GHMC decides to overhaul half of its fleet of 700 vehicles which have crossed their stipulated period of 15 years
The TDP hopes to gain from the fight between the Congress and the MIM and gain access to the Standing Committee in the elections in early June. As the all-important Standing Committee election at the GHMC is scheduled for June 6 speculations are rife whether the rift between the Congress and the MIM would enable [...]
A well-meaning direct interface between the civic officials and the public brings in a large number of complaints against illegal constructions. Hyderabad: The weekly Prajavani programme of GHMC where the civic administration responds to citizens’ grievances in a direct manner is bringing an avalanche of popular complaints against unlawful constructions and encroachments. While the direct [...]
The rule, if implemented honestly, will augment civic revenue but many know builders and civic officials play hand-in-hand and deprive the civic body of its rightful dues. TDP floor leader accuses the Town Planning department of reeking with corruption. Hyderabad: With the GHMC aiming to raise its revenue by enforcing setback norms for even 100 [...]
A SOUL team that visited the Manikonda Lake was shocked to see the recent developments, with construction activity in full swing everywhere. Once a big lake, it has shrunk to one-third its size with debris dumped all around.
After the exemplary initiative to demolish encroachments in Mysamma Cheruvu Lake the other day, the mayor seems to have slowed down. However, the broader subject of the assault on water bodies is brushed aside by all at the GHMC, which shows the pressure being exerted by land sharks.
There is a growing perception among corporators that officials are taking them for a ride on public works. The issue of ‘budget variation’ has strengthened their view. “It is them [officials] who are enjoying the fruits of the corporation. What we get is crumbs,” bemoaned a corporator. According to him, corporators get only one per [...]
Only 14 out of 626 functions halls in the City are licensed! These ‘illegal’ venues add to the city’s traffic and parking woes and nobody questions them. Hyderabad: In a glaring instance of the wayward working style of the Town Planning department, it is learnt that only 14 function halls within the GHMC limits have permission [...]
The party leadership is making the corporators work hard to raise the Assembly tally, while other party members are on a jolly ride to many cities. Hyderabad: Setting an example to other parties, the ruling party of the GHMC, the MIM, decided to skip the annual ‘study tour’ to other cities as it wanted Hyderabad’s [...]
Golf course by APTDC in the historical fort seeks to mar the beauty, say farmers. “We have been sandwiched between the farmers and the APDTC”, says ASI official, who made a visit to Naya Quila with the purported objective of reshaping the water streams inside the fort. Officials of Archaeological Survey of India, the GHMC and [...]
It’s David vs Goliath as Rajasthan take on Mumbai’s might
Kolkata: They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier here tomorrow to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Pepsi IPL. On paper, Mumbai Indians may appear stronger but Rajasthan will be [...]
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Washington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US last week won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination as [...]
It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways”. “I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to [...]
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A footage is doing the rounds on TV channels where apparently two constables in UP are sorting matters out between them the hard way, raining each other with blows, not verbal, but with their lathis. One look at the video will tell you there seems to be something seriously wrong with the discipline among the [...]
So the thief is in the ship after all. The Mumbai police revelation that Gurunath Melyappan, son-in-law of BCCI Chief Srinivasan, was in constant touch with Vindoo Dhara Singh, now in police custody over betting, leaves no scope for imagination. Little wonder such brazen betting prospered over IPL. It now raises the question: was the [...]
Humorist Jaspal Bhatti, had he been alive, would have found stunning material for a flop show in the BJP’s behaviour of late. How the ‘national opposition party’ turned into a ‘notional’ party is a story worth caricaturing with potential for record viewing-rate.
Chinese president Xi Jinping is a chemical engineer. No wonder he knows the chemical formula to pursue his country’s global ambitions. If anybody in India believed Xi would extend a warm friendship to this country, he should be naive. He has been on a global Sino initiative to widen the Chinese visions of the century. [...]
“India is China’s important neighbour. (The purpose of) my current visit to India is three-fold — to increase mutual interest, intensify cooperation and to face the future,” said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his visit to India. To this the Indian prime minister’s response could n0t have been more fitting that “the rest of the [...]
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