PWD removes 3 steps built without approval outside Congress HQ in Delhi
New Delhi, Mar 24: The PWD knocked down three steps built without MCD's approval outside the under-construction building of the Congress headquarters in central Delhi on Friday, an official said.
In the lead up to the G20 Summit here, the PWD, which comes under the administrative control of the Delhi government, is carrying out an anti-encroachment drive to remove illegal structures.
It carried out an inspection on Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg earlier this week and informed those responsible for the construction of the Congress headquarters that the stair was not in accordance with the plan approved by the MCD, the official said.
"There were three extra steps constructed. They were demolished on Friday," the official added.
The DDU Marg also houses the offices of the AAP and the BJP.
The demolition of the illegal structure was done on a day Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from Lok Sabha after being convicted and sentenced to two years in jail in a 2019 criminal defamation case over his remark, "How come all thieves have Modi as the common surname?"
Gandhi has been given bail by the court and allowed 30 days to appeal in a higher court.
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China miffed over Indian mountaineers naming Arunachal Pradesh mountain after 6th Dalai Lama
Beijing (PTI): China was on Thursday miffed over Indian mountaineers naming a previously unnamed peak in Arunachal Pradesh after the 6th Dalai Lama, reiterating its territorial claims over the area.
A team from the National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports (NIMAS) scaled an unnamed and unclimbed 20,942 ft high peak in Arunachal Pradesh and decided to name the summit after the 6th Dalai Lama Tsangyang Gyatso, who was born in 1682 in the region of Mon Tawang.
NIMAS, located at Dirang in Arunachal Pradesh, functions under the Ministry of Defence.
Naming the peak after the 6th Dalai Lama is a tribute to his timeless wisdom and his profound contributions to the Monpa community and beyond, said a Defence Ministry press release.
When asked for his reaction, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told a media briefing here, "I’m not aware of what you mentioned."
"Let me say more broadly that the area of Zangnan is Chinese territory, and it’s illegal, and null and void for India to set up the so-called "Arunachal Pradesh" in Chinese territory. This has been China's consistent position," he said.
China calls Arunachal Pradesh Zangnan.
Also, China has been renaming places in Arunachal Pradesh since 2017 to assert its claims.
India emphatically rejected China's claims over Arunachal Pradesh, saying it is an integral part of India and assigning "invented" names does not alter this reality.
