Nod to water supply privatisation
Following the success of privatisation of power distribution in the city, the Delhi government on Monday initiated the privatisation of distribution of water.
Chief minister Sheila Dikshit in a board meeting of Delhi Jal Board (DJB)
Hazare to fast on Dec. 11 at Jantar Mantar
In an attempt to put pressure on the government, Anna Hazare is planning to hold a day-long fast here on December 11 if he is not satisfied with the final shape of the draft Lokpal Bill, now being examined by a parliamentary standing committee headed by Congress MP Abhishek Singhvi.
Youth killed in trivial row at eatery, 2 held
An altercation over a petty issue at a roadside eatery resulted in the death of a 27-year-old B.Tech. from West Bengal while his friend was critically injured in south Delhi’s Govindpuri area early on Monday.
Rahul exhorts youth: Go fight poverty, corruption
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, noting that corruption had virtually seeped into the nation’s political system, on Monday declared his party would show “zero-tolerance” towards it.
Interlocutors with Maoists quit in Bengal
The interlocutors appointed by West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee to broker peace between the Maoists and the state government quit Monday. The peace process initiated by her in Jangalmahal is thus the first casualty of the
Sukh Ram gets bail
The Delhi high court on Monday granted bail to former communications minister Sukh Ram, suspending the five-year sentence awarded to him by a trial court in a graft case.
All-party FDI meet today
While the government found itself in a tight spot on Monday over its controversial move to allow 51 per cent foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail, with the NDA, Left parties and even some UPA constituents like the Trinamul Congress and DMK demanding a rollback, the Congress stuck to its
Court: File FIR against Bedi
Fresh allegations of corruption against Team Anna member Kiran Bedi surfaced on Saturday with a Delhi court directing the city police to file an FIR against her on charges of cheating and misappropriation of funds. The court order came
Team Anna members lose their sheen
Team Anna is losing its sheen on morality at a time when Parliament has to take a view on the Lokpal Bill during the current session.