Weekly News Roundup

  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…

  Bengaluru this week November 13th 2014     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!    City news that mattters And before our Bengaluru This Week roundup, here’s the curation of latest city news. BDA had called for a public hearing today at Yavanika, prior to the preparation of master plan for Bengaluru. However, the meeting has been postponed. Meanwhile, Environment Support Group points out that it is unconstitutional for the BDA to plan Bengaluru. Bangalore gets new guidance value which will come into effect from today, November 13th. Government submitted the ward committee rules…

  Bengaluru this week November 6th 2014     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!    Rajyotsava greetings to all of you! Do write to us about your plans to celebrate Kannada Rajyotsava, or upload them here as an event. Let us celebrate the birthday of the State of Karnataka! City news that mattters And before our Bengaluru This Week roundup, here’s the curation of latest city news. Bangalore is now officially Bengaluru! In addition to Bengaluru, 11 other cities in Karnataka, including Mysore (Mysuru), Hubli (Hubballi) and Tumkur (Tumkuru), have undergone the name change.…

  Bengaluru this week October 30th 2014     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!    Rajyotsava greetings to all of you! Do write to us about your plans to celebrate Kannada Rajyotsava, or upload them here as an event. Let us celebrate the birthday of the State of Karnataka! City news that mattters And before our Bengaluru This Week roundup, here’s the curation of latest city news. Trouble is brewing on the garbage disposal front again. The Gram panchayat of Aarodi village on the outskirts of Bangalore has decided against letting BBMP install waste…

  Bengaluru this week October 16th 2014     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!    It is celebration time next week again - the festival of lights, Diwali is here. How are you celebrating Diwali this year?  Pic courtesy: This Diwali, let’s go Green Here are some tips for a environment-friendly Diwali. Go the traditional way and light diyas, instead of opting for electrical lighting. Say no to firecrackers. If at all you want to buy crackers, buy it from licensed vendors, and ensure you make arrangements to clear up the mess. Flooded with…