Jul152017
The Central Information Commission (CIC) organised a seminar on “Land Records and Right to Information (RTI) Act 2005”, here today. Addressing the seminar, Chief Information Commissioner Shri Radha Krishna Mathur said that almost half of the RTI queries received by the State Information Commissions relate to Land Records. He said Land Resources primarily being a State subject, it is incumben
Jul152017
The 2.5 Croreth LPG Connection under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was given out to Smt. Gouri Sarkar of Raghunathgunj by Hon’ble President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee in the presence of Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan and Sh. Abhijit Mukherjee, Hon’ble Member of Parliament in a function held today at Jangipur, West Bengal. This marked the completion of release of 2.5 crore LPG connections to women beneficiaries from below poverty line (BPL) households across the country under the PMUY.
Jul152017
A former mayor in central China’s Hunan Province who made headlines for drug use has been sentenced to seven years in prison on corruption charges.
The Intermediate People’s Court in Yueyang City handed down the verdict Friday to Gong Weiguo, former mayor of Linxiang City, after convicting him of taking bribes and abuse of power.
Gong was put under investigation by police following accusations he had used drugs in April 2015. Months later, he was expelled from the Communist Party of China and removed from his public post for “serious disciplinary violations,” including corruption and his drug use.
The court found that Gong accepted bribes worth 1.5 million yuan (230,000 U.S. dollars) and in return helped others obtain benefits from 2007 to 2015, when he worked in the cities of Miluo, Yueyang and Linxiang.
In addition, he illegally exempted real estate developers from administrative fees, resulting in government losses of nearly 16 million yuan.
Gong was also fined 300,000 yuan and had his illegal gains confiscated.
Jul152017
Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports shri Vijay Goel here today flagged off the 8th Slum Yuva Daud with shri Babul Supriyo, MoS Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise, shri Ramesh Bidhuri MP and Basketball players Divya, Prashanti, Akanksha and Pratima (prominently known as Singh Sisters). Today’s run started from Qutub Minar and ended at Govt. Boys & Girls School playground, Mehrauli. More than 3000 youth from Delhi slums participated and cheered by Babul Supriyo with songs before the run.
Jul152017
From the City Council :