All 8 corrupt councillors were caught on camera demanding bribes in an IBN-Cobrapost investigation. ...
07:44 PM, Dec 07, 2011
New Delhi: All the 8 corrupt councillors shown demanding bribes in an IBN Cobrapost investigation have been suspended. This includes 6 BJP councillors and 2 from the Congress. The investigation showed them seeking bribes from builders for illegal construction. After taking action against the councillors, Delhi BJP president Vijender Gupta said, "We have suspended all six councillors. We want to send out a message that we will not tolerate corruption....
09:51 AM, Dec 07, 2011
An IBN-Cobrapost expose showed how Delhi's municipal councillors act as middlemen to protect illegal constructions. ...
11:16 PM, Dec 06, 2011
No councilor has the right to take the law in their hands, said MCD Standing Committee Chairman Yogendra Chandolia. ...
09:08 PM, Dec 06, 2011
New Delhi: An IBN-Cobrapost investigation has exposed urban India's worst kept secret. A builder-MCD councillor nexus has allowed irregularities to flourish and buildings that violate bylaws to come up brazenly. The IBN-Cobrapost investigation reveals how Delhi councillors across party lines have been demanding money for illegal constructions. The expose shows on camera the nexus between councillors and junior bureaucrats. Councillors admitted that they pay junior engineers in the MCD and...
08:07 PM, Dec 06, 2011
New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Monday said Anna Hazare and his team members would have to first produce a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from police before they are allowed to hold a protest at Ramlila Ground from December 27 to January 5. "We have received an application from Team Anna to book the Ramlila Ground December 27 to January 5. There are no previous bookings for the...
02:36 AM, Nov 29, 2011
New Delhi: Team Anna members staged a silent protest outside Parliament on Monday to put pressure on the government to pass a strong Lokpal Bill. Reports say Team Anna will be moving the protest outside Patiala House Court at 4.30 on Monday evening. Anna Hazare has indicated that he will launch another agitation if the anti-corruption Bill is not passed in the ongoing Winter Session. While Team Anna has said...
11:50 AM, Nov 28, 2011
New Delhi: Confusion prevailed over Anna Hazare's protest plans on Monday with a prominent MCD functionary saying that the civic body has not given permission for the agitation at Ramlila Maidan even as Team Anna insisted that they have got the nod. MCD Standing Committee Chairman Yogender Chandolia said no permission has been given to Hazare for using the Ramlila Maidan for his protest next month. Team Anna said Hazare...
10:29 AM, Nov 28, 2011
New Delhi: Anna Hazare has been given permission by the local civic body to stage protest at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi from December 27 if a strong Lokpal Bill is not passed by Parliament during the ongoing Winter session. The activists had applied to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) two days ago for allocation of the sprawling ground with a capacity of 30,000, and sources said they...
09:42 PM, Nov 27, 2011
CJ Saurabh does a ground check of Delhi's government schools to ensure students get a safe and clean environment. ...
08:10 PM, Nov 19, 2011
Minneapolis: McDonald's Corp said it has dropped a Minnesota-based egg supplier after an animal rights group released an undercover video of operations at the egg producer's farms in three states. The video by Mercy for Animals shows what the group calls animal cruelty at five Sparboe Farms facilities in Iowa, Minnesota and Colorado. Its images include a worker swinging a bird around by its feet, hens packed into cramped cages,...
07:59 AM, Nov 19, 2011
London: It will be the world's most literary mortuary. Ten leading crime writers are competing for the honour of having a morgue named after them. Scotland's University of Dundee said Monday it will name its new morgue and research facility after whichever writer gets the most votes in an online poll and fundraising effort. Kathy Reichs, Lee Child, Tess Gerritsen, Harlan Coben, Mark Billingham and Val McDermid are among the...
01:37 PM, Nov 01, 2011
New Delhi: Disappointing the families who lost their loved ones in the 1997 Uphaar Cinema fire incident, the Supreme Court on Thursday slashed the compensation awarded to the victims of the tragedy. Compensation to the families of deceased older than 20 years has been cut from Rs 18 lakh to Rs 10 lakh each, while for those below 20 years of age, compensation has been reduced from Rs 15 lakh...
05:12 PM, Oct 13, 2011
New Delhi: In a major relief for Ansal Theatre and Clubotels Ltd in the 1997 Uphaar Cinema fire tragedy in New Delhi, the Supreme Court on Thursday reduced the compensation payable to the family of those killed in the tragedy. The apex court reduced the compensation for persons above 20 years who died in the tragedy from Rs 18 lakh to Rs 10 lakh and that for people below 20...
02:28 PM, Oct 13, 2011
New Delhi: More than 12 years after the harrowing inferno that snuffed out 59 lives and injured 103, the Supreme Court is expected to deliver its verdict on Thursday on the quantum of compensation to be awarded to the victims of the 1997 Uphaar Cinema fire tragedy. The Delhi High Court had ordered the theatre owners and the Delhi government to pay Rs 25 crore as compensation to the victims...
07:45 AM, Oct 13, 2011
Rizwan questions authorities on their negligence regarding illegal construction in Old Delhi, killing 7 people. ...
10:25 PM, Oct 08, 2011
New Delhi: Two days of excessive rainfall that brought Delhi to a standstill has exposed the Delhi local authorities' claims of being ready for the monsoon. Friday's morning rain again brought many parts of the capital to a standstill with waterlogged roads, flooded localities, traffic jams. Thursday evening saw Delhi receive the highest rainfall in the last 50 years. The city's show piece international airport bore the brunt The downpour...
07:19 PM, Sep 16, 2011
New Delhi: It's the season when academics take precedence, new chapters begin and lessons are learnt. But it seems some educational institutions have failed to do the latter. Because, with the onset of monsoons have arrived vector-borne diseases like malaria, dengue etc. On Monday, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) found various educational institutions like Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), IIT Delhi and National Institute of Health and Family Welfare of...
04:45 PM, Jul 27, 2011
Los Angeles: McDonald's Corp said on Tuesday it will soon tweak its children's Happy Meals, reducing the french fry portion by more than half and automatically adding apples to the popular meals, after coming under pressure from consumer groups to provide healthier fare. McDonald's - which consumer groups say should lower calories, sugar and sodium in its meals for children - said that it would start making the changes in...
11:39 AM, Jul 27, 2011
New Delhi: A year after nearly 20 blackbucks died in the Delhi zoo because of contaminated water, little has been done. A study by the central pollution control board reveals that the water in the zoo remains contaminated. The report found high levels of dissolved solids - upto 16 times over the permissible limit of 500 milligrams per litre. This can lead to kidney stones and intestinal infections in mammals. ...
09:34 AM, Jun 01, 2011
