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Jammu and Kashmir 2023: SC nod to Article 370 abrogation, key G20 meet in valley

Jammu and Kashmir 2023: SC nod to Article 370 abrogation, key G20 meet in valley

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Published on Dec 29, 2023 11:17 AM IST
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BJP sweeps civic polls in Gorakhpur region

The CM had campaigned vigorously in Gorakhpur, Deoria, Kushinagar and Maharajganj districts of the region

The BJP bagged the lone Gorakhpur mayor seat as well as majority of corporator seats in Gorakhpur Municipal Corporation. (HT file photo)
Updated on May 14, 2023 10:50 PM IST
By, Lucknow

UP urban local boy polls: Counting of votes begins amid tight security

The Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission (SEC) has prohibited victory processions after the counting of votes

The UP State Election Commission said they have taken all possible steps for peaceful and transparent counting of votes. (Photo by Sakib Ali /Hindustan Times)
Updated on May 13, 2023 09:02 AM IST

Stage set for counting as parties look to dominate urban local bodies in UP

UP Urban Local Body Polls: The results will not only shape the future of the cities and towns, but will also be seen as a glimpse into 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

UP urban local body election 2023: Women voters show ink-marked fingers after casting their votes for the Civic Body elections at Makanpur village, in Ghaziabad.(ANI)
Published on May 13, 2023 06:01 AM IST

‘Casteist, communal parties having sleepless nights’: Mayawati on UP civic polls

UP urban local body polls (Nagar Nigam, Nagar Palika, Nagar Panchayat): BSP has fielded Muslim candidates on 11 out of 17 mayoral seats.

BSP supremo Mayawati (Twitter/@Mayawati)(HT_PRINT)
Published on Apr 30, 2023 05:42 PM IST

Nagaland to hold urban local body polls after 2 decades with 33% quota for women

The announcement came in the backdrop of the Supreme Court’s directive to the state’s poll panel to complete the ULB election process by the end of May.

The notification for the Nagaland civil polls comes ahead of the Supreme Court’s March 14 deadline. (Representative/ANI)
Updated on Mar 10, 2023 04:53 AM IST
ByAlice Yhoshü

Karnataka local body polls: HC gives 12 weeks for delimitation, reservations

The deadline to conduct the impending local body elections in Karnataka shifted yet again to twelve weeks after the High Court accepted the time sought by the state in the memo filed before it.

The Karnataka High Court has extended the deadline for the state government to hold the impending local body elections in the state to 12 weeks. (PTI Image)(HT_PRINT)
Published on May 25, 2022 10:32 AM IST
ByYamini C S | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan

Karnataka CM welcomes SC order, says 'we're prepared for BBMP elections'

Welcoming the Supreme Court order on Friday regarding elections to the Bengaluru civic body, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said the state government is prepared and would make all arrangements to conduct the polls.

The Bommai government has delayed the local body polls for nearly two years now. 
Published on May 20, 2022 07:06 PM IST
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‘Start filling potholes immediately,’ High Court orders BBMP

The Karnataka High Court has ordered the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike (BBMP), to start filling potholes in the city immediately.

Karnataka HC orders BBMP to start filling potholes immediately.
Published on Apr 22, 2022 01:05 PM IST
ByYamini C S

Shimla ranks 65th in Swachh Survekshan 2020, cleanest town in Himachal

In the 2019 survey, Shimla was ranked 128th in the list. No other town in the state figures among the top 100 cleanest cities.

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Updated on Aug 20, 2020 09:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dharamshala | By, Dharamshala:

AG report slams Zirakpur MC for failing to spend 58% funds

MC failed to build EWS houses and community toilets and allowed arrears to pile up, states the report by the Punjab accountant general

Damaged roads at Zirakpur in Mohali.(Gurminder Singh/HT)
Updated on Jul 31, 2020 11:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mohali | By, Mohali

Pollution control boards must intensify actions

The Pollution Control Boards should be similarly ranked, with modifications. Public participation should be given more weightage.

