Facing a severe cash crunch, the MCD has decided to launch an action plan to ensure optimum collection of property tax. While a detailed action plan for improving the property-related revenue for the corporation has been suggested by the Municipal valuation committee, for the time being, the MCD will focus on recovering the arrears

With the monsoon season in full swing and construction and dug up pits all around in abundance, the menace of dengue is keeping the authorities concerned. The Delhi government has formed a task force that would keep a check on the spread of the disease. Already, the total number of dengue cases in the capital has crossed the 250-mark and it is only the middle of August. The dengue numbers continue to show up even past mid-October.

A 22-year-old youth was stabbed to death by two bike-borne men in Mansarovar Park area of northeast Delhi on Monday afternoon when he resisted their robbery attempt.
The police said the deceased has been identified as Sanjay, 22, a resident of JJ colony in Wazirpur area. The assailants, who stabbed Sanjay in his abdomen multiple t

Army Chief Gen. V.K. Singh visited Leh on Monday in the wake of the massive tragedy caused by the recent cloudburst there, even as India cancelled the annual civilian trek to Siachen glacier (to have taken place later this year) on account of the tragedy, Army sources confirmed on Monday.

Former RJD MP Rajesh Ranjan, alias Pappu Yadav, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment in an MLA’s murder case and was out on bail for the last three months, was arrested by the CBI from a private hospital in Gurgaon on the outskirts of the capital.

After a gap of 13 years, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav is back as a chief ministerial candidate, with the RJD-LJP alliance on Monday making public their seat adjustment for this year’s Bihar Assembly elections.

The CWC, the highest decision-making body of the party, on Monday expressed concern over the current situation in the Kashmir Valley where “some elements are misguiding youths”.

The BJP’s Bihar unit chief C.P. Thakur on Monday offered to resign over the party’s internal survey, showing that the BJP was rapidly losing ground in the poll-bound state.
Sources disclosed Dr Thakur offered his resignation during a meeting of the party top brass and senior state unit leaders. However, party chief Nitin Gadkari refused to accept his resignation and asked him to continue.

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi is all set to be re-elected as party president on September 17. The schedule for the party presidential election was finalised at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting here on Monday.

The issue of hike in salary and allowances of MPs figured in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday with members wanting to know by when the government proposed to increase their wages.