Chikungunya cases spurt across city
Even as the menace of dengue is yet to show sings of being on the wane for this season, the cases of chikungunya have increased in the city manifold. However, while the official numbers do not reflect this, the MCD is conceding that many hospitals are not reporting the cases to the corporation. The dengue cases in the city have, meanwhile, reached 5,553.
It’s time to display your talent
Adobe Systems has announced the second annual Adobe Asia Pacific School Innovation Awards that aims to provide a platform for the brightest creative minds in the region to display their talents and di
Court for probe into illegal hotels
After hearing a complaint filed against two hotels being run illegally in the Karol Bagh area, Tis Hazari Court chief metropolitan magistrate Vinod Yadav took a serious view of the “sordid affair” and favoured an inquiry by the Delhi police commissioner into the alleged illegal running of hotels in connivance with the local police officers. The CMM sought a report within one week.
Now get parking directions from inside your BMW
Car trips now are going to be not just convenient but enjoyable as well with BMW India introducing its new navigational system in the BMW 7 series cars to be sold in the country from Monday.
Robbers set bank on fire in Alipur
In a bizarre incident, unidentified burglars set a local cooperative bank afire after apparently failing to get hold of the cash kept in its lockers at Alipur in outer Delhi in the early hours of Monday. The burglars entered the bank by creating a hole through roof and also used a ladder to get down. The police is investigating the case from all possible angles.
Cabinet nod to 4 more cluster bus services
The Delhi Cabinet on Monday approved cluster bus service to be run by corporate entities. The Cabinet gave its approval for four clusters, which in all will bring about 700 buses in the city in a move to mitigate the shortfall due to the phaseout of Blueline buses from the city.
HC refuses to stay Blueline phaseout
After observing that the life of pedestrians in the city is more important than the issue of livelihood of Blueline bus operators, a division bench comprising Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Valmiki J. Mehta of the Delhi high court on Monday declined to restrain a government notification to phaseout the Blueline buses.
Obama alert: Delhi shops on his route will be shut
Ahead of US President Barack Obama’s high-profile visit and with Diwali approaching, the home ministry on Monday asked all states, particularly Maharashtra, Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir, to step up security and avert possible terror strikes.
Hu’s key pointman in Delhi, meets PM
Zhou Yongkang, ninth-ranking member of the Chinese Communist Party politburo Chinese President Hu Jintao’s pointman on North Korea and Tibet, called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here Monday.
PC: Avoid ‘ball-by-ball commentary’
Union home minister P. Chdiamabaram is not very pleased with the Kashmir interlocutors sharing details of their discussions with various individuals and groups in the state with the media.