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Enemy falling from the skies
7 Dec 2014 10:11 PM GMTOn the night of 17 December, 1995, an aging Russian Antonov-26 plane dropped three weapons-laden wooden pallets over Purulia, a nondescript district...
A village too far
9 Nov 2014 9:33 PM GMTA group of youngsters are busy playing cards. When asked for direction, they chose to ignore and one of them just waves to move ahead. A multi-lane...
Going vintage on wheels
5 Oct 2014 8:53 PM GMT‘It was not always this way. It was literally in two pieces when it came for restoration two years ago. The chassis had to be put back in shape and it...
Restoring connection
7 Sep 2014 10:04 PM GMTTwo years ago, Sukhbir Sharma, a cable operator for the past 20 years in Samalkha Village in southwest Delhi had almost planned to open a mobile shop...
North MCD seeks relaxation from building by-laws for city’s villages
22 July 2014 11:29 PM GMTThe North MCD is seeking relaxation from provision of getting building plan sanctioned for Delhi’s villages stating that ‘building by-laws don’t apply...
No mechanism in place to monitor property tax payment in civic bodies
18 July 2014 10:07 PM GMTThe civic bodies in the capital have been losing crores of rupees annually due to this. Over one lakh people have duped South Delhi Municipal...
Corp plans to outsource property tax collection
17 July 2014 11:10 PM GMTThe South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) is planning to outsource the job of collection of property tax in private hands in order to generate more...
‘This is just the beginning, more to follow’, says this optimistic middle class family
11 July 2014 11:33 PM GMTCosmetics, electronic appliances, apparels are set to go cheap as the finance minister Arun Jaitley announced cuts in basic custom duty on various raw...
Now unique identity codes for properties, say MCDs
9 July 2014 1:31 AM GMTAfter much delay, all three civic bodies are going to introduce Unique Property Identification Code (UPIC), under which all properties will be...
Proposal sent to include candidates from 3 MCDs in DDA governing body
5 July 2014 12:53 AM GMTAfter a long wait of over two years, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has finally drafted a proposal to include nominated representatives from...
Monsoon blues: NDMC clueless in tackling falling trees
3 July 2014 11:13 PM GMTThe monsoon is expected very soon. As a precautionary measure I have asked the concerned department to identify dangerous trees so as to avoid any...
MCDs ‘Modify’ work culture, crack the whip on babus
2 July 2014 11:39 PM GMTInspired from Narendra Modi’s style of functioning, BJP-led civic corporations in Delhi have asked officials to make presentations for meetings and...