The counsel argued that “if the present projects were permitted, it would hasten the environmental devastation of the nation’s capital”.

Environment experts, however, raised doubts about the species of trees which will be planted to replace existing ones.

Kabal Singh said that after returning to Punjab from Delhi, Sandoa was living at a rented house in Ropar. He said the family decided to build a new house for themselves in their village because it was cheaper to live in a village.

The State Information Commission will hear the case on June 26, resuming the hearing after six years.

Till date, Dr. Oberoi has saved 93 Indians, mostly Punjabis, from the death sentence by paying blood money worth Rs. 20 crore and by fighting their cases in the courts free of cost.

The petition has claimed that planting of saplings in another location as compensatory afforestation would not reduce the burden which would be put on the environment due to the large-scale felling of trees.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs had on Thursday said 14,031 trees would be cut out of the existing 21,040 trees for the redevelopment of seven south Delhi colonies of Nauroji Nagar, Netaji Nagar, Sarojini Nagar, Mohammadpur, Sriniwaspuri, Kasturba Nagar and Thyagaraj Nagar.

Kejriwal had to give a miss to the International Yoga Day celebrations in Delhi on Thursday and leave for Bengaluru to undergo a ten-day naturopathy treatment.

"Ever since the local train left Borivali station, we found that the coach was not cooling. Initially, we thought that the AC would start soon. But despite crossing few stations on the way, there was no sign of it," a passenger said

Father alleged that despite his son getting grievously injured in the accident, policemen on duty did not provide any medical help. Instead the family after coming to know about the accident reached there and took him to hospital.

BJP MLA Alka Rai told The Indian Express that on Wednesday, some women of the village had alleged that police teams led by the SO and CO came to their houses, picked up valuables and misbehaved with them.

Mayor Bijal Patel said that the Smart City Ahmedabad Development Company Ltd (a special purpose vehicle for execution of projects) received the award.

"All I can say is that the probe by the Army is on. I cannot share any more details," Colonel Maneesh Singh, probing the matter, told The Indian Express.

Farmers in Surat have filed petitions seeking quashing of land notifications

he complaint by the editor of a local paper claimed that Rahul put up social media posts trying to create caste divisions and identifying teenagers who were ‘punished’ in Jalgaon for swimming in a pond.

Meanwhile, a man named Kuldeep Singh from Lucknow claimed on Twitter that the official had not misbehaved with the woman.

The political situation in the Dangs took a U-turn on Wednesday when two Congress members, who had defected to the BJP two-and-half years ago, returned to the party fold.

Meanwhile, the police had recovered several materials from the Kasnasur and Nainar operation spots. These included 32 memory cards found on the body of Naxal leader Srini killed at Nainar.

The tribal development department subsequently launched the Van Mitra programme to first train officials on the law and then to clear or reopen tens of thousands of pending or erroneously rejected claims and appeals.