also check out what a reader has to say about the challenges faced by her apartment in waste segregation. We also have a new blog post that will take you back in time. Happy reading! Here’s a look at the latest news from Bengaluru, before we get…

  Bengaluru this week May 4th 2015     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!     With the long weekend out of the way, we’re sure all of you are once again knee-deep in work. Well, so are we… Here’s a look at the latest news from Bengaluru, before we get into our stories: Namma Metro's Reach 3B that runs from Peenya Industrial Area to Nagasandra was inaugurated on May 1st​. A few activists who protested against the absence of toilet and drinking water facilities in the Metro stations were arrested. Bengaluru Urban district administration…

  Bengaluru this week April 23rd 2015     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!     We have some excellent news for you. Every year the Knight fellowships program at Stanford University awards eight international fellowships for journalism innovation. This year, one of the eight is our own newsmagazine’s co-founder, Subramaniam Vincent. Read the report. Here is the latest news from Bengaluru, before we get into our stories: Amid the hue and cry of residents, BBMP and BDA carried out a demolition drive at Sarakki lake bed. As many as 78 illegal structures were demolished…

  Bengaluru this week April 16th 2015     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!     When it gets really hot, rains invariably come to redeem Bengaluru’s reputation. Our weather may be something to boast about, but not our local government. This week we start a new series that analyses all that went wrong in the city’s garbage mess. There are lessons to learn as a new BBMP council is due to be elected. Even as the Election Commission readies for BBMP election as per the High Court’s orders, and citizen groups ask the state…

  Bengaluru this week April 9th 2015     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!   We're ecstatic to inform you that our March fundraiser was a grand success - we reached our target. A big thank you to all of you who contributed and spread the word. Here’s where you can have a look at our list of donors. Here's a round-up of the latest news from Bengaluru, before we get into our stories: In continuation to unearthing irregularities in the BBMP, the Lokayukta raided the BBMP on April 7th, and unearthed irregularities in clearing…

  Bengaluru this week April 2nd 2015     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!   Our March fundraiser has come to a close. Please do not miss our note at the end of this newsletter! Before we get into our stories, here’s a round-up of the latest news from Bengaluru. A teenage girl student from a Whitefield college was killed, and her friend injured, at a shooting at the college hostel on March 31st. The police have arrested Mahesh, an office staff member of the college, on charges of murder. BBMP Council passed a resolution…

  Bengaluru this week March 26th 2015     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!   Before we give you the news updates, a quick pitch... Our fundraiser is on for five more days, until March 31st. We have so far raised 53.17% of our target of Rs 5,00,000. A big thank you to all those of you who have extended your support! We will be sending the receipt for your donation by March 30th. If you find the stories that we publish on Citizen Matters useful, please consider making a contribution. Your support will help…

  Bengaluru this week March 20th 2015     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!   We are into the last leg of our March fundraiser. We have so far raised 43.71% of our target of Rs 5,00,000 from 83 donors. A big shout out to all of you who have contributed so far. To the rest of you, if you have found Citizen Matters’ articles to be useful, please donate to Oorvani Foundation and support our journalism. Your aid will ensure that we continue to bring you the stories that matter. Click here to make…