New Delhi: Regularisation and development work in the unauthorised colonies of Delhi is a contentious issue on which political parties fight their local-body elections. As Delhi aspires to be a world-class city, its underbelly, the 1,600 unauthorised colonies showcase a civic mess. Pul Pehladpur is one of the designated unauthorised colonies in South Delhi. As the election tempo for 2,72 Delhi Municipal Corporation seats picks up, local politicians are once...
08:50 AM, Apr 11, 2012
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker Jaiprakash was allegedly stabbed to death late on Tuesday night in Delhi's Sangam Park. Preliminary reports suggested that the incident took place after an alleged fight between Jaiprakash and BJP councillor in MCD Madhav Prasad. Police say the 'murdered' BJP worker Jaiprakash was upset at being ignored for a ticket for the MCD polls, while Prasad was contesting yet again. On Tuesday evening,...
08:43 AM, Apr 11, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi wakes up to over 7,000 tonnes of solid waste everyday. Overflowing garbage dumps are a common sight across the city. In the run up to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls, this waste is a significance issue for the average Delhi voter. But some like Anjali Bharghava took it upon themselves to clean it up. "We started working in one ward and now the garbage pick-up...
08:50 AM, Apr 10, 2012
New Delhi: Times have changed and so has political campaigning. In order to reach out to the younger generation, candidates in upcoming municipal polls in the capital are using Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and other social networking sites to communicate with voters. Gone are the days of loudspeakers and posters. The Election Commission has banned posters and severely restricted the use of loudspeakers. A growing number of professionals and people who...
12:20 PM, Apr 07, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday alleged grave irregularities in MCD, saying that the financial position of the corporation is very bad and it is neck deep in debt. "The financial position of the corporation is very bad. It has not been managed for the five years. There is a liability of around Rs 3,000 crore and it owes around Rs 1,000 crore to contractors and other workers," Delhi Pradesh...
02:27 AM, Apr 06, 2012
New Delhi: The wife and son of an independent candidate contesting the April 15 Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections were allegedly shot at and injured in Delhi on Wednesday by their landlord over payment of a power bill, police said. The landlord has been arrested. The wife and son of SK Upadhyay, who is contesting the civic elections from Vijay Vihar in north Delhi, were rushed to hospital. His...
11:00 AM, Apr 05, 2012
New Delhi: Countering the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) attack on the Central and Delhi governments over alleged corruption, the Congress on Tuesday said the party should talk about civic matters rather than irrelevant issues ahead of the April 15 polls for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). "The elections are in the MCD not at the centre or in the state. The BJP is harping on those issues not pertaining...
12:42 AM, Apr 04, 2012
New Delhi: Rajani Chouhan, a BSP candidate for the Delhi municipal polls, has only Rs 40 in her hand while one of the youngest contestants Mamta Kumari is penniless. These interesting figures form part of the affidavits of candidates filing nomination for the April 15 polls for the three municipal bodies in the capital. Chouhan, the BSP candidate in Rajinder Nagar, and her husband have movable property worth Rs 11.5...
09:59 AM, Apr 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday released the list of candidates for elections to the trifurcated Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) which are scheduled to be held April 15. After a day-long meeting, where Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee chief Jai Prakash Agarwal were present, the party released the list of candidates for 263 of the 272 wards under the three corporations carved out of the...
09:57 PM, Mar 25, 2012
New Delhi: Seventy-two-year-old Har Prakash, popularly known as Guinness Rishi, holds four Guinness world records, while 17 of his feats have found place in the Limca Book of Records. Now, this Dheerpur Colony resident is all set for yet another accomplishment. Rishi plans to contest as an independent candidate in the upcoming Delhi civic polls to set a record of polling nothing. However, he won't contest from the ward where...
03:53 PM, Mar 22, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi's state Election Commission on Thursday decided to allow eunuchs to fight the next month's civic polls as per their status enrolled in the voters' list. The Commission came out with an order, stating that eunuchs, whose sex in the voters' list have been mentioned as "other" will be able to contest from the wards under general category. State Election Commissioner, Rakesh Mehta, rejecting demand of a number...
07:14 PM, Mar 15, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday framed charges against six accused, including four MCD officials, in the 2010 Commonwealth Games street lighting case. The trial in the case will begin on April 3. The persons who face charges in the scam are MCD Superintendent Engineer DK Sugan, Executive Engineer OP Mahala, Accountant Raju V and civic body's tender clerk Gurcharan Singh besides Director JP Singh and Managing Director TP...
12:20 PM, Mar 12, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi government on Monday increased reservation for OBCs in higher educational institutions to 27 per cent from current 21 per cent from academic year 2012-13 but also decided to enhance the total number of seats by 12 per cent so that general category students do not suffer. The decision to comply with central law of reserving 27 per cent seats for OBCs is seen as an effort by...
07:19 PM, Feb 27, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday decided to frame charges against seven persons, including four MCD officials and a firm for their alleged roles in the CWG street lighting scam, on February 27, saying it has found prima facie evidence against them. Special CBI judge Pradeep Chaddah said a prima facie case exists against the accused persons and "let the charges be framed accordingly". The persons who face the...
05:35 PM, Feb 24, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday met Home Minister P Chidambaram and is understood to have briefed him about the ongoing process of trifurcating the municipal corporation. Sources said Dikshit told Chidambaram about the administrative steps being taken by the city government to complete the process of splitting the civic agency. Municipal polls slated for March will be held for three new municipalties by splitting MCD. The...
04:02 AM, Feb 09, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday met Home Minister P Chidambaram and is understood to have briefed him about the ongoing process of trifurcating the municipal corporation. Sources said Dikshit told Chidambaram about the administrative steps being taken by the city government to complete the process of splitting the civic agency. Municipal polls slated for March will be held for three new municipalties by splitting MCD. The...
07:45 PM, Feb 08, 2012
New Delhi: With upcoming civic body polls in mind, the BJP leadership in MCD on Friday alleged that the trifurcation of the civic body will undo all the progress made under a united body. Presenting the budget in the MCD House, Standing Committee Chairman Yogender Chandolia claimed that the city has developed manifold under its rule and blamed the Congress-led Delhi goverment for the shortcomings. He claimed that the progress...
02:39 AM, Jan 28, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended till March its order staying the sealing of unauthorised commercial units operating in residential localities in the national capital and asked the authorities to ensure that no fresh encroachments or regularisations were permitted during the period. A bench of justices G S Singhvi and Swatanter Kumar passed the direction on a bunch of pleas by commercial establishments challenging the Supreme Court-appointed monitoring...
04:54 PM, Jan 03, 2012
Mumbai: Energy major Reliance Industries, India's most valued company that also runs supermarkets, plans to enter the fast-food business next year, the Economic Times reported on Monday. The company, controlled by Mukesh Ambani, India's richest man, is exploring a model on the lines of international chains McDonald's Corp and Dominos Pizza, with a standardised menu and delivery service, the newspaper said. Ambani has appointed Rishi Negi, chief operating officer of...
10:01 AM, Dec 12, 2011
Parliament starts functioning after FDI in retail was rolled back. The Standing Committee adopts the Lokpal draft. ...
10:05 PM, Dec 07, 2011
