Decision on Sreedharan’s resignation Monday, says Reddy

September 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy has said that land values have remained unaffected by the global recession and the urban land is still a source of financing. Talking to reporters here, Reddy said, "I found that in the year 2004, there was a certain value for one acre of land and in 2006-07, that value went up by 25-30 times." "If that area had been recession hit, the value of land there wouldn't shoot up," he added.

July 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Metro chief E. Sreedharan Monday inspected the site in south Delhi where six people were killed after an elevated section of the Metro track under construction collapsed Sunday, amid uncertainty over whether he would press his resignation or defer to the wishes of the government.

July 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Minister for Urban Development Jaipal Reddy on Monday refuted accusations that the metro rail mishap was a result of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) pushing to complete the rail project ahead of the Commonwealth Games 2010 deadline. Speaking in Parliament, Reddy said the Delhi Metro wasn't operating under any pressure to meet the deadline.

July 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bowing to the request of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and other senior officials, 'Metro Man' E. Sreedharan Monday decided to withdraw his resignation letter as managing director of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).

July 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A day after he put his papers owning moral responsibility for an accident at a construction site that killed six people, Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan has withdrew his resignation. "E Sreedharan has decided to withdraw his resignation in view of the letter he received from Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit (asking him to continue as the DMRC Managing Director)," Metro Rail spokesperson Anuj Dayal told reporters at New Delhi on Monday.

July 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bowing to the request of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and other senior officials, 'Metro Man' E. Sreedharan Monday withdrew his resignation letter as managing director of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).

July 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday said that Delhi Metro chief E.Sreedharan's resignation was not accepted by her government because his endeavours to establish the Metro Rail system in the capital have helped in providing relief to the people in Delhi. Delhi Metro Railway Corporation (DMRC) chief E Sreedharan had offered to resign from his post, taking up moral responsibility of an under construction Metro bridge collapse, which claimed six lives and left many injured on Sunday.

July 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Metro managing director E. Sreedharan resigned after an accident on a construction site claimed five lives Sunday, but Delhi Chief Minister rejected his resignation.

July 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - As Delhi Metro chief E. Sreedharan stepped down owning moral responsibility for an accident Sunday, Delhiites appreciated his contribution in changing the profile of the capital while some wanted him to continue.

June 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy Monday asked the finance ministry to remove excise tax on public buses and said the government will introduce 15,220 new buses in 61 cities this year. "Road transport is very important and in the last budget we proposed to cut the excise duty from 16 percent to 8 percent.

June 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Senior BJP leader from Uttarakhand B. S. Koshiyari opted to withdraw his resignation from Rajya Sabha on Friday as per suggestion of the party's central leadership.

May 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI/HYDERABAD - The Supreme Court Wednesday upheld the Andhra Pradesh High Court order of sentencing 11 accused to life imprisonment in the murder of Y.S. Raja Reddy, father of Chief Minister Y.S.

January 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who underwent coronary bypass surgery last week, is 'fit to be discharged anytime soon', his personal physician K. Srinath Reddy said Saturday.

January 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who has been doing well after his coronary bypass surgery, was Tuesday put on a regular diet, his personal physician K.S. Reddy said. 'The prime minister is doing well and has been put on a regular diet from Tuesday,' Reddy told IANS.

January 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Describing the fraud at Satyam Computer Services as a blot on the image of the state and the country, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy Monday said the guilty must be punished.