AMRITSAR: The Amritsar municipal corporation has not been holding the weekly assessment meetings of the assessment sub­ committee of the house tax department, fearing a possible violation of the poll code of conduct. Confirming the postponement, municipal commissioner Dharampal Gupta said, "The normal official operations of the department are on. There ...

AMRITSAR: Accusing the government and Amritsar Municipal Corporation of turning a blind eye towards the development of backward areas and slums, congress leader harpal singh Bhatiaheld a protest at maqboolpura during which he raised voice against the accumulation of dirty water and absence of potable water supply in the area ...

AMRITSAR: The strict action initiated by Amritsar Municipal Corporation towards defaulter of house tax had humane undertones as the teams of the House Tax Department that raided various complexes on Friday remained soft in their approach, particularly towards academies and public services. As a result, they sealed only 15 establishments, ...

AMRITSAR: The failure of the Amritsar Municipal Corporation to remove the corpse or a dead dog from the parking lot of the District Shopping Complex in the posh Ranjit Avenue area has not only cast a slur on the image of the area, but has also raised questions about the ...

AMRITSAR: On a petition filed by the Amritsar Municipal Corporation, the deputy director, local bodies, has ordered the eviction of occupants from small tenements adjacent to the historical Hall Gate of Amritsar, the lease for which had expired long ago. The civic body had filed 11 petitions under the Punjab Public ...

AMRITSAR: After inviting flak from the High Court, the Amritsar Municipal Corporation has finally woken up to demarcate areas for parking vehicles in the walled city, apart from finalizing two places for rehri markets. In a letter to the Police Commissioner, the MC has listed places it has earmarked for parking ...

CHANDIGARH: Justice Rajive Bhalla of the High Court has asked the Amritsar Municipal Corporation to consider the possibility of declaring the area around Harmandar Sahib, Durgiana Mandir and Jallianwala Bagh as a vehicle­ free zone. The directions were issued when during the proceedings of a contempt petition, petitioner and advocate Ajay ...

AMRITSAR: Amritsar Municipal Corporation cleared its budget targeting a revenue collection of Rs 209, 90 crore for 2010­ 11 on Friday, amidst high drama and protest by opposition Congress councillors. Meanwhile, Congress councilors led by opposition leader Ranjan Agarwal, councillor Navdeep Singh Goldy and former councillor Harpal Bhatia launched a protest ...

CHANDIGARH: Holding that the fee charged for change of land use (CLU) by the Amritsar Municipal Corporation from a company coming up with a multiplex and a hotel was untenable, Justice K. Kanan of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the MC to refund the entire CLU fee ...

AMRITSAR: The Amritsar Municipal Corporation on Thursday took the possession of the local Cosmo Club running on the periphery of the local Gandhi Grounds for years. Amritsar Municipal Corporation Commissioner D.P.S. Kharbanda said ,  “Reacting on the eviction orders by SDM –II Paramjit Singh, we got the possession  Of Cosmo Club.” ...