No time-frame yet for pre-poll regularisation
The government has fixed no deadline to regularise Delhi's unauthorised colonies, a proposal it approved ahead of municipal elections in the Capital.
By HT Correspondent | PTI, New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 26, 2007 05:56 PM IST
The government has fixed no deadline to regularise Delhi's unauthorised colonies, a proposal it approved ahead of municipal elections in the Capital.
"In view of the legal and administrative issues involved (in the regularisation process), no time-frame has been fixed," Union Minister of State for Urban Development Ajay Maken told the Rajya Sabha in a reply.
He said the Delhi government had so far received 1,539 applications for regularisation of unauthorised colonies existing as on March 31, 2002.
Of them, 1,432 came from societies and associations of those colonies and the rest in response to a government advertisement.
Different agencies, the minister said, had been involved for on-site verification of regularisation requests.
In February, the union government approved a proposal to revise guidelines for regularisation of Delhi's unauthorised colonies.
The minister, who was asked the names of colonies to be regularised in Delhi, identified none in his response.
Hospitals: The DDA has found that 22 of the 54 plots it allotted for building hospitals have no such healthcare facility in operation. "Further, the land and development office has allotted land to five hospitals, out of which four are operational. One hospital, which is under renovation, has suspended its hospital facilities," Maken said.
Encroachment: A status-quo is being maintained as per provisions of the Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act, 2006, with regard to jhuggi encroachments in R K Puram and Vasant Vihar, Maken said in another reply.
Farmers’ protest: Delhi’s multiple border points remain closed
By HT Correspondent | Edited by Smriti Sinha
UPDATED ON MAR 03, 2021 08:38 AM IST
On Tuesday morning, the Delhi Police briefly opened the Ghazipur border for traffic only to be closed in the afternoon. The entry and exit points between Delhi and Haryana, passing through Singhu, Tikri, Auchandi, Piau Maniyari and Saboli and Mangesh continue to remain closed
Delhi: Air quality improves, temperature could rise again from tomorrow
By HT Correspondent | Edited by Zara Khan
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 08:21 AM IST
Central Pollution Control Board data showed that on Tuesday the overall AQI level in Delhi was 175, also in the “moderate” category
Snatching Delhi’s main gateway crime: Data
By Prawesh Lama, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAR 03, 2021 08:20 AM IST
- An HT analysis of the profile of snatchers arrested in Delhi between 2018 and 2020 shows that more than 90% of those arrested were caught for the first time, and did not have any criminal record until then. Police registered them as “first-time offenders”.
Delhiwale: Razia Sultan’s local chai stall
By Mayank Austen Soofi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 06:08 AM IST
- A pavement establishment rich in character.
Delhi riots case: A hundred suspicions not proof, says court
By Richa Banka, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 05:59 AM IST
- Additional sessions judge Amitabh Rawat questioned the police’s case as to how the offence of attempt to murder can be made out against accused Imran and Babu, when the victim himself is absent from the police investigation and has never been seen by the police.
Delhi riots: Court takes cognisance of sedition charges against 18
By Richa Banka, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAR 03, 2021 05:54 AM IST
- Under section 196 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), the investigating agency has to take prior sanction from the state government to prosecute any individual for sedition.
Delhi govt okays ₹185 crore for child welfare, scholarship programme
By HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 05:49 AM IST
- In a statement issued later, the Delhi government said the funds have been allocated for scholarships to SC/ST/OBC communities, Ladli Scheme, aid and equipment for children with special needs and for augmentation of library infrastructure in Delhi government schools.
Private hospitals account for 74% of vaccines given on Day 2 of drive
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 05:36 AM IST
Of the 11,655 such persons who received the jab on Tuesday, 74% went to centres in private hospitals, according to government data. The government hospitals immunised 3,063 such persons on Tuesday.
IndiGo flight to Lucknow makes emergency landing at Karachi airport as flyer takes ill
By Anvit Srivastava, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 08:51 PM IST
An IndiGo flight from UAE’s Sharjah to Lucknow had to make an emergency landing at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, early Tuesday due to a medical emergency on-board the aircraft
Results of keenly contested Delhi MCD by-poll tomorrow
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Mallika Soni
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 07:15 PM IST
- The elections are being seen as a test for Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, as they are a precursor to the 2022 Delhi civic body polls.
As CNG prices rise in Delhi-NCR, auto drivers bear brunt
ANI
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 07:12 PM IST
The Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) on Tuesday increased prices of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Piped Natural Gas (PNG) by 70 paise and 91 paise per kg respectively.
Delhi records zero Covid-19 deaths, positivity rate drops to 0.33 per cent
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 06:42 PM IST
On Monday, nearly 6,200 persons over the age of 60 years or with co-morbidities took Covid-19 vaccine jab on the first day of the drive held across 308 vaccination sites.
'Not allowed': Delhi HC raps petitioner for using 'Tom, Dick and Harry' in plea
ANI, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 05:18 PM IST
A single-judge bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh was hearing a petition filed by Group Captain Atul Jain against the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT)
Farmers’ protest: Ghazipur border opened briefly, shut again
By HT Correspondent| Edited by Zara Khan
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 04:33 PM IST
Senior police officers who did not want to be named said that no official order had been issued to open the border. They said it was a temporary arrangement to facilitate movement of emergency vehicles
Fuel price hike: Youth Congress stages protest outside petroleum ministry
ANI, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 04:26 PM IST
Hundreds of Indian Youth Congress activists assembled outside the petroleum ministry office with placards in their hands and raised slogans against the central government.