The Noida District Administration has taken a slew of decisions in an attempt to improve disaster preparedness and management in the wake of the earthquake in Nepal.

The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) is set to implement a proposal to allow online approval of building plans.

The Ghaziabad Development Authority plans to introduce a project that will enable the agency to track all construction activity in the city through satellite imagery.

A day after a police constable was run over by a truck transporting sand mined illegally from the Yamuna riverbed, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said while there was little evidence

A day after a police constable was run over by a truck transporting sand mined illegally from the Yamuna riverbed, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said while there was little evidence

In 2006, Devender Singh lived a simple and routine life. On his 8 bighas (2,500 square metres) of family land in the village of Bisrakh, he grew a variety of crop. Every year, he went to the bank to take credit to buy seeds, and once he sold his produce, he repaid the loan.

Soon, however, came the news that all of his land had been acquired by the Uttar Pradesh government under the “urgency clause”, which enables the government to acquire any land for public purpose.