2 min learnNew DelhiUp to date: Aug 17, 2026 12:08 PM IST
Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu made a uncommon look at a BJP occasion in Delhi on Sunday when he inaugurated 25 Atal Canteens to mark former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s eighth demise anniversary. Naidu, who had resigned from the BJP after being named NDA’s candidate for the publish of Vice President in 2017 and often stays away from the occasion occasions, made an exception to interrupt bread with Delhi CM Rekha Gupta, BJP Lok Sabha MPs from Delhi, and different senior leaders.
Transferring Out
With the demolition of one of many oldest post-Independence authorities workplaces in Lutyens’ Delhi, Krishi Bhawan, more likely to begin quickly, the Ministries of Agriculture and Animal HusbaÂndry are set to maneuver out of the long-lasting constructing and out of Lutyens’ Delhi altogether. It’s learnt that the 2 ministries will quickly be relocated to the federal government workplace advanced at Netaji Nagar in South Delhi, whereas the websites of Krishi Bhawan and neighbouring Shastri Bhawan are to be redeveloped into new secretariat buildings.
Change, Readability
Weeks after the Cupboard Secretariat issued a notification bifurcating the Ministry of Housing and City AffaÂirs in July, sources say the 2 new departments are nonetheless adjusting to the change. Whereas the CPWD and NBCC, the 2 building arms of the ministry, have been listed beneath Division of Capital Improvement, bitterÂces say the vast majority of their tasks are outdoors Delhi. City transport as a topic is beneath Division of City DevelÂopmÂent, whereas Delhi Metro and NCRTC are beneath DepartÂment of Capital DevelopmÂent, although DMRC works as a guide on metro tasks outdoors the capital. It’s learnt that efforts are on to convey readability on a number of the points.
