The advent of monsoon has increased the concerns of the MCD about the spread of dengue, particularly around the Commonwealth Games-2010. The corporation has already taken action against officials concerned after a survey by domestic breeding checkers (DBCs) found mosquito breeding in the Commonwealth Games Village area, besides some other sports venues.

The All-India Institute of Medical Sciences will be laying astro-turf for beautification of the campus costing a staggering Rs 14 crores. The faculty has raised objection, saying that this extravagance is least expected where basic amenities are lacking. Astro turf is laid on hockey grounds and is mostly imported.

The Delhi police on Thursday arrested a domestic help and her husband for allegedly murdering her 68-year-old woman employer after robbing her of cash and jewellery worth around Rs 12 lakhs. Rubi Begam (35) and her husband Rakesh Mehra (27) were today caught from Gopal Nagar in Punjab’s Jalandhar where they were in hiding,

A 23-year-old former employee of a multinational bank was assaulted and raped, allegedly by a colleague, in a guesthouse in southeast Delhi’s Sunlight Colony on Wednesday.

As against the deadline of August 1, suggested by the group of ministers on Commonwealth Games on July 14, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit asked the PWD engineers on Thursday to strictly follow the August 31 deadline. She also admitted that two crucial projects, Barapulla Nullah and the Ring Road bypass, were matters of

It was a sweet victory to a physically-challenged woman denied appointment by railway 21 years ago though standing at 11th position in the merit list as the Supreme Court has directed not only to appoint her with all notional service benefits, but pay her Rs 3 lakhs as litigation cost for a long legal battle on her constitutional right.

The one-time run of “Sonar Tori (dream boat),” the special train which was scheduled to do the Kolkata-Dhaka stretch on August 7 to commemorate Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’ 150th birth anniversay is off for now.

The Railways has snatched away the entire task of catering for its trains from the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a public sector enterprise and decided to do the job itself. This significant decision was unveiled by the Railways new catering policy which was announced here on Thursday.

Union human resources development ministry on Thursday unveiled a low-cost computer for students carrying a price tag of Rs 1,500. The computer has all basic features, including Internet browsing required for students and has been developed by experts, students and professors from IITs and IISc Bangalore.

Britain on Thursday lifted the temporary suspension on tier-four (general student) visa applications from students in north India.
It will come into immediate effect.