The much-awaited Delhi Master Plan 2047 may soon be revealed. It is learnt that Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu and Chief Minister Rekha Gupta could address a press conference later this week to announce the notification of the plan, which was approved by the Delhi Development Authority last week.
In the wings
Birthday message and a Thumbs up from PM
India’s economic development under Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s stewardship got a thumbs up from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday. While wishing Sitharaman on her birthday, the PM posted on X that she was “adding momentum to our endeavour of being a strong and self-reliant India. May she be blessed with a long and healthy life.” Thanking him for the wishes, Sitharaman said the PM’s guidance served as motivation.
Back in the bar to cast his vote
Tuesday’s election to the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) saw former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar turning up to cast his vote. Dhankhar, a designated senior advocate, has been practising in the SC since the 1990s. Sources said that after a break, during which he was Governor of West Bengal and later Vice President, Dhankhar resumed his membership of the bar body earlier this year. Senior Advocate Pradeep Rai was elected SCBA president in the election which saw an estimated 82 per cent turnout.
Date Awaited
Fourteen months after the first annual general meeting of the newly reconstituted Prime Ministers’ Museum & Library Society was held in June last year, the administration is yet to fix a day for this year’s meeting. The 47th annual general meeting in 2025 was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and also attended by Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman, Dharmendra Pradhan, Ashwini Vaishnaw and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
From Op Sindoor to Swadeshi, Joshi’s film fest passion
The newly appointed Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha president and Vadodara MP Hemang Joshi has a somewhat little-known interest — organising film festivals. He organised a film festival on ‘Operation Sindoor’ on October 25, 2025, and then a short film festival on ‘Har ghar desi ghar ghar swadeshi’ in December 2025. He is learnt to have organised many other thematic short-film festivals with youth organisations and foundations.
Three hours with Gen Z, Nabin’s longest youth outreach
Underlining the newfound significance of the youth following protests in Delhi, BJP national president Nitin Nabin is scheduled to hold a three-hour interaction with Gen Z representatives during his trip to Vizag on Tuesday. Of the seven separate events which he is scheduled to attend during his stay, Nabin’s three-hour-long engagement with the youth is second only to his meeting with the state executive, which is scheduled for four-and-a-half hours. Nabin will also interact with district presidents and other office-bearers for an hour and with elected representatives such as MPs, MLAs and MLCs for two hours.
Change, Clarity
Weeks after the Cabinet Secretariat issued a notification bifurcating the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in July, sources say the two new departments are still adjusting to the change. While the CPWD and NBCC, the two construction arms of the ministry, have been listed under Department of Capital Development, sources say the majority of their projects are outside Delhi. Urban transport as a subject is under Department of Urban Development, while Delhi Metro and NCRTC are under Department of Capital Development, even though DMRC works as a consultant on metro projects outside the capital. It is learnt that efforts are on to bring clarity on some of the issues.
Venkaiah Naidu, usually away from BJP events, makes a rare exception
Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu made a rare appearance at a BJP event in Delhi on Sunday when he inaugurated 25 Atal Canteens to mark former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s 8th death anniversary. Naidu, who had resigned from the BJP after being named NDA’s candidate for the post of Vice President in 2017 and usually stays away from the party events, made an exception to break bread with Delhi CM Rekha Gupta, BJP Lok Sabha MPs from Delhi, and other senior leaders.
Moving Out
With the demolition of one of the oldest post-Independence government offices in Lutyens’ Delhi, Krishi Bhawan, likely to start soon, the Ministries of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry are set to move out of the iconic building and out of Lutyens’ Delhi altogether. It is learnt that the two ministries will soon be relocated to the government office complex at Netaji Nagar in South Delhi, while the sites of Krishi Bhawan and neighbouring Shastri Bhawan are to be redeveloped into new secretariat buildings.