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Ward committees should have a say in Bengaluru budget: Citizen groupsAs many as 68 of the 198 wards in Bengaluru held committee meetings this month. However, citizens’ groups hope that more and more wards wil...
CM HD Kumaraswamy’s corridor pitch may be elevated talkVinay Sreenivasa, advocate with the Alternative Law Forum, said the government is violating its own rules.
Court may be only recourse to enforce ward committee meetsThe case regarding solid waste management, currently before the Karnataka High Court, led to the court issuing directions to form ward comm...
Detailed project report on Bengaluru's suburban rail likely to be ready by JanuaryThe previous report, prepared by RITES and sanctioned by the state government, was released in 2015 but its recommendations are still in pa...
Campaign for suburban rail gets one more push as government dithers on special purpose vehicleWith no progress on the formation of a SPV to implement the suburban rail system for Bengaluru, activists are renewing their demand through...
Bengaluru city debates over what can be the best mobility solutionBiocon CMD Kiran Mazumdar Shaw believe Bengaluru needs multi-modal transport options including long flyovers.
BBMP floats pod taxi again, critics say it’s rickshaw in airPod taxi is a mode of transport which resembles a cable car. It has no driver, runs on electricity and accommodates four to six people. Cri...
Budget: Bengaluru hopes loan waiver will not hit infrastructure projectsExperts believe that there will be funds to spend on the city's development if the government picks and chooses important projects that cou...
Citizen groups demand directly-elected mayor for BengaluruA mayor directly elected by people with jurisdiction over BBMP, BMTC, BWSSB, BMRCL and other entities will be able to meet people’s aspirat...
Karnataka elections 2019: Activists, corruption fighters fall flat against heavyweightsAnalysts said these new parties are short of funds and resources unlike traditional parties, and lack grassroot-level connect with voters.
Karnataka polls: Parties yet to focus on the urban voterPolitical analyst Sandeep Shastri feels that while political parties do realise the importance of Bengaluru from the election point of view...
Low AC fare, more trips give BMTC a big boostThanks to several reforms, including a major cut in ticket fare and induction of more buses, the utility has witnessed a 43% increase in da...
Citizen groups demand public consultation for infrastructure projectsMahalakshmi Parthasarathy of the Citizens' Action Forum said that the santhe will bring together many organisations in Bengaluru that are f...
Campaigners & MP want Metro on original trackSrinivas Alavilli, a volunteer with Citizens for Bengaluru said, they would bring together experts, elected representatives and citizens fo...
Protest against the first steel flyover in BengaluruSivananda and others are holding a silent protest this Sunday. The protestors are backed by Citizens for Bengaluru, which led the campaign ...
Yeshwanthpur-Hosur suburban line ignored? Doubling of this rail line was a pre-Budget proposalThe track in question is the 67-km Yeshwanthpur-Hebbal-Hosur line, which snakes through the IT capital's technology hubs such as Bellandur,...
Chorus for rail station off Kempegowda International Airport gets louderCitizens for Bengaluru, a volunteer group spearheading the #ChukuBukuBeku campaign, also has added to the chorus.