The land around the lake is shared by the Centre, Delhi and Haryana governments, farmers, and private owners, with multiple agencies involved in its revival and the ongoing legal battle.
Though only 2 percent of its total length, the 54 km section of the river that flows through Delhi accounts for over 75 percent of its total pollution load.
A crowd of nearly 500 workers from 11 different departments of the Delhi govt waited in anticipation outside the national capital’s Secretariat, demanding job security.
The man, an auto driver, survived the attack. He had intervened after spotting the accused, his friends vandalising the tanker which had run over his friend. Tanker driver is absconding.
Delhi's private tanker mafia is exploiting every avenue to meet the rising demand. Siphoning water from Jal Board is less risky than extracting it from Yauma or diverting it from canals in Haryana.
The ED has alleged that bribe money generated from corruption in a contract issued by the DJB was ‘passed on’ as election funds to the ruling Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi.
The Enforcement Directorate alleges that bribe money generated from corruption in a contract issued by Delhi Jal Board was 'passed on' as election funds to AAP.
Kejriwal has skipped another ED summons, this time in case related to misappropriation of funds in Delhi Jal Board contract. ED says main suspect funnelled bribes to AAP as 'election funds'.
The ED had summoned Kejriwal for questioning Monday in a money laundering probe linked to alleged irregularities in the DJB, making it the second such case against the Delhi CM.
The case has been registered under IPC Section 304(A), death by negligence, at Vikaspuri police station after the victim's body was recovered around 3 pm Sunday.
In this climate of populism, the clamour for accountability can easily transform into evaluation becoming a lever of control rather than a tool for feedback and improvement.
ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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