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South Delhi Municipal Corporation disallows religious attire in its schools
•The SDMC runs primary schools up to class 5 and around 2.5 lakh students study in about 568 SDMC primary schools
North Delhi civic body makes labelling of meat as 'halal' or 'jhatka' mandatory for restaurants, eateries
•Last year, the South MCD cleared a similar proposal that called on shop owners to put up boards specifying the type of meat being sold
Manish Sisodia says BJP-led civic bodies are 'bankrupt', Delhi govt will give them Rs 938 cr to pay salaries
•At a press conference, the Delhi deputy chief minister said the AAP govt doesn't have an obligation to provide funds but has decided to after "seeing the suffering of MCD employees"
Doctors, nurses not the first to go on strike; Delhi's municipal corporations have a history of playing politics over salary dues
Pallavirebbapragada •If one does the math, for a population of roughly 2 crore, at a rate of Rs 488 per person leading to an annual funding requirement of Rs 1,150 crore, the Delhi MCDs should be demanding at least Rs 12,000 crore from the Central Government
Delhi govt says pending payments to BJP-led civic bodies cleared, tells mayors to rise above 'petty politics'
•The BJP mayors recently sat on an hours-long dharna outside Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence demanding the Delhi government clear the due amount of Rs 13000 crore
AAP reimagines role of legislative within Indian democracy by holding executive to greater public scrutiny, pushing for transparency
Roshan Shankar •If the professional background of the chief minister was a sign of things to come, it seemed the Assembly would be a battleground for many legislative clashes for democracy and development.
'We've won the battle against dengue': Arvind Kejriwal says less than 1,100 cases, no deaths reported in capital this year
•Kejriwal said that till last week, less than 1,100 reported cases of the disease and no deaths due to it were recorded during this year.
India vs Bangladesh: Civic agencies intensify water sprinkling around Arun Jaitley Stadium to curb pollution ahead of first T20I in Delhi
•Questions have been raised over the rationale behind hosting the match in Delhi at a time when the national capital is battling post-Diwali air pollution
Delhi reported 83 cases of malaria and 34 of dengue this year; mosquito-breeding reported in 48,039 households
•Over 80 cases of malaria have been reported in Delhi this year so far, more than double the number of people affected by dengue.
Delhi building collapse: Factory unit operating ‘illegally’, says SDMC; authorities say closure notice was served in Dec
•Commercial activity was going on "illegally" in the two-storey building, which collapsed in west Delhi's Sudarshan Park claiming lives of seven people, and a closure notice was served on its owner last month, a senior official said on Friday.