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AAP member Dr Shelly Oberoi's journey from DU professor to Delhi mayor

A councillor from ward no 86 of Patel Nagar constituency, Shelly was named mayoral candidate weeks after the AAP secured the majority in the MCD election

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Will inspect landfill sites in next 3 months: Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi

Delhi's newly elected Mayor Shelly Oberoi on Wednesday said the the AAP-led Municipal Corporation of Delhi will carry out inspection of landfill sites in the next three months. Minutes after taking charge, she told the House, "We have to work together to fulfil the aspirations of people". Oberoi defeated BJP candidate Rekha Gupta by 34 votes to emerge victorious in the mayoral polls that took place on Wednesday after much delay since the high-stakes civic polls and after three previous failed attempts to hold the election to the top post. Later, addressing media in her office, she fielded a few questions before moving back to the House to chair the conduct of the election for the deputy mayor of Delhi. "The 10 guarantees that CM Arvind Kejriwal has given to people, and the dreams that he has foreseen for Delhi, we will work on them," the AAP leader said, when asked what will be her priorities as a mayor. Asked if the election for the six members of the Standing Committee of the MC

Delhi Mayoral polls: Voting underway in MCD House amid heavy security

After three abortive attempts to elect mayor for the national capital, the voting process for the MCD mayoral poll on Wednesday began in the House amid heavy security.

Ahead of MCD meeting, BJP claims anything can happen in mayor election

A day before the MCD meeting to elect the city mayor, Delhi BJP leaders on Tuesday asserted that "anything can happen", hinting that the party was hopeful of springing a surprise despite AAP's majority and the Supreme Court ruling against voting by aldermen. The arithmetic favours the Aam Aadmi Party, which has 150 votes against the BJP's 113, out of a total of 274 votes in the mayoral polls. The BJP wants that Delhi gets its mayor at the earliest but AAP on one pretext or another is stalling it, charged Delhi BJP working president Virendra Sachdeva. "We will ensure that the city gets its mayor in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) meeting tomorrow. But, anything can happen there," Sachdeva said when asked about the prospects of the BJP candidate Rekha Gupta. In the civic body polls in December last year, the AAP ended BJP's 15-year rule over MCD winning 134 of the 250 wards. The BJP could manage to win 104 wards while Congress got nine and independents won three. Delhi BJP

MCD to use drone, hi-tech gadgets to combat dengue, focus on G20 sites

Drones and Artificial Intelligence-based platforms will be used by civic authorities as part of their comprehensive plan to combat dengue this year, with focussed fumigation at monument sites, hotels and markets in Delhi, which will host the G20 summit in September. According to a senior official of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), "Our plan is to make the city cleaner, safer and more vibrant" so that the visiting delegates of the influential bloc go back with a wonderful experience. India assumed the year-long presidency of G20 on December 1. More than 200 meetings of the G20 will be held at 55 locations across the country and the summit will take place here in September. In a statement on Saturday, the MCD said it has "envisioned a comprehensive and pro-active plan to prevent dengue this year with special focus on G-20 meeting venues, monuments, hotels, shopping mall, famous markets and other places of gathering of the delegates". In this comprehensive plan, one of the .

Delhi LG gives nod to convene MCD House, hold mayoral poll on February 22

Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) VK Saxena has given his nod to convene the municipal House on February 22 to hold the election for the post of mayor, Raj Niwas officials said on Saturday. The LG's nod came hours after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal recommended to him that the mayoral election be held on the said date. The development comes a day after the Supreme Court ordered the issuance of a notice within 24 hours for convening the first meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to fix the date of elections for the mayor, the deputy mayor and the members of the Standing Committee. In a shot in the arm for the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the apex court also held on Friday that the members nominated by the LG to the MCD cannot vote to elect the mayor. "Recommended MCD mayor elections to be held on 22 Feb," Kejriwal said in a tweet earlier in the day.

