The AAP government has directed the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) to hire 2,000 CNG-operated buses which would ply during the odd-even road rationing scheme starting from November 4, an official statement said on Thursday.
Good news for workers as Supreme Court upheld the AAP-led Delhi government's March 2017 notification and has allowed it to notify higher minimum wages for all workers. This notification announced a 37 per cent hike in minimum wages casual as well as daily wage workers. The case has been pending in courts for nearly two years now.
As per the government decision, permit charges for all taxis will be Rs 500, which presently ranged from Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,000, said the minister.
The Delhi government on Tuesday allowed the organisers of Ramlila, Durga Puja, Dusshera and other religious functions to use loudspeakers and public address system between 10 p.m. and 12 at midnight till October 9.
The clinic which started in 2015, is Delhi government's affordable health initiative and it has helped people by providing health facilities at almost their doorstep.
The event was held outside the Delhi Secretariat, which was attended by Food and Civil Supplies Minister Imran Hussain and several Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders.
The Delhi government on Friday had announced the onions in the city will be sold at Rs 23.90 per kg through mobile vans and at ration shops from Saturday.
"Delhi government today has cleared names of eight Delhi Police personnel for grant of ex gratia of Rs 1 crore who died while performing bonafide official duty," Revenue Minister Kailash Gahlot tweeted.
Dissatisfied with the slow pace of work on the installation of CCTV cameras, the Delhi government on Friday warned Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), which is executing the project, of Rs 16 crore penalty and blacklisting. According to an official statement, BEL is under a legal obligation to complete the work within nine months as per its agreement with the government.
The Central Board of Secondary Education on Tuesday decided to restore the practice of charging Rs 50 from schools for SC and ST candidates for 10th and 12th boards. The board while announcing the relief said that the rest of the enhanced amount will be paid by the Delhi government.
The Delhi government on Wednesday declared a two-day mourning in the national capital as a mark of respect for senior BJP leader and former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who passed away on Tuesday. Swaraj passed away at AIIMS, Delhi after suffering a cardiac arrest. She was 67.
"There are over 500 government lands where illegal mosques and graveyards are built. I object to such constructions on government land even if it is a mosque, temple or a gurdwara. But in the last five years I did not come to know about any such government land where an illegal temple or gurdwara is constructed," BJP MP Pravesh Verma said
To check rising tomato prices, the Delhi government on Monday directed agencies to take effective action against hoarding in the city.
The Delhi government has released Rs 500 crore for development works in unauthorised colonies, according to an official statement issued on Friday.
The Delhi government has released Rs 109 crore to all three municipal corporations here for dealing with vector borne diseases, such as dengue and chikungunya, in the ongoing monsoon season.
The Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi has decided to grant ownership rights to around 7,200 families that got agricultural land in the mid-70s under a programme for landless people.
Transport department of the Delhi government has notified 511 new auto stands across the city to facilitate commuters and address the problem of congestion.
The tender for 1,000 electric buses will open in August and they will start arriving from January, he said adding the entire batch will be on the city roads by April next year.
Delhi government is now planning to rope in robots to clean sewers in the national capital, especially those in narrow lanes. Social Justice Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam will travel to Kerala in July end to talk to a group of engineers in this regard.
The Delhi High Court on Monday sought response from Delhi government and city police over a plea seeking enforcement of certain provisions of Mental Healthcare Act.
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