In order to ensure that the pollution levels in the city go down to acceptable levels during the Commonwealth Games, the government is likely to ask the operators of commercial vehicles to go for alternative routes to ferry consignments across the states.

A family was held hostage on gunpoint at their Anand Vihar residence by five unidentified dacoits, who took away cash and jewellery worth lakhs of rupees on Wednesday.
The incident took place at house number 201 in AGCR enclave in Anand Vihar where Dr Chandra Prakash Gupta, 80, lives with his wife Lalita Gupta, 75. They have two s

A 29-year-old software engineer and a Haryana-based jeweller were killed while another man was injured in separate incidents when they resisted robbery attempts by unidentified gangs of criminals on a prowl in the city.

With the arrival of monsoon in the city and neighbouring states, the Delhi government has on Wednesday asked residents of low-lying areas along the Yamuna river bank to remain alert and if possible shift to safe places.

A 56-year-old senior customs official and his elderly mother were run over by an unknown vehicle on Inner Ring Road near Ashram flyover early on Wednesday.
The police officials said the deceased, identified as B.S. Thapa, who worked as an additional assistant director with central excise and customs department was going to

Barely a couple of centimetres of rain in the city since Wednesday morning was enough to catch the residents, the traffic police and all the other civic agencies hopelessly off guard all across the city. More than 100 complaints of waterlogging, traffic snarls from virtually all corners of the city and reports of earth and road caving in at busy intersection like AIIMS left the residents filled with despair. At least 13 trees also got uprooted.

The telecom department on Wednesday referred two controversial reports — the Sam Pitroda committee’s report on BSNL and Trai recommendations on telecom licences and spectrum — to the internal committee.

Anil Ambani Group firm RNRL’s new gas supply agreement with Reliance Industries is valid only till March 31, 2022 and even in this, there is no mention of volume or the tenure of gas supply.

Unlike the defence sector, the government has adopted a cautious approach on opening up multi-brand retail to foreign investment, department of industrial policy and promotion secretary, Mr R.P. Singh, said on Wednesday.

The Indian netball team for the Commonwealth Games, have been toiling for the last two years but what dampens their excitement for a sport whose spread is still in its infancy is what next after the 12-day extravaganza ends.