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Back to drawing board: Delhi LG V K Saxena wants master plan to sharpen focus on slums

NEW DELHI: LG V K Saxena will review the draft of the Master Plan for Delhi 2041 once again. “The LG raised points that basically address the issue of ensuring non-proliferation of slums in Delhi,” said an official who didn’t wish to be identified. “He also wants that the MPD…

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Delhi HC nod to Dwarka drain on tree transplanting promise

NEW DELHI: Tree felling in the capital for public projects can only be allowed as long as agencies ensure that trees are transplanted, Delhi High Court said on Friday.

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Nod to changes in Pradhan Mantri-Unauthorised Colony in Delhi Awas Adhikar Yojna regulations

New Delhi: The Union minister for housing and urban affairs has approved proposals to change the Pradhan Mantri - Unauthorised Colony in Delhi Awas Adhikar Yojna (PM-UDAY) regulations in order to remove some bottlenecks.

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Allow compensatory plantation in neighbour states, pleads Delhi Development Authority

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has written to the Union environment ministry, requesting it to allow compensatory afforestation (CA) for all projects undertaken in the city in the neighbouring states in view of a scarcity of land in the national capital.

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Delhi: At 60-90% survival rate, plantation drives show ‘good’ result

NEW DELHI: A third-party audit of plantations undertaken by various authorities has revealed that the survival rate for 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 varied from 60% to 90%.

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AAP MLA detained for obstructing DDA's demolition drive at Kalyanpuri: Delhi Police

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Kuldeep Kumar was detained on Wednesday for allegedly obstructing a demolition drive being carried out by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), police said. The AAP MLA from Kondli (East) reached the spot in Kalyanpuri's Khichripur area when the demolition started to protest against…

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Hafta letters: AAP’s politics, Elon Musk taking over Twitter, Disha Salian’s media trial

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Sands of time: Get up close with nature amid revamp of Yamuna floodplain

NEW DELHI: Delhi Development Authority's two-week long programme to celebrate the 75 years of India's independence through events themed on the rejuvenation of the Yamuna floodplain kicked off on Saturday.

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Land-pooling policy: 30-year traffic projection to drive mobility

NEW DELHI: To ensure that the new road network at sectors developed under the land-pooling policy not only have space for all users, but are also created keeping in mind the traffic projection of the next 30 years, the Delhi Development Authority is going to prepare a ‘mobility plan’.

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Delhi: Last chance to go for 18.3k flats on offer under special DDA scheme

NEW DELHI: If you want to apply for a flat under Delhi Development Authority (DDA) ‘Special’ Housing Scheme, Monday is your last chance. Sources, however, said that the last date might be extended.

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Dalits claim Delhi streets over demolition of Ravidas Mandir

The roads in the national capital were in shambles on Wednesday as thousands of followers of Guru Ravi Das took to the streets and rallied from Ambedkar Bhavan to Ram Leela Maidan, protesting the recent demolition of the Ravidas Mandir in the Tughlakabad forest area.

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#RavidasTemple: Politicians queue up with opinions, but residents call it a ‘matter of faith’

The demolition of the Saint Guru Ravidas Temple in New Delhi has created a stir over the last 10 days. A bandh was held in Punjab last week and exams were postponed in the state as protests boiled against the demolition of the temple in Tughlaqabad Extension by the Delhi…

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Monster city

“There once was a fair city, among cities of the world, the first in fame, it hath been ruined and laid desolate, to that city I belong, Delhi is its name.” So, said the renowned poet Mir Taqi Mir, over 200 years ago. If Mir were alive today, he would…

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Passing The Buck: AoL’s affidavit to the NGT has more holes than the flood plain

Ironically, the man to whom these profound words of wisdom are attributed heads an organisation that appears to have blatantly lied to the court. Newslaundry has evidence that “educational and humanitarian movement” of Art of Living (AoL), which makes more than Rs 80 crore in revenue and is headed by…

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The art of killing a river: The courtroom drama that led to the NGT verdict against Art of Living

Seventy four species of macrophytes, 90 species of phytoplankton, 62 species of zooplankton, 55 species of benthos, 36 fish species and 131 bird. A natural thermostat for the city. One ancient river.

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