Mumbai: In case the Ulhasnagar municipal workers were missing, or had missed out on, standing outside classrooms in punishment for reaching school late, on Monday provided them a refreshing adult version of the old lesson in punctuality. Around 10:35 am on Monday, over 150 staffers at the headquarters of the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation flushed red in the face as they endured standing in the summer swelter for close to an...
10:25 PM, May 22, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi BJP on Wednesday alleged that the Congress was trying to "grab power" in South Delhi Municipal Corporation through backdoor and accused it of nursing "evil intentions". Delhi BJP chief Vijender Gupta lashed out at Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and DPCC chief JP Aggarwal for their "confusing and contradictory" stands. "On the one hand, the Chief Minister and Delhi Congress President JP Aggarwal say that they had nothing...
08:35 PM, Apr 25, 2012
New Delhi: In a huge blow to the Congress and the Sheila Dikshit government in the capital, the BJP has surged ahead in all the three municipal corporations of Delhi. The BJP would secure majority in East and North Delhi, and emerge as the single largest party in South Delhi as per the latest lead projections. The BJP is confident of getting the support of independents to cross the midway...
01:18 PM, Apr 17, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Monday said emergence of Congress as the leading party in the five municipal corporations was a stamp of approval from the people about his government's developmental policies. Chavan, who is in Delhi, said in a statement that Congress had emerged as the largest party with 411 seats out of the total 1,615 in the 15 municipal corporations in the state. NCP is second...
01:42 AM, Apr 17, 2012
Mumbai: The Congress on Monday emerged as the dominant party in elections to five municipal corporations in Maharashtra, including Latur in Marathwada region. In Latur, Union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh retained his hold over the municipal corporation, with the Congress winning 49 of the 70 seats, fending off a challenge by the NCP, which managed only 13 seats. Voting was held on Sunday in Latur, Chandrapur and Parbhani which were upgraded...
03:22 PM, Apr 16, 2012
New Delhi: As Delhi voted Sunday for its trifurcated municipal corporation, a 19-year-old boy reached the Delhi Election Commission to demand his right for not voting. Akshay Malhotra, 19, who is from Karampura area of west Delhi, reached Delhi Election Commission Sunday morning to complain that he was not allowed to practice his right not to vote. "I reached the local polling booth and asked them for the form 11A,...
03:49 PM, Apr 15, 2012
New Delhi: Moderate polling was witnessed in the Delhi municipal elections, the first for the trifurcated civic body, on Sunday with 55-58 per cent of the 1.15 crore electorate exercising its franchise till late afternoon. The counting of votes will take place on Tuesday. There were no reports of violence during the election for three new Corporations, seen as a semi-final ahead of next year's Assembly polls in the state....
07:30 AM, Apr 15, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi has been feeling the effects of several minor earthquakes in the past few months. In such a situation, an important election issue is building safety and illegal construction. But as CNN-IBN found out, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) may not be doing much to address the problem. More than 70 people died and hundreds were injured when the Lalita Park building came crashing down two years...
08:36 AM, Apr 14, 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
Kolkata: Heavy thundershowers woke Kolkata on Friday morning. In fact, overnight rains have left several parts of the city waterlogged. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has been working to drain out the water. While the showers have stopped for the time being, the MET predicts more rainfall through the day. The weather condition is unusual for this time of the year and the MET cites the reason as a depression over...
10:17 AM, Apr 06, 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
Mumbai: It's World Autism Awareness Day on Monday, and over 300 iconic landmarks around the world will be bathed in blue light, to show support for 'Light It Up Blue', a worldwide initiative to help raise awareness about autism. While Rashtrapati Bhavan in the Capital city will change colour to show its true blue support for the campaign, the city's civic body has plunged the hopes of many in darkness,...
11:19 AM, Apr 02, 2012
Kolkata: With the Kolkata Municipal Corporation deciding to take over the century-old Star Theatre from a private operator, the fate of the heritage cultural institution lies uncertain. Starting from April 1, Star Theatre will have new bosses from the civic body, who are yet to decide on the future of the employees and the cultural and entertainment activities going on in the theatre. Priya Entertainment Private Limited (PEPL), which has...
03:59 PM, Mar 20, 2012
Rajkot (Guj): The Gujarat government has ordered a high-level inquiry into the stampede at the Bhavnath Temple's annual Mahashivratri fair in Junagadh, which left six pilgrims dead and over 40 injured. "A high-level committee, headed by Additional Chief Secretary Varun Maria has been set up to probe the stampede incident," a senior officer at the Junagadh District Collector's office said. The state government and the Junagadh Municipal Corporation (JMC) have...
12:34 PM, Feb 20, 2012
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