New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday flagged off 300 new zero-emission electric buses, inducting them into the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) fleet. The new fleet comprises 195 nine-metre electric buses under the ‘DEVI’ category and 105 state-of-the-art 12-metre electric buses.During the event, Home Minister Amit Shah virtually laid the foundation stone for the state-of-the-art High-Security Prison at Narela to accommodate more than 250 inmates…
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New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the Delhi government’s ambitious plantation drive will transform the Ridge into the “green lungs” of the city, and the environment in the National Capital will get a “new lease of life”. This came as HM Shah inaugurated the Delhi government’s ambitious drive to plant 70 lakh trees during a ‘Mega Tree Plantation Drive’ at 34 locations.During this, HM Shah planted a sapling in the Central Ridge area, which houses the President’…
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday inaugurated the Delhi government’s ambitious drive to plant 70 lakh trees during a ‘Mega Tree Plantation Drive’ at 34 locations. During this, HM Shah planted a sapling in the Central Ridge area, which houses the President’s Bodyguard.Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, Lok Sabha MPs Manoj Tiwari and Yogender Chandolia, and Delhi Ministers Parvesh Verma and Manjinder Singh Sirsa were also p…
Patna, July 6 (IANS) The political contest for Bihar’s high-profile Bankipur Assembly by-election has intensified, with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) announcing Rekha Gupta as its candidate on Monday. The announcement came a day after election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor, founder of Jan Suraaj, declared that he would contest the July 30 by-election himself.The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has traditionally held the Bankipur seat, is yet to announce its candidate.RJD Stat…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Reaffirming the commitment to citizen-centric governance, Delhi Lieutenant Governor T.S. Sandhu and Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday reviewed the launch and implementation of various measures and campaigns under ‘Child Protection Month’. During the meeting, attended by Chief Secretary Rajeev Verma and Police Commissioner Satish Golcha, Sandhu issued directions to be implemented for child protection as a sustained priority.As part of the review, the Directorate of Edu…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Amidst the Opposition’s caustic swipe at BJP National President Nitin Nabin and subsequent war of words, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed his simplicity, conduct and high moral character.He shared a post of Nabin’s college friend, a noted journalist, where the latter describes his humble beginnings and a penchant to stay grounded while shunning any privileged treatment owing to his political background.”This simplicity and straightforwardness is a matter of pride for …
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said that the government’s new Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy aims to provide an end-to-end solution to tackle pollution, strengthen clean mobility and make electric vehicles the preferred mode of transport in the national capital.Addressing concerns over the policy, Gupta said it has been designed not just around purchase incentives but also around charging infrastructure, vehicle scrapping, e-waste management and long-term environmental…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday participated in the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Sammelan organised in the Hari Nagar, Janakpuri and Rajouri Garden Assembly constituencies and addressed public gatherings. Highlighting the transformative development, good governance, welfare initiatives for the poor and unprecedented progress in infrastructure achieved across the country over the past 12 years under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, she said that the vis…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Poor planning and lax supervision by Delhi Tourism officials exposed the underbelly of the city’s marquee event – 35th Annual Mango Festival – as rain, choked approach roads and illegal parking left some visitors with a bitter experience over the weekend at Dilli Haat, Janakpuri. A Hari Nagar resident complained that despite paying valid parking charges, his car got stuck among haphazardly parked private buses in an official parking lot near Dilli Haat, Janakpuri, …
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor on Sunday wrote to Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, urging her to conduct surprise inspections on main roads to expose the encroachment mafia, allegedly promoted by Opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs, in the Chandni Chowk, Ballimaran, Matia Mahal and Sadar Bazar Assembly constituencies. Kapoor urged that the Chief Minister personally assess the deteriorating condition of these roads and the growing encr…