Lieutenant governor Tejendra Khanna on Thursday reviewed transport and traffic planning for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Games.
“Mr Khanna chaired the second high-level meeting of inter-agency core group on micro planning for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Games on October 3 and

For the first time, the total number of slums existing in all the cities of the country will be enumerated in the current census exercise.
In 2001, the slum census was carried out for only those cities in which the population was 50,000 or more.

The post of the chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), which had been lying vacant for over a year, has finally been filled up with former chief justice K.G. Balakrishnan being appointed as the new chairperson. The post had been lying vacant since May 2009.

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has decided to approach the Supreme Court in connection with the Delhi high court order saying that the CIC had no powers to frame rules for hearing of appeals. The matter had earlier virtually divided the CIC with some information commissioners continuing to hear the appeals as per procedure laid out.

In an effort to promote India as a filming destination for film producers from other countries the Union information and broadcasting ministry has, in association with industry body Assocham, decided to create awareness regarding the legal and tax considerations in the country.

Vice-president Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Thursday paid homage to the departed former vice-president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat at a prayer meeting held at his official residence on Aurangzeb Road here. Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and other senior ministers and leaders from the BJP and other parties also attended the prayer meeting. Mr Shekhawat had breathed his last on May 15.

Hinting towards the senior partner in the UPA, NCP chief and agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Thursday cautioned that taking minorities for granted would be a big mistake. Qualifying his statement the minister said, it is a big misconception among the secular parties that the minorities have no option but to support them.

The Congress party maintained a status quo by renominating its sitting MPs for the ensuing biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh here on Thursday night.

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, who completed one year in office on Thursday, has indicated she is not in favour of a caste census, saying she has always worked towards a casteless society.

“You produced a lawyer and we produced a leader out of him”. This is how South African President Jacob Zuma on Thursday described the association of Mahatma Gandhi with his country. Gandhi’s thought and ideology greatly influenced the freedom movement there, Mr Zuma said.