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A Supreme Court bench of justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose, on October 24, 2019, said: “It will be obligatory for all municipal corporations in the state of Maharashtra, where the population is 50 … READ FULL STORY
The Gautam Buddh Nagar administration, on October 24, 2019, appealed to the residents to comply with the Supreme Court’s guidelines on pollution, by using only ‘green’ crackers this Diwali. The sale of green crackers … READ FULL STORY
The Tamil Nadu government is implementing the Jal Shakti Abhiyan, a campaign for water conservation, in 5,807 village panchayats spread over 249 rural blocks, official sources said, on October 24, 2019. They claimed the … READ FULL STORY
The Supreme Court, on October 18, 2019, directed the Delhi government to release Rs 1,000 crores, out of its pending share of Rs 3,577.52 crores, as cost of land acquisition for the Eastern and … READ FULL STORY
With just a few days left for the Maharashtra assembly elections, some civil society groups in the state have come out with a document titled ‘Maharashtra Urban Citizen’s Manifesto 2019’, which seeks the creation … READ FULL STORY
Belarus has expressed interest in modernising the tramways of Kolkata, besides exporting buses and dumper trucks to India. Bharat Chamber of Commerce president Sitaram Sharma said a team from the eastern European nation, is … READ FULL STORY
In a shocker for 25,000 plot owners in 50 sectors of Greater Noida, just on the outskirts of the national capital, the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) has slapped them with a demand … READ FULL STORY
The Madras High Court, on October 4, 2019, refused to quash a money laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), against real estate firm VGN Developers Private Limited, related to the purchase of … READ FULL STORY
The zilla parishad will construct 5,000 forest ponds across Thane district in Maharashtra, in the next three months. The work on the project began on October 2, 2019, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, … READ FULL STORY
The director-general of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, has issued a directive dated September 16, 2019, stating that no idol immersion should be allowed in the Ganga river and … READ FULL STORY
Union housing and urban affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, on October 4, 2019, flagged off the first train on the Delhi Metro’s Dwarka-Najafgarh corridor (known as the Grey … READ FULL STORY
The Delhi Police has filed a supplementary charge sheet before a city court, against cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir and several others, for alleged criminal breach of trust and cheating flat buyers. Over 50 flat buyers … READ FULL STORY
Building plans in Ghaziabad will now be approved online, officials said, on September 28, 2019. Building plans on land measuring 300 metres or less will be approved within 24 hours, without any manual interface, … READ FULL STORY
