PRASHANT PANDEY
MCD mulls toll tax rate increase
With 2011-12 being the last financial year before the next municipal elections, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi is finding it difficult to do the tightrope between “not burdening the common man” wi
‘Credit access to poor very limited’
A report of the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) has revealed that access to institutional credit to the common man, both in rural and urban areas, for constructing a house is a distant dream with
Sarkozys pray for a son
Having visited Taj Mahal on Saturday, French President Nicholas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni decided to skip their scheduled re-engagement at the “monument of love” on Sunday morning and instead d
Sarkozy, Bruni see Taj, will visit again today
Carla Bruni and her husband, French President, Nicholas Sarkozy made an unscheduled visit to the Taj Mahal on Saturday. They are once again expected to visit to the Taj Mahal again on Sunday.
DDA ’85 scheme is pending but active
The frenzy about the Delhi Development Authority’s latest housing scheme not withstanding, the civic body is yet to allot residential plots to successful allottees for “Residential Flats Registration Scheme-1985 for Slum areas and others”, a scheme that was floated way back in 1985.
MCD may ban basement in buildings near Yamuna
The MCD is now mulling over the possibility of “banning the basements” in the buildings close to the Yamuna banks, following the problem of their flooding, which is believed to be one of the major rea
Unholy nexus breeding unauthorised colonies
Barring the dead and those affected by their deaths, everybody loves an unauthorised construction. The history of unauthorised colonies, which otherwise spell weak structures, overlooked building by-laws, huge corruption and hapless people, is a long one in the capital. And it is the nexus between the police, politician and civic agency officials, which refuses to be broken.
N. Avenue shop’s paan for Prez
Not many shops find mention on any map on the Internet.
Hotel rooms offered at double the price?
Amid various allegations of corruption during the Commonwealth Games, the CAG and CVC are also believed to be looking into whether the OC offered rooms to various guests at nearly double the price tha
Govt punishes Emaar for faulty work
The Union urban development ministry has decided to confiscate the `183-crore bank guarantee of the private developer of the Commonwealth Games Village (CGV), Emaar-MGF. Also, all possible legal action would be taken against it.
