Guwahati: Accepting that waste management by civic authorities of the city is not up-to-the-mark, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday said "increase of waste is a sign of prosperity and high standard of living". Addressing a press conference here to express his optimism about Congress victory in the forthcoming Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) election next week, he said the authorities have done well under his party's leadership.
"Increase of waste material is a sign of prosperity and high standard of living. See in America, you will find lots of waste," Gogoi said in a humorous tone. Economic condition of people in the city has improved and they are consuming products in a way leading to generation of lot of waste materials, he added.
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12:45 AM, Jun 16, 2013
Chandigarh: Nearly 69 per cent of over 17 lakh voters on Sunday cast their ballots in elections to seven municipal corporations and two municipal committees in Haryana where polling ended peacefully. Polling was peaceful and no untoward incident was reported from the municipal corporations of Ambala, Hisar, Karnal, Panchkula, Panipat, Rohtak and Yamunanagar, State Election Commissioner Dharam Vir told reporters here. In the case of the two municipal committees, the...
10:58 PM, Jun 02, 2013
The Shiv Sena-led BMC has, in principle, accepted a proposal to ban display of lingerie on mannequins in Mumbai. They say that such displays excite men, thereby endangering the safety of women. Fashion designer Rina Dhaka joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the matter. Q. Is the ban on lingerie mannequins nothing but paranoid moral policing? Asked by: Isha A. Off-course, it is. Q. If men who run our...
03:22 PM, May 30, 2013
CJs spread across the country sent us pictures and videos about the condition of their streets. ...
12:06 PM, May 20, 2013
CJ Gautam Arora shows how the naked electric wires can cause major damage in Chandni Chowk, Delhi. ...
12:02 PM, May 13, 2013
This week on the CJ show we focus on civic issues faced by citizens along with a struggle of a wife of a prisoner of war. ...
11:40 AM, May 13, 2013
Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Tuesday rejected two review petitions filed by two religious organizations seeking a relook at its January 2011 orders on demolition of illegal places of worship. The Division Bench of Justice Madanmohan Das and Indrajit Mohanti, adjudicating over the matter, did not make any further observation while rejecting the review petitions. Soon after the High Court order, the Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC) Central Division Arvind...
02:46 AM, May 08, 2013
Thane: With the arrest of a Deputy Municipal Commissioner of Thane Municipal Corporation on Wednesday night, the number of arrests in connection with the building collapse in Mumbra area has gone up to 22. DMC Srikant Sarmokdam, whose name was found in the diary of the builder (already arrested), was taken into custody, the police said. The police had deferred arresting him because of a death in his family. Sarmokdam...
10:11 PM, Apr 24, 2013
Dehradun: Claiming that development has gained pace in Uttarakhand over the past few months, Union Minister Harish Rawat on Tuesday exuded confidence about the ruling Congress's impressive victory in the civic body polls in the state slated for April 28, 2013. "Development oriented decisions taken by the state government over the last few months are bound to play a big role in ensuring the Congress' thumping victory in the forthcoming...
03:13 AM, Apr 24, 2013
Thane: Nine bodies, recovered from the debris of the unauthorised building in Shil Phata area in the district, which crashed on Thursday killing 74 people, are yet to be identified. Officials said four bodies were at the Civil Hospital here, while five were at CSM Civic Hospital in Kalwa. All other bodies have been identified. Meanwhile, bodies of 11 labourers hailing from Malda in West Bengal, who were among the...
08:49 PM, Apr 07, 2013
Caught with their chaddis down? The BJP suffered one of its worst election debacles since it came to power five years ago in the ...
12:03 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Eminent social scientist and analyst Dr Sandeep Shastri joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the Karnataka civic polls. ...
06:41 PM, Mar 11, 2013
The Bharatiya Janata Party registered one more victory in Gujarat by sweeping the polls in the Salaya municipality in Gujarat's Jamnagar, where 90 per cent of the population is Muslim. The BJP put up 24 Muslim candidates in a total of 27 seats, all of whom won. ...
09:18 AM, Feb 13, 2013
With an aim to provide better security for children, particularly girls, North Delhi Municipal Corporation on Wednesday proposed to install CCTV surveillance cameras in all civic body-run schools. ...
01:25 AM, Dec 20, 2012
Mumbai: Just before its LA auto show debut, Honda has unveiled the new 2013 Civic. A new front fascia marks all the difference in this model with a blackened out honeycomb grille and chrome accent bar. The headlamps are also new and the entire lines of the car look sculpted. At the rear, the lights are new as also are the bumper and diffuser. Honda is also offering new alloy...
03:08 PM, Nov 16, 2012
Mumbai: The Congress party on Monday swept away the elections for Nanded Municipal Corporation of the state by winning 41 out of the total 81 seats. The Congress, which shares power with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) at the state level, went alone in elections to the 81-member Nanded Municipal Corporation, held on Sunday. While NCP secured 10 seats, Shiv Sena got 14 and BJP won on two seats. Reacting...
03:49 PM, Oct 15, 2012
Bangalore: Bangalore, once known as the Garden City, its residents now mockingly refer to it as garbage city, and with good reason. The city is struggling with its growing pile of daily waste, a whopping 5000 tonnes and there is no space to dump it. It's a problem that has been raising a stink in Bangalore for the past two months. The IT city is struggling with growing piles of...
06:31 AM, Sep 29, 2012
Kolkata: Criticising civic bodies run by both her Trinamool Congress as also the opposition Left Front for negligence in combating dengue, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday used a central team report to pull up private hospitals for conducting "haphazard" blood tests. Quoting the report of a visiting team of the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP), Banerjee said: "They have mentioned that there is haphazard use...
01:34 AM, Sep 08, 2012
Bangalore: Registering a complaint about civic problems has become more easier now. Citizens can register their complaints online through Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF) website. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, BMTF Inspector General of Police R P Sharma said, This is a first of its kind measure. One can log in to our website and register their complaints. The problems may not be related to the BBMP. Any complaints, related...
03:28 PM, Jul 20, 2012
Lucknow: An estimated 49 per cent votes were polled for Lucknow Municipal Corporation and eight Nagar Panchayats in the first round of urban local body elections in Uttar Pradesh which passed off by and large peacefully. "Till 5 PM, 45 per cent votes were polled and it is expected that the poll percentage will be around 49 to 50 per cent as polling continued at places," state Election Commissioner SK...
08:19 PM, Jun 23, 2012
