Gurugram News

The commissioner of the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) on Monday directed the officials concerned to start the takeover process of DLF Phases 1, 2 and 3 from Tuesday, bringing an end to an issue that has been pending since February 2016

For better tracking of ambient air quality and monitor pollution, the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) is working on installing real-time air quality display monitors at nine locations in the city where outdoor air purifiers are already installed

The district health department will conduct a three-day mega vaccination drive with a target of administering Covid-19 vaccines to around 150,000 people from Tuesday to Thursday, officials said on Monday

Independent floors and plots are getting increasingly popular in Gurugram and Faridabad since the Covid-19 pandemic started and over 20,000 such units are expected to be launched in the next year, according to a report released by a private consultancy

The union minister of state and Gurugram member of Parliament, Rao Inderjit Singh, on Sunday said that preference must be given to locals while hiring employees for the newly constituted Municipal Corporation of Manesar during a public rally

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Sunday said that the Sirhaul underpass near the Ambience Mall will open on October 15 as it is in the process of applying the finishing touches to the project

The Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation has collected ₹650 crore, including ₹80 crore from the Gurugram-Manesar industrial complex, in dues from factory owners across the state over the past three to four months

The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram will reconstruct an 800-metre stretch of the Pataudi Road that connects to the Dwarka Expressway near Sector 88, officials said. A ₹1.45-crore estimate was approved for the project during the MCG’s finance and contract committee meeting

With the withdrawal of the monsoon season, air quality deteriorated to the ‘poor’ category of the Central Pollution Control Board’s air quality index over the weekend. Officials cited lower temperatures in the morning and evening hours as the main cause and dismissed concerns that stubble burning was causing pollution

Security was enhanced at the SGT University, where a 24-year-old student was shot dead on the campus, but students and parents said that the incident and subsequent questioning by the police has left them rattled

Aiming to complete at least 85% of the second-dose Covid-19 vaccinations by Diwali, the Gurugram health department has mobilised most of its health workers towards tracking eligible beneficiaries and reminding them to get their vaccines administered at the earliest

The dengue case count in the Gurugram district has reached a five-year high, with the addition of seven new cases on Saturday taking the total to 108. Over 2,000 samples have been collected for the dengue test in the district so far

The Gurugram police arrested an assistant sub-inspector of the Delhi Police, who was posted with a special cell, for allegedly partaking in an incident of robbery at Manesar by three criminals allied with Delhi-based gangster Vikas Lagarpuria

Around40 to 50 residents gathered at the prayer site in Sector 47, and began shouting slogans. They also carried placards demanding a stop to Friday prayers in open spaces. Muslims were asked by the Gurugram police to shift their prayers to a site around 200 metres from the original spot

Police said the incident took place around 12.30pm, when Vineet Kumar and his friends were on their way back to the hostel on the same campus. Police said that a law student, Pankhil, alias Lucky, and his accomplices confronted Kumar. After a heated argument, Pankhil shot him

As per the district administration’s media bulletin issued on Friday, Gurugram reported 10 new cases of dengue taking the tally of confirmed cases this season to 101. Gurugram has also reported two cases of malaria this year

The six teams have been assigned 17 different activities, such as mechanised cleaning and sweeping, issuing fines for the dumping of construction and demolition (C&D) waste, sprinkling of water through tankers and machines, taking action against the use of burning of coal and wood in hotels and eateries, among other measures

MCG also decided to install CCTV cameras at 34 unauthorised dumping points identified by the civic body, as well as secondary garbage collection points, each of which will also be monitored via the control room

Special repair work of the road will start from the next month and is likely to be completed over the next six months. The authority has invited tenders for the project, which can be submitted October 28 onwards

The 52-year-old man, who was declared brain dead after suffering a hemorrhage, had himself undergone a liver transplant. He gave a new life to three ailing patients at Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI) in Gurugram.

With the Haryana portion of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway and the Sohna elevated road likely to be finished by next year, experts were of the opinion that the real estate sector will see a major development as they improve access, create jobs and allow people to move with ease

A woman and her husband were booked for causing damages and criminal intimidation, after allegedly pelting stones at a car that it hit the two-wheeler she was riding pillion on near Ansal Corporate Plaza in Palam Vihar

With the opening of these oxygen plants, the city is becoming self-reliant in oxygen production and would be able to meet any eventual requirement in case of Covid-19 spread in the future, said officials

Officials of the MCG said that round-the-clock surveillance to check unauthorised dumping of waste and keep tabs on secondary waste collections points is likely to start by the month-end. The move will coincide with the implementation of the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap) and help prevent dumping of construction and demolition waste

The resident said he received an email promising him commission for acting as a middleman for purchase of minerals for a company in Japan. The fraudsters duped him of money, by asking him to send fees for purchasing samples, opening accounts, etc

The Haryana high court on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of the accused involved in the murder of a boy at a private school in Bhondsi, stating that the custody period was insufficient grounds to grant bail

Amid rising dengue cases, which reached 83 on Wednesday, notices were issued to 11,311 households in the district where mosquito larvae were found, officials of the health department said. The district reported 10 cases of dengue on the day