Ruling in Safdarjung Cooperative Group Housing Society case was delivered in two parts. The first dealt with conviction, and the second with sentencing.
The Ridge was ‘declared’ as a Reserved Forest back in 1913 by the British, and again in 1994 by the Delhi forest dept. The 2025 declaration by CM Rekha Gupta is just the latest.
Senior architects are contrasting the Yamuna floodplains project with Central Vista and Ram Mandir. They find that the DDA project lacks the seriousness of intent that the other two had.
Two crucial land reforms proposed for Delhi’s development—land pooling policy and green development area policy—have been hanging fire for over a decade.
Several departments and agencies under housing ministry have 10-50% posts lying vacant, according to response given in Rajya Sabha. CPWD has 27% of sanctioned posts vacant.
In affidavit, VK Saxena defends DDA for going ahead with tree felling in Delhi, saying it was done on premise that CEC’s positive recommendation to axe trees was final clearance needed.
DDA allotted land for expansion & felled trees in Ridge area without clearance, drawing SC's ire. Moreover, farmhouse owners allege DDA altered the plan to favour one side over the other.
Mehrauli Archaeological Park is Qutub Minar’s forgotten cousin. It’s dogged by a tug-of-war between multiple agencies, patchy preservation, and few visitors.
SC observed that 'over 633' trees were felled for construction of 10.5 km road network. A look at how DDA 'failed' to get necessary permissions & why SC has questioned LG’s role in this.
ThePrint recaps some other large government projects in Delhi that have come under the scanner for allegedly failing to comply with rules & regulations concerning felling of trees.
Even as India, Pakistan have seemed on the edge of war, their intelligence services have often sought to find space to de-escalate tensions and reduce risks for the two countries.
Speaking at 2nd Investor Connect, CM Vishnu Deo Sai says 'we have been able to attract a lot of investors.' The focus of the event was the steel sector.
Not only did S-400 record its longest hit during India-Pakistan 88-hour conflict, ability of the system to shoot and scoot in a short time, which allows it to evade enemy fire, was also proved.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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