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Delhi Govt starts process to regularize 51 colonies
The Delhi Government has finally cleared a list of 51 unauthorised colonies for regularisation. After approving the names of these colonies the Government forwarded the list to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for approval.
Before notification, the Standing Committee of MCD will have to approve the proposal. The Delhi Government had promised to regularise [...]
Rahul Gandhi reshuffle YC, NSUI Chief
Nearly four years after he started the process of democratisation in the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) and the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) by holding organisational elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has taken the next step forward by expanding the role and functions of these wings. In the process, he has also re-distributed [...]
Shiela Dikshit gets nod for MCD split
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi will be restructured after all. Two days after chief minister Sheila Dikshit met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and reiterated the need to restructure the municipal body before the 2012 municipal polls, the party brass has indicated it’s not averse to a split. It will, in fact, allow the state [...]
Sheila met Sonia,Mayor met P Chidambaram for MCD Restrcturing
The restructuring of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) kept politicians of both parties in the city on their toes on Thursday.
While Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit met Congress party president Sonia Gandhi in the morning to reiterate the need to break up the MCD into smaller parts, Delhi mayor Rajni Abbi too made [...]
Chief Minister of Delhi : Sheila Dikshit
Sheila Dikshit (born 31 March 1938) is a Delhi(India) Chief minister. She is from the Indian National Congress. Dikshit was sworn in as the Chief Minister for a third consecutive term of the Government of Delhi state in January 2009 after pulling a victory in November 2008 state elections. She is the second woman [...]
Sheila Dikshit urges more women representatives in MCD
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said 50 percent seats will be reserved for women under the new set up proposed for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).
Addressing a symposium on the Role of Women in the forthcoming MCD elections, Dikshit said: ‘Fifty percent seats will be reserved under the new set up of MCD [...]
Congress Holds Protest Against MCD
Congress held demonstrations across the city demanding immediate roll back of hike in toll tax for commercial vehicles, effected by BJP-ruled Municipal Corporation of Delhi.
The demonstrations are seen as Congress launching the election campaign for the municipal polls in the city which are scheduled to take place in April next year.
Slamming the BJP for [...]