MCD passes schedule of taxes in civic budget 2023-24, says official

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi passed the "schedule of taxes" in the civic budget 2023-24 on Wednesday, a senior official said. The unprecedented move comes as Delhi is still to get a mayor, despite three attempts to hold the mayoral election. "The Corporation passed the schedule of taxes (in civic budget 2023-24) today," the official said. It was passed by the special officer of the MCD. The taxes, rates and cesses leviable in the year 2023-24 will remain the same that are prevalent as on today, the MCD said in a statement. The municipal commissioner had presented the MCD budget in December which included the revised budget estimate for 2022-23 and budget estimate for 2023-24, an official source had said. "The Corporation will pass the schedule of taxes (in civic budget 2023-24) tomorrow (Wednesday). The remaining part of the budget exercise will be carried out before March 31," a senior official had told PTI on Tuesday. "The MCD hopes that by that time the deliberative win

Councillors to declare assets to MCD secy as mayor not elected yet: Officer

MCD councillors in Delhi will declare their assets to the municipal secretary as the new mayor of Delhi is yet to be elected and the mayoral office is not in existence yet, a senior official said on Tuesday. According to the statutory requirement under the DMC Act 1957, a councillor shall, not later than 30 days after taking oath, and before the last day of the same month in each succeeding year, file with the mayor, the declaration of the assets owned by him and his or her family members -- spouse and dependent children. "Since the mayoral election has not been held till date, the councillors are required to submit these details to the office of the municipal secretary as he is the custodian of the papers of the municipal House," the senior official said. Once the mayoral election is held and the deliberative wing is in place, the municipal secretary will hand over the papers to the mayor, he added. On February 6, the municipal House in Delhi had failed to elect a mayor for the th

Rs 1,000 cr to be spent by Delhi govt on G20 summit prep, related events

It is estimated that more than Rs 1,000 crore will be spent by various Delhi government agencies on the preparations for the G20 summit and related events to be held in the city in the coming months, officials said on Monday. Apart from upgrading the civic infrastructure, the beautification work and such other preparations by various departments of the city government and the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) will cost Rs 1,084 crore, they added. Delhi will host the main summit meeting of the G20 (Group of 20) countries and seven other related events, starting March. Earlier this month, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had written a letter to the Centre, seeking a grant of Rs 927 crore to take up special development projects for the G20 summit. According to the officials, 26 Delhi government departments and central agencies are working on the preparations for the summit. The public works department (PWD), the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the NDMC will mainly be ..

Nominated members can't go for election, says SC on MCD mayoral polls

The top court was hearing a petition filed by AAP leader Shelly Oberoi in connection with the election of mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)

LG approves Feb 16 for convening of MCD House; 4th meeting to elect mayor

Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena has given his approval to convene the next session of the MCD House on February 16 for election to the post of mayor, his office said on Sunday. This will be the fourth meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) House since December's civic polls to elect the mayor. The last three meetings were adjourned amid ruckus and commotion over the decision to give voting rights to the aldermen. The government had sent the proposal to hold the House session on February 16 and Saxena accepted it, the Lt Governor's Office said. Besides the mayor, the House will also elect the deputy mayor and members of the standing committee. According to a note issued by Saxena, "As recommended by... (the) chief minister (of Delhi), I approve (the) proposal to convene the adjourned first meeting of Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Thursday, 16th February at Dr SP Mukherjee Civic Centre for election of mayor, deputy mayor and six members of the standing committee." Prave

MCD drafts 'Vision@2047' to improve education with infra upgrade, tech

The MCD has prepared a roadmap to improve the quality of primary education in Delhi with a 'vision document' focussing on the development of sports infrastructure, safety and hygiene in schools, and educating students about gender equality. Under 'Vision@2047', the Municipal Corporation of Delhi will focus on various initiatives to bolster its mechanism to impart primary education into a result-oriented system, officials said. "Marching forward with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision to make India a developed nation by 2047 under the 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' and to improve the quality of primary education in Delhi, the education department of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has prepared a roadmap -- 'Vision@2047'," the MCD said in a statement. In this direction, the civic body is implementing the National Education Policy 2020 in all its schools with all provisions, it said. The MCD has planned to promote the use of the mother tongue as the medium of education at the primary

