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Enemy falling from the skies
8 Dec 2014 3:41 AM ISTOn 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
10 Nov 2014 3:03 AM ISTA 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
6 Oct 2014 2:23 AM IST‘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
8 Sept 2014 3:34 AM ISTTwo 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
23 July 2014 4:59 AM ISTThe 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
19 July 2014 3:37 AM ISTThe 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
18 July 2014 4:40 AM ISTThe 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
12 July 2014 5:03 AM ISTCosmetics, 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 7:01 AM ISTAfter 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 6:23 AM ISTAfter 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
4 July 2014 4:43 AM ISTThe 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
3 July 2014 5:09 AM ISTInspired from Narendra Modi’s style of functioning, BJP-led civic corporations in Delhi have asked officials to make presentations for meetings and...