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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
Published on Dec 29, 2023 11:17 AM IST
PTI |
BJP sweeps civic polls in Gorakhpur region
The CM had campaigned vigorously in Gorakhpur, Deoria, Kushinagar and Maharajganj districts of the region
Updated on May 14, 2023 10:50 PM IST
HT Correspondent, 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
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.
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.
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.
Updated on Mar 10, 2023 04:53 AM IST
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.
Published on May 25, 2022 10:32 AM IST
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.
Published on May 20, 2022 07:06 PM IST
PTI |
‘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.
Published on Apr 22, 2022 01:05 PM IST
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.
Updated on Aug 20, 2020 09:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dharamshala | Naresh K Thakur, 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
Updated on Jul 31, 2020 11:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mohali | Hillary Victor, Mohali
Pollution control boards must intensify actions
The Pollution Control Boards should be similarly ranked, with modifications. Public participation should be given more weightage.
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.
Published on Sep 16, 2019 02:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Gurugram | Dhananjay Jha
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.
Updated on Aug 31, 2019 09:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gurugram | Kartik Kumar
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.
Updated on Aug 18, 2019 03:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Gurugram | Kartik Kumar
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.
Updated on Jul 25, 2019 09:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gurugram | Dhananjay Jha
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.
Updated on Jun 27, 2019 08:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Gurugram | Kartik Kumar
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
Updated on Jun 02, 2019 02:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Gurugram | Kartik Kumar
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.
Updated on May 31, 2019 08:09 AM IST
Gurugram | Kartik Kumar
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.
Published on Apr 27, 2019 01:13 AM IST
Gurugram |
HT 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.
Published on Mar 24, 2019 02:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Gurugram | Kartik Kumar
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.
Updated on Sep 26, 2018 05:57 PM IST
Press Trust of India |
Press Trust of India