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Odisha On Alert Mode After Cholera Cases Detected In Rourkela
With the detection of some cases of cholera in Odisha's Rourkela city, the state government on Tuesday directed health housing and urban development secretaries to visit the city to monitor the situation at ground level.
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"Is This A Cinema Hall?": Patna Judge Reprimands Bureaucrat
The incident, a video of which is going viral on social media, is from the court of Justice PB Bajanthri. The officer in question is Anand Kishor who is the Principal Secretary for Housing and Urban Development in the Bihar government.
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Poll Panel Seeks Clarification Over Bengal Minister Holding 2 Offices Of Profit
The Election Commission has written to West Bengal Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha, seeking to know if state Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim, who is also the chairman of Kolkata Municipal Corporation Board, is holding two offices of profit.
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J&K Bureaucrats In Quarantine After Top Official Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Many top bureaucrats of Jammu and Kashmir have been quarantined after a senior officer tested positive for coronavirus. Dheeraj Gupta, Principal Secretary in the Union Territory's Urban Development Department, has tested positive after he held series of meetings with senior government officers including the Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Top-Level Bureaucratic Reshuffle: Rajiv Gauba Next Home Secretary
Urban Development Secretary Rajiv Gauba was today named as the next Home Secretary as part of a major top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected today.
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Slaves Were 'Immigrants' Says Donald Trump Cabinet Member Ben Carson
President Donald Trump's housing secretary provoked a firestorm on Monday by saying slaves brought from Africa were "immigrants" who dreamed of success for their families in the United States.
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Anil Baijal, Former Home Secretary, Appointed Delhi's New Lieutenant Governor
Former bureaucrat Anil Baijal has been appointed Delhi's next Lieutenant Governor, a post that fell vacant after the surprise resignation of Najeeb Jung last week. The formal appointment from President Pranab Mukherjee came this evening after a recommendation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Office.
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Donald Trump Names Former Rival Ben Carson As Housing Secretary
US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday chose Ben Carson, the mild-mannered retired neurosurgeon who challenged him for the Republican nomination, to turn around troubled US inner cities as secretary of housing and urban development.
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Committee Formed to Implement 'Swachh Bharat Mission' in Puducherry
A 20 member high power committee, headed by the Chief Secretary, has been formed by the government for implementing the 'Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) in the Union Territory of Puducherry.
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Chidambaram rejects charge of humiliating an officer
Finance Minister P Chidambaram today rejected a charge by an officer that he had insulted him during a meeting and said he had not hurt anyone's feelings.
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'Metro projects in India cheapest in the world'
Metro projects in India are the cheapest in the world due to availability of abundant manpower resources, Urban Development Secretary Sudhir Krishna said today.
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Kochi Metro trains to have 3 coaches to carry 1,000 passengers
The Kochi Metro Board today decided to have three coaches in each train with a total carrying capacity of 1,000 passengers. The decision in this regard was taken at a board meeting near Kochi.
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Delhi metro's airport express unlikely to re-start at end-August
A two-member expert panel will fix responsibility on the construction defects that led to the suspension of the Airport Metro Express service last week. An inspection committee has found major flaws in the metro line.
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Preps for Kumbh Mela 2013 to be reviewed every fortnight
At a meeting presided over by the Chief Secretary Jawwed Usmani on Sunday, departments overseeing preparations for the religious congregation were directed to nominate the nodal officers and pass on their personal details such as telephone numbers and email ids to the urban development department.
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Govt official, retired Army Brigadier arrested in Adarsh Housing scam
Three people including a government official and a retired Army Brigadier were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the multi-crore Adarsh Housing scam. PV Deshmukh, former deputy secretary of the urban development department, was arrested. He is the first government official to be arrested in the scam.
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Odisha On Alert Mode After Cholera Cases Detected In Rourkela
With the detection of some cases of cholera in Odisha's Rourkela city, the state government on Tuesday directed health housing and urban development secretaries to visit the city to monitor the situation at ground level.
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"Is This A Cinema Hall?": Patna Judge Reprimands Bureaucrat
The incident, a video of which is going viral on social media, is from the court of Justice PB Bajanthri. The officer in question is Anand Kishor who is the Principal Secretary for Housing and Urban Development in the Bihar government.
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Poll Panel Seeks Clarification Over Bengal Minister Holding 2 Offices Of Profit
The Election Commission has written to West Bengal Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha, seeking to know if state Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim, who is also the chairman of Kolkata Municipal Corporation Board, is holding two offices of profit.
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J&K Bureaucrats In Quarantine After Top Official Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Many top bureaucrats of Jammu and Kashmir have been quarantined after a senior officer tested positive for coronavirus. Dheeraj Gupta, Principal Secretary in the Union Territory's Urban Development Department, has tested positive after he held series of meetings with senior government officers including the Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Top-Level Bureaucratic Reshuffle: Rajiv Gauba Next Home Secretary
Urban Development Secretary Rajiv Gauba was today named as the next Home Secretary as part of a major top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected today.
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Slaves Were 'Immigrants' Says Donald Trump Cabinet Member Ben Carson
President Donald Trump's housing secretary provoked a firestorm on Monday by saying slaves brought from Africa were "immigrants" who dreamed of success for their families in the United States.
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Anil Baijal, Former Home Secretary, Appointed Delhi's New Lieutenant Governor
Former bureaucrat Anil Baijal has been appointed Delhi's next Lieutenant Governor, a post that fell vacant after the surprise resignation of Najeeb Jung last week. The formal appointment from President Pranab Mukherjee came this evening after a recommendation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Office.
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Donald Trump Names Former Rival Ben Carson As Housing Secretary
US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday chose Ben Carson, the mild-mannered retired neurosurgeon who challenged him for the Republican nomination, to turn around troubled US inner cities as secretary of housing and urban development.
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Committee Formed to Implement 'Swachh Bharat Mission' in Puducherry
A 20 member high power committee, headed by the Chief Secretary, has been formed by the government for implementing the 'Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) in the Union Territory of Puducherry.
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Chidambaram rejects charge of humiliating an officer
Finance Minister P Chidambaram today rejected a charge by an officer that he had insulted him during a meeting and said he had not hurt anyone's feelings.
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'Metro projects in India cheapest in the world'
Metro projects in India are the cheapest in the world due to availability of abundant manpower resources, Urban Development Secretary Sudhir Krishna said today.
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Kochi Metro trains to have 3 coaches to carry 1,000 passengers
The Kochi Metro Board today decided to have three coaches in each train with a total carrying capacity of 1,000 passengers. The decision in this regard was taken at a board meeting near Kochi.
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Delhi metro's airport express unlikely to re-start at end-August
A two-member expert panel will fix responsibility on the construction defects that led to the suspension of the Airport Metro Express service last week. An inspection committee has found major flaws in the metro line.
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Preps for Kumbh Mela 2013 to be reviewed every fortnight
At a meeting presided over by the Chief Secretary Jawwed Usmani on Sunday, departments overseeing preparations for the religious congregation were directed to nominate the nodal officers and pass on their personal details such as telephone numbers and email ids to the urban development department.
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Govt official, retired Army Brigadier arrested in Adarsh Housing scam
Three people including a government official and a retired Army Brigadier were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the multi-crore Adarsh Housing scam. PV Deshmukh, former deputy secretary of the urban development department, was arrested. He is the first government official to be arrested in the scam.
