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  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…

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Aadhaar card is here to stay as per the policy of the new government. If you don't have an Aadhaar card yet, here is where you can get it done. Updated: December 20, 2016 Old list (may or may not be relevant today. To authenticate, check the above list that's new): Sl.No Name of the Agency Centre Location Address 1 Karvy Data Management Services Ltd Karvy Data Management Services Ltd 51/2, TKN Complex,  Vanivilas Road, Basavanagudi, Bangalore- 560004 2 Karvy Data Management Services Ltd Karvy Data Management Services Ltd No 42, Ist Floor, Behind G.K.Vale Photo Studio, 10th Main Road,…

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  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…

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  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…

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  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…

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  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…

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