After a brief hiatus, traders in Delhi on Monday resumed their anti-sealing agitation with some of their leaders courting arrest in West Delhi.
The registration of a case against Goswami, who was named by Time magazine as a Young Asian Hero, had shocked the country.
The minister said financial constraints will not hamper the development process of the municipal corporation.\n
Taking note of the spurt in property prices in urban areas of the country, the Centre said on Friday it was considering framing a suitable model legislation for adoption by the state governments to keep a check on further escalations.
A primer on how the issue came to the forefront and how it could force 44,000 shopkeepers in the national capital to shut shop.
A Rashtrapati Bhawan communique said President A P J Abdul Kalam on Tuesday accepted Azad's resignation.
States to give choices, Centre to decide by year-end.
Here's a recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.
Principal Secretary, Urban Development and Employment, R Ramani has been given additional charge of Chief Secretary, an official release said.
Arvind Kejriwal will retain key portfolios in his cabinet, which is expected to be a small one.
'The Chennai floods in particular clearly show there is a nexus between corruption, disaster, destruction and death.' 'Urban development in India is the source of all corruption.'
Kaul, a sister-in-law of Jawaharlal Nehru and oldest surviving former Parliamentarian, died, aged 101.
United Progressive Allaince government has not closed its doors on divestment and the options are very much there, Union Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Wednesday.
The minister clarified that there would be no sealing in Delhi as the Union government has taken care of all the objections raised during the hearings in the Supreme Court.
Since December 2018, monetary policy has been eased substantially by RBI with policy rates being cut by 75 bps and policy outlook being changed to 'accommodative'.
The petition was filed in 2003 by NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation.
India and the US on Tuesday decided to set up a task force for jointly developing Allahabad, Ajmer and Vishakhapatnam as Smart Cities.
It will provide funding for urban infrastructure such as water supply and sanitation, underground sewerage schemes, solid waste, street lighting, and urban roads.
The 77-year-old was recently diagnosed with pneumonia and was admitted to the hospital, where he died at 1.28 am, a Congress leader said.
Though the Railways is yet to declare any five-year action plan, it is clear the government is not in a position to hand-hold it for any major expansion or upgrade. The issue, however, is how far the Railways can function within the PPP format. Recent history highlights some of the challenges.
Deshmukh sent the list of portfolios to Maharashtra Governor Mohammad Fazal on Friday morning.
The government on Thursday proposed reduction in stamp duty on real estate deals to less than five per cent in order to prevent tax evasions.
Govt seeks Japanese help for Delhi, Bangalore metro projects
Tea and snacks like samosa and gulab jamun offered to guests by ministers have cost the Uttar Pradesh state exchequer nearly Rs 9 crore during four years of Akhilesh Yadav government.
Setting an example to highlight the importance of rainwater harvesting, Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Thursday decided to offer Parliament House premises and his official residence for water conservation purposes.
The government is buying out the shares of India Ports Global, which are now held in a 60-40 ratio by the JNPT and Deendayal Port Trust in Kandla.
On Thursday, in a big win for India, the International Court of Justice stayed the execution of Kulbhushan Jadhav. The ICJ instructed Pakistan to take all "necessary measures at its disposal" to ensure that Jadhav was not executed pending a final decision by it. Following the order, reactions poured in from all over celebrating the big win.
Andhra govt to flood-proof Vizag airport
The court castigated the government for lacking in will to remove the unauthorised colonies on the banks of the river that pollute the river waters.
The government is looking for a speedy roll out of Wi-Fi services at select public places in top 25 cities with population of over 10 lakh by June 2015.
A rebel by nature, he lived the life to the fullest, donning different hats -- lawyer, parliamentarian, minister -- but was not a quintessential politician constrained by party lines.
Cops had reportedly failed to recognise the minister at a function, where he was invited to lay the foundation stone of a Haj House in Ghaziabad on Sunday.
Eminent Dalit scholar, Kamal Bharti, was arrested in Rampur on Tuesday on a complaint by Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan's aide for his alleged Facebook post on suspended Indian Administrative Service officer Durga Sakthi Nagpal.
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leaders on Saturday met Tamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah to press the party's demand for a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the June 28 building collapse near Porur, which killed 61 people.
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