40 city forests developed, says Dikshit

Written by Jayanta Monday, 02 September 2013

( 0 Votes )Tribune News Service New Delhi, August 21 Delhi’s green cover has gone up considerably. The credit for it goes to schoolchildren and eco-clubs, said Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today while inaugurating a plantation drive in the complex of Delhi Jal Board Water Treatment Plant at Kondli. The Chief Minister said that society would have to...

Property prices up by 15 per cent in Delhi-NCR: Report

Written by Jayanta Sunday, 01 September 2013

( 0 Votes )NEW DELHI: Property prices have increased by an average 15 per cent in the Delhi-NCR during Apri-June quarter of this fiscal against the year-ago period, according to a report. In Delhi-NCR, Gurgaon Sector-54 saw the highest appreciation in property prices of about 87 per cent during April-June 2013 over April-June 2012, the company said in a...

DDA gives nod for allotting flats built under EWS scheme

Written by Jayanta Sunday, 01 September 2013

( 0 Votes )The process of allotting 2,383 houses in Dwarka under the economically weaker section (EWS) category will finally be initiated by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). The decision was taken in the DDA authority meeting held on Monday. These flats have been lying ready since March this year and housing under this scheme will be allotted under a...

High Court order likely to end villages’ 100-year wait for land ownership rights

Written by Jayanta Friday, 30 August 2013

( 0 Votes )At a time when the Delhi government has granted legal status to 1,600 unauthorised colonies in the capital city, a cluster of villages in West Delhi, whose residents paid what was called ‘chullah’ tax for more than six decades to live there, still cannot claim ownership to the land though steps to grant them that right were initiated...