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Delhi LG plants 300 cherry blossom and chinar saplings on 3 Yamuna Islands

Under the guidance of Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Sunday to add a new dimension to Yamuna rejuvenation and Delhi's aesthetic upgradation, 300 saplings (150 saplings each) of Cherry Blossom and Chinar were planted at three islands in the Yamuna between Qudsia Ghat and ITO Barrage. Read further on…

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LG Saxena inspects Yamuna floodplains in North East Delhi

Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena on Saturday inspected Yamuna floodplains on Shastri Park-Bela Farm-Garhi Mandu stretch in North-East Delhi and instructed officials to immediately ensure steps to clean, restore and rejuvenate the 11 km degraded flood plains. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Mehrauli demolition: Survey DDA relied on was found incomplete by HC panel last year

Before the demolition drive in south Delhi’s Mehrauli was halted by the Delhi High Court, anxious residents would wake up each day and ask themselves: “Who’s next?” “Who has got a stay?”

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Pollution in River Yamuna: NGT constitutes High-Level Committee for Delhi, to be headed by LG

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday constituted a High-Level Committee (HLC) of concerned authorities in Delhi where pollution of Yamuna is higher (about 75 per cent), compared to other river basins States. Read on for details:

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A DDA official went missing a month ago. His family alleges cops are involved

Shiv Kumar’s family has printed another 1,000 posters, in addition to the 4,000 already pasted at various locations across Delhi, in the hope that these will lead them to their son – who went missing over a month ago after he was briefly detained at the Model Town police station…

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Sunderland Empire theatre bar will be removed and replaced with a smaller but 'more atmospheric' one

The adaptations have been designed to 'better aid circulation around the space and into the stalls' and compliment the foyer bar, according to the plans submitted to Sunderland City Council

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No compensation two months after sewer deaths in Delhi

Two months after two men died while cleaning a sewer line in Delhi’s Bakkarwala, the compensation due to their families is held up as different government entities squabble in court.

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Delhi says it has no manual scavengers. How have over 45 of them died in 5 years?

In 2013, with much fanfare, India’s Supreme Court abolished manual scavenging. It sought to “correct the historical injustice and indignity suffered by manual scavengers” – and directed states to do the same.

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Kejriwal protecting Sisodia to shield himself, says Congress

Party General Secretary Ajay Maken implicates BJP too in the excise scam

The Hindu

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

I really enjoy learning from the often diverse panel, analysing/dissecting the current news, as well as absorbing the opinions. So glad to have one English medium that does not shy away from discussing the rising brazen injustices in India.

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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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