The space given to public opinion will also serve as an incentive for the PCBs to improve public engagement and respond to complaints.(Sanjeev Verma/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Jun 22, 2020 06:26 AM IST

No enquiry officer appointed to investigate: Lokayukta to ULB

For over a year, the Lokayukta has been hearing the complaint of a city-based activist, demanding from the ULB to make public the details of the offence committed by the six executive engineers and the findings of the inquiry.

Lokayukta has expressed its dissatisfaction on the decision of the Urban Local Bodies (ULB) department for reinstating six executive engineers of the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) in July 2016, barely two weeks after they were suspended by the state government.(HT FILE)
Published on Sep 16, 2019 02:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Gurugram | By

Probe reveals possibility of over 300 ghost employees in Gurugram civic body

The 126-page-long investigation report states that only around 1,600 workers could be accounted for, even though the MCG has been paying monthly salaries to around 1,950 outsourced workers.

At least 300 outsourced workers of the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) are suspected to be ghost employees, a 20-month-long investigation by a committee formed by the civic body has found.(Parveen Kumar/Hindustan Times)
Updated on Aug 31, 2019 09:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gurugram | By

Two years after MCG discovered property tax fraud, police are yet to submit report

The MCG failed to take action against one of the employees, due to lack of evidence, while the service of the other, a contractual employee, was terminated soon after the matter came to light.

MCG officials on Saturday said that the Gurugram police are yet to complete their probe and, as such, no action has been taken in the matter.(HT image)
Updated on Aug 18, 2019 03:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Gurugram | By

Gurugram’s Sai Kunj residents yet to get civic amenities as July 31 deadline looms

Members of the RWA on Thursday said that the Human Rights Commission, on April 30, had asked the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) to provide civic facilities by July 31 and sought a compliance report by August 5, when this case is fixed for hearing in the commission.

Sai Kunj residents lack basic amenities such as road, water and sewer connections.(Representational Image/HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 25, 2019 09:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gurugram | By

Gurugram civic body to decide Ecogreen’s fate in July 1 House meet

Officials said that if the civic body decides against retaining the company’s services, they will look for a new concessionaire. Also, action may be taken against Ecogreen over its dissatisfactory performance.

Ecogreen started door-to-door collection of waste from December 2017. However, within short span, officials and councillors became discontent with its performance.(Yogendra Kumar/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Jun 27, 2019 08:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Gurugram | By

Probe panel suspects MCG may have ghost employees

In a house meeting in January last year, while referring to the possibility of ghost employees being found in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and improprieties observed in their hiring process

A ghost employee is a term used for a person who draws salary without actually working in an organisation, with the authorities being unknown of his or her existence.(HT Photo)
Updated on Jun 02, 2019 02:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Gurugram | By

No coaching centre in city is fire safe: Officials

IS Kashyap, assistant divisional fire safety officer, said that all assistant fire safety officers have been sent across the different parts of the city to locate coaching centres, and serve notices to their owners to get them regularised or face closure.

Coaching centres in Sector 14 have been issued notices for running without an NOC.(HT File)
Updated on May 31, 2019 08:09 AM IST
Gurugram | By

After NGT order, officials discuss state of landfill site

“We were instructed very strictly to organise material recovery facilities in at least five locations,” said an MCG official.

Inside the Bandhwari landfill site in Gurugram, India.(Yogendra Kumar/HT PHOTO)
Published on Apr 27, 2019 01:13 AM IST
Gurugram | ByHT Correspondent

Gurugram civic body gets financial approval to start work in 5 private colonies

With the code of conduct in force for the 2019 general elections on March 10, there was uncertainty among officials and residents about the status of the financial approval.

Suncity is the only colony to be transferred to the MCG. However, work in other colonies has started.(Parveen Kumar/HT File Photo)
Published on Mar 24, 2019 02:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Gurugram | By

Campaigning for local polls picks up pace in Jammu region as dates draw closer

The last election to the municipal bodies in the state was held in 2005 through secret ballot and the term of five years had expired in February 2010.

The election will be a close contest between the BJP and the Congress as the National Conference and the PDP, the two main regional parties, have announced their decision to boycott the polls over the Article 35-A issue.(AFP File Photo)
Updated on Sep 26, 2018 05:57 PM IST
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