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The Centre will soon implement Phase II of the Rajiv Awas Yojna with a focus on providing long-term and bankable property rights to slum dwellers, Union Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister Ajay Maken said, soon after taking charge of his new Ministry on Tuesday. Talking to journalists at his office in Nirman Bhavan, Mr. Maken said the Centre will adopt the twin strategy of funding and “mandatory reforms” in States, to implement its policies for the benefit of the poor in the country. “Approximately 31 per cent of the country’s population live in cities, and almost 25 per cent of them live in slums. It is ironical that both the poorest and the richest live so close together and in such different circumstances.” The Minister said after completion of the pilot projects under Phase I of the Rajiv Awas Yojna, the Government will implement Phase II, in association with the State governments. “There will be certain conditions that the States will have to avail of, for the … [Read more...] about Mandatory reforms to provide property rights to slum dwellers: Maken

NEW DELHI: A day after Arvinder Singh Lovely got back into the Congress fold, senior Congress leader Sheila Dikshit hit out at party's Delhi chief Ajay Maken. The former Delhi chief minister said that Maken has done a lot of damage to the party. Offering a word of advice to the Delhi party chief, she said: "President of a political party has to work for it throughout the day, communicate with everyone and know about everything. If Ajay Maken is saying that he needs to correct things, it's a good thing. Let's see what he does. His style had done a lot of damage to Congress." This is not the first time that she has hit out at the Delhi Congress chief. She had earlier said that she was 'disappointed' with him because he does not consult with anyone and does not reach out to anybody. "In democratic politics, the most important thing is reaching out," she had said. President of political party has to work for it throughout the day, communicate with everyone & know about … [Read more...] about As Arvinder Singh Lovely returns to Congress, Sheila Dikshit offers an advice to Ajay Maken

The ruling Congress on Sunday won the posts of chairpersons in 48 of the 90 urban local bodies in 20 districts of Rajasthan, which went to polls recently. The Opposition BJP formed the boards in 37 municipal bodies with its chairpersons declared elected, while the independent candidates were elected heads of three local bodies.As many as 197 candidates were in the fray for the municipal bodies where the boards were to be formed. The Congress was in a position of advantage after securing 1,194 of the 3,034 wards, while the BJP had won 1,146 and Independents bagged 631 in the results declared on January 31.The Congress suffered a setback in Ajmer, which was the only Municipal Corporation that went to polls, with the election of BJP’s Brajlata Hada as the Mayor. Of the 80 wards in Ajmer, the Congress had won 18 and the BJP 48.The urban local bodies for which the polling was held on January 28 included nine municipal councils and 80 municipalities. One candidate of Nationalist … [Read more...] about Congress wins majority of local body heads’ posts in Rajasthan

After 3 years of reverses, the party is finding increasing acceptability in the 18-35 years age group with Rahul Gandhi adding a million followers in the past 2 months and Facebook and Twitter also seeing similar spikes, reports Archis Mohan. IMAGE: Of late, the Congress VP Rahul Gandhi has become quite active on Twitter, taking on the PM and the government on several issues -- the GST and even the presence of Chinese troops at Doklam. Photograph: @OfficeofRG/Twitter ‘Amethi Rae Bareli ki kahani’, or ‘the story of Amethi and Rae Bareli’, a seemingly innocuous page on Facebook, has garnered an increasing number of followers in the past couple of months. The Facebook community strives to tell ‘stories from the past and the latest political and contemporary developments in Rae Bareli and Amethi’. The profile picture is of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, the sitting Lok Sabha member from Amethi, and of his sister, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Congress president Sonia Gandhi is … [Read more...] about Congress finally finds its feet on social media

‘Rahul Gandhi has openly supported anti-nationals.’ ‘Freedom of speech cannot be in favour of anti-nationals.’ Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi addressing students at the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus following the arrest of student leader Kanhaiya Kumar. Photograph: PTI A dvocate Sunkari Janardhan Goud is an angry man. He has filed complaints of sedition against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi , Communist Party of India-Marxist general secretary Sitaram Yechury, CPI’s D Raja, Janata Dal-United MP KC Tyagi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, and Congress leaders Ajay Maken and Anand Sharma for extending their support to the cause of Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Kanhaiya Kumar. The Cyberabad police has registered Goud's complaints after the XI metropolitan magistrate of L B Nagar ordered the cases to be filed under Section124A of the IPC following his complaint and posted the matter for hearing on March 4. “My blood boils when I … [Read more...] about Meet the man behind the sedition case against Rahul Gandhi