SC seeks replies from LG's office on holding of mayoral election in MCD

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought responses from the office of Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, pro tem presiding officer Satya Sharma of MCD and others on a plea filed by Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) mayoral candidate Shelly Oberoi seeking early holding of mayoral election for the civic body. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala said it is issuing notice on the plea and seeking the replies from them by next Monday. Senior advocate AM Singhvi pointed that the session of the House was called three times but no election for the Mayor was held. We have several objections including that the pro tem presiding officer of the MCD is insisting on holding elections for Mayor, Deputy Mayor and members of standing committee all at once. This is contrary to the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, he said. The bench, which noted the submissions of Singhvi, said it will hear the matter on Monday.

AAP, BJP making mockery of people's mandate in MCD poll: Congress

The Delhi Congress on Monday lashed out at the BJP and the AAP, accusing them of stalling the mayoral elections and making a "mockery" of people's mandate in the MCD polls. Delhi Congress president Anil Chaudhary alleged that the AAP has betrayed the people of Delhi by "disrupting" the poll for the third time. He also accused the AAP councillors of clashing with the BJP councillors on the issue of allowing alderman to vote. The municipal House failed to elect a mayor for a third time in a month on Monday after a ruckus erupted over the nominated members being allowed to vote in the election to the post. "Why was the AAP rattled by the alderman getting voting rights if the new MCD Act has provision for that? It seems that both AAP and BJP have conspired to disrupt the mayoral elections as the third session of the MCD House at the Civic Centre also ended in a ruckus again. It has been two months since the MCD elections were held and the Capital is yet to get a Mayor," Chaudhary said.

Delhi mayor polls: Amid sloganeering, MCD House adjourned briefly

The AAP councillors also protested and raised slogans against the aldermen being allowed to vote for the mayoral election

Delhi govt releases Rs 2,000 cr for payment of wages to MCD staff

The Delhi govt released funds worth nearly Rs 2,000 crores. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia approved the disbursement of funds at a high-level meeting with the senior officials of the govt

HC unhappy over unhealthy pattern of authorities not filing reports in time

The Delhi High Court has expressed displeasure over an "unhealthy pattern" of government authorities, state departments and corporations not filing replies and status reports on petitions in time and warned them of imposing costs if time schedule for pleadings is not adhered to. The high court observed that usually all the governmental authorities, despite specific directions, are unable to file affidavits within the specified time schedule and choose to do so just one or two days before the date of hearing. "The court is constrained to observe that there is an unhealthy pattern of governmental authorities, state departments and corporations not filing the counter affidavits and status reports as per the timelines prescribed by the court... "It is made clear that costs would be liable to be imposed if the time schedule for pleadings fixed by the court is not adhered to, Justice Prathiba M Singh said. The court was hearing a petition by the Wazirpur Bartan Nirmata Sangh stating that

AAP's protest at MCD House: Patriotic songs, snacks and camaraderie

Hot cups of chai, snacks, patriotic songs and dollops of camaraderie -- this is how AAP members sustained their nearly five-hour-long peaceful protest inside the chamber of the municipal House which failed to elect a mayor on Tuesday. Soon as the House was adjourned till a further date by presiding officer Satya Sharma around 3 pm, AAP members, including its 13 MLAs and three MPs, refused to budge from it, and accused the BJP of "running away from the mayoral poll". The protest was finally called off around 8 pm when party MP Sanjay Singh and MLA Durgesh Pathak addressed the AAP leaders, and asserted that their mayor and deputy mayor will be eventually elected. Earlier, the AAP members seemed to made merry while lodging a protest sitting in the Aruna Asaf Ali hall. Many councillors took turns to sing songs, largely patriotic numbers like 'Rang de Basanti', 'Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon' and 'Dil Diya Hai', and one member even recited 'Vande Mataram'. The House proceedings began around 1

Delhi MCD Mayoral election postponed over ruckus for second time

This is the second attempt of the civic body to elect its first single mayor in 10 years following the unification of its three divisions last year