The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notices to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and the State Election Commission (SEC) on a plea moved by Aapki Apni Party (Peoples). The petitioner has moved the court as the party's name is not mentioned in the list for MCD polls and the candidates' names have been shown as independent candidates with the party symbol. The petitioner has challenged this.

New Delhi Jan 20 PTI The Delhi forest department has exempted an area of 663 hectares for the construction of the Vice-President Enclave under the Central Vista redevelopment project and 396 trees will be transplanted from the project siteThe proposed Vice-President Enclave will come up next to the North Block and the Rashtrapati Bhavan for which the Central Public Works Department CPWD has estimated a cost of around Rs 214 croreAccording to a notification issued on January 14 there are 717 trees at the project site of which 321 will be retained and 396 transplantedWhile 135 trees will be transplanted within the project site the CPWD has been asked to transplant261 trees at the NTPC Eco Park in Badarpur with their own fundsIn exercise of the powers conferred by section 29 of the Delhi Preservation of Trees Act 1994 the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi hereby in public interest exempts an area of 663 ha approx for developmentredevelopment of Vice-President Enclave the notification read The CPWD has also been asked to plant3960 saplings of Neem Amaltas Peepal Pilkhan Gular BargadArjun and other native tree species at the NTPC Eco Park as compensatory plantation and deposit an amount of Rs 225 crore for the maintenance of the saplings for a period of seven yearsThe redevelopment of the Central Vista the nations power corridor envisages a new Parliament building a common central secretariat revamping of the three-km Rajpath from the Rashtrapati Bhavan to the India Gate a new office and a residence for the prime minister and a new Vice-President EnclaveAccording to the CPWD Central Vista houses only 22 of the 51 ministries of the Centre In some cases a ministry has offices split between different buildings This scattering of ministry offices across Delhi hampers the efficiency of administration and increases operational costs and energy usageThe consolidated common central secretariat will have modern offices and facilities for all the 51 ministries PTI GVS RC

Chandigarh [India], December 22 (ANI): Haryana Government passed the Haryana Excise (Amendment) Bill 2021 in the state legislative assembly, lowering the minimum age of consuming alcohol from 25 to 21 years.

New Delhi [India], October 10 (ANI): Delhi Sessions Court has stayed the order of a magistrate court, which directed the city police to lodge an FIR against a man and his relatives for an alleged forceful abortion complaint filed by his wife in 2017.

New Delhi [India], August 29 (ANI): The Ministry of Finance on Sunday extended the last date of the availing benefit of the late fee amnesty scheme to December 30, 2021. The ministry also extended the time limit for filing the application for revocation of cancellation of registration under the GST Act to September 30, 2021.