The teachers in the MCD schools will soon get the 60 per cent arrears on the basis of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations. Delhi mayor P.R. Sawhney said that the MCD has decided to clear the arrears of the teachers even though they did come under either “C” or “D” group of employees. Earlier, the MCD had decided to release the arrears of the group “C” and “D” employees. However, the arrears of the head masters will have to wait.

The city government on Wednesday said that the excise collections this year so far have reported a jump of about 25 per cent.
“The total sales of Indian Made Foreign Liquor brands from April 1, 2010 till October 13, 2010 was 38,36,500 cases on which excise duty collected was `494.14 crores as compared to the total sales of 34,26,898 cases of these brands and revenue collection of `417.61 crores in the corresponding period of 2009-10,” said the Delhi excise department.

The police on Wednesday recovered the decomposed body of a Class 2 student who went missing from a park in east Delhi while watching Dussehra celebrations on Sunday.

A 35-year-old man was shot dead and his car snatched by unidentified assailants on Mother Teresa Road in south Delhi on Tuesday night.
Police officials said the deceased, identified as Shiv Narayan, a resident of Dauspur area in Palwal, Haryana, was found by a pedestrian near Bhati Mines in Fatehpur Beri area at around 9.30 am and he alerted the police control room. “He was hit by two bullets in chest and foot. We took the man to AIIMS Trauma Centre where he was declared brought dead,” a police official said.

The Delhi BJP on Wednesday again targeted chief minister Sheila Dikshit by seeking her ouster to ensure a free and fair probe into the alleged corruption in the just-concluded Commonwealth Games. Delhi BJP chief Vijendra Gupta on Wednesday sought inclusion of the chief minister in the ambit of investigation into the allegations of corruption in the Games.

Apart from the 16 initial projects which the CVC was investigating in connection with the Commonwealth Games, the watchdog agency is also looking into some other allegations of corruption pertaining to supply of three-dimensional displays of the Games Mascot “Shera” and re-modelling and upgradation in Major Dhyan Chand

Forests are vital to our existence on earth. “The IIC Experience 2010”, a festival to be held at the India International (IIC) in New Delhi from October 21 to 27 celebrates the myriad ways in which forests help nurture and sustain organic life on earth.

Even as 65 new cases of dengue were reported in the capital on Tuesday, Delhi health minister Kiran Walia instructed officials to intensify drive against dengue and chikungunya outbreaks in the city.

Metro passengers had no choice but to face the inconvenience during the busy morning hours on Tuesday, as the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) services were affected for about an hour due to software malfunctioning.

The Army on Tuesday began dismantling the foot-over bridge (FOB), constructed near the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium after the one constructed by the PWD collapsed. The bridge had collapsed on September 25.