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Metro erects 100 security pickets

Metro fortified its security ahead of the closing ceremony by erecting more than 100 security pickets inside and outside various Metro Stations across the capital.
The pickets or “morchas” are constructed inside the stations with sandbags and CISF is manning them. The CISF has deployed 2,000 additional men for the job at s

Organisers can use loudspeakers till midnight

The Delhi police has extended the use of loudspeakers and public address system for organising Ram Leela and Durga Puja till midnight.
The police officials said the use of loudspeakers and public address system will be permitted between 10 pm and midnight for organising Ram Leela and Durga Puja. The police said the order will remain in effect till October 17.

G. Noida expressway shut 2 days

With the Greater Noida Expressway being closed for preparations of CWG cycling event, commuters in the National Capital Region (NCR) on Tuesday experienced problems in reaching their destinations in the capital from Noida and Greater Noida. The Expressway will remain closed till October 14.
While there were no major jams on the arterial roads, people had to spend long time coming to Delhi.

79 new cases of dengue, total 4,244

79 fresh cases of dengue were reported on Tuesday, taking the total number to 4,244. The city has reported seven dengue deaths this season.

‘Circle rates still lower than NCR’

Property prices in the capital are set to rise with the Delhi Cabinet clearing a proposal to hike the circle rates by 100 per cent across all categories of properties. The rates have been revised for the first time after being introduced in July 2007.

Indian athlete flunks dope test at CWG

An Indian athlete has flunked the dope test for steroid Nandrolone but the disgraced competitor's name has been withheld by the Commonwealth Games Federation as per the anti-doping code, Federation pr

3 interlocutors chosen for Jammu and Kashmir

The government on Wednesday named three interlocutors, including eminent journalist Dilip Padgaonkar, to hold talks with all shades of opinion, including the separatists in Jammu and Kashmir, as part

Axe Karnataka governor, BJP tells PM

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to immediately recall Karnataka governor H.R. Bhardwaj, saying he was trying to topple the B.S.

Hindu body files ‘caveat’

Despite the moves for a negotiated settlement on the Ayodhya title suit by some parties, the process for the final round of litigation in the Supreme Court was virtually set in motion with the Hindu Mahasabha filing a “caveat” pleading that no order be passed without notice being issued to it.

1,2,3 India on historic day

On a day India’s women discus throwers were scripting history with their unprecedented medal sweep at the 19th Commonwealth Games at the Nehru Stadium here on Monday, the dope threat reared its head again with Nigeria’s 100 metres sprint winner Oludamola Osay-omi testing positive for the banned stimulant methylhexaneamine (MHA).

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