With the Delhi government’s PWD department throwing open the Ghazipur underpass for public on Friday, commuters coming from Ghaziabad to Anand Vihar can expect a smooth ride. The underpass will act as a gateway between east Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.

The Delhi BJP has demanded a CBI probe into the role of the Delhi government holding the new power tariff order. The BJP alleged that the government is “hand-in-glove” with power distribution companies (discoms) for favouring hike in power tariffs even when the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission has maintained that the discoms were earning healthy profit and there is no rationale for tariff hike.

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 O

The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has informed that water supply in several areas of south and east Delhi will be affected on Sunday due to planned shutdown in its network.
The DJB has stated that due to shifting of Kirlokari and Triplicate main near Hanuman Setu, Yamuna Bazar, water supply will be available at low pressure. Hence, several areas in the south and east Delhi would face water supply problems on Sunday.

A labourer was killed and several others injured in two separate road incidents reported from the city in the last 24 hours.
In the first incident reported in the Kalkaji area of southeast Delhi, a labourer was killed while three others suffered injuries after they were hit by a Tata 709 dumper. The police officials said the accident occurred at around 3 am near Nehru Place flyover.

After hearing a batch of petitions filed by local residents, patients and the hospitals authorities in south Delhi, seeking a direction to the Union government to take effective steps to reduce noise pollution, the high court on Thursday directed the DGCA to bring noise levels in and around Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport as per the international standards.

The Delhi high court on Thursday directed the Delhi government to pay over Rs 4 lakhs as compensation to 126 students who has fallen ill after consuming midday meal in a state-run school last month.

The residents of Delhi and its surrounding areas virtually had their nostrils choked with dust laden winds blowing throughout the day and night since Wednesday. Meanwhile, the minimum temperature, 34.7 degrees Celsius, recorded at 6.30 am was highest in the last 41 years.

Driven by higher prices of pulses, milk and fruits, food inflation rose to 16.55 per cent for the week ended May 22.
Inflation increased by 0.32 percentage point from 16.23 per cent in the previous week, food inflation data released here today showed.
Potatoes and onions became cheaper by 34.09 per cent and 11.55 per cent respectively.
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The pan-India bid license for Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) spectrum touched Rs 8,980 crore on Thursday, the ninth day of the auction, which translates into a revenue of Rs 26,940 crore for the government from the sale of three slots.