Man commits suicide at Metro station
A 57-year-old man committed suicide by jumping from Paschim Vihar Metro station early on Monday.
The police said the incident was reported at around 7.30 am and the deceased has been identified as Naresh, an employee of Bharat Electronic Limited (BEL). The
New chief secy hits out at Shunglu committee
P.K. Tripathi, who took charge as the Delhi Government’s new chief secretary, on Monday hit hard at the Shunglu Committee findings which indicted the Delhi Government of corruption related to the Commonwealth Games. On his first day in office, Mr Tripathi stated that the Shunglu Committee report had failed to understand
CRPF jawan is denied leave, fires in the air
A disgruntled CRPF constable fired a volley of bullets at BJP headquarters in New Delhi district area late on Sunday night.
The incident took place at around 11.45 pm at the entry gate of BJP’s 11-Ashoka Road headquarters. No one was injured in the firing in which 20 bullets were fired in the
BJP against move to split MCD
The Delhi unit of the BJP has stated that the reported move of the city government to split the MCD into five units would result in more chaos. Delhi BJP chief Vijendra Gupta has stated that the move being taken in haste by the city government would add to inequality and encourage corruption and demanded that the decision be
Delhi to become plastic-free state
The Delhi Cabinet on Monday gave its nod to a proposal to impose a blanket ban on manufacture, sale, storage and usage of plastic bags in the capital. The move comes in the backdrop of flouting of ban on the usage of plastic bags in various parts of the capital by shopkeepers. Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit told reporters after
Cup replica didn’t hurt pride: Omar
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah does not endorse the view that the glittering ICC World Cup Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his teammates kissed, hugged and adorned so passionately at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday night being a fake has hurt the national pride. What is ample and gratifying is India won the cup, he said.
Dhoni may fly Sukhoi soon
Victorious Indian cricket team captain M.S. Dhoni may soon fly in an Indian Air Force (IAF) Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft.
The matter came up for discussion at a “courtesy call” meeting between Dhoni and IAF chief Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik in New Delhi on Monday evening, defence
Court notice to DNA lab in Tiwari case
Joint registrar of the Delhi high court Deepak Garg on Monday issued a notice to Hyderabad-based laboratory seeking its response on the modalities to conduct DNA test on veteran Congress leader Narayan Dutt Tiwari to ascertain the plea of a 32-year-old Delhi-based lawyer Rohit Shekhar claiming to be his biological son.
Rein in PAC chief, Congress tells BJP
Wondering whether there was any need to go in for Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the alleged 2G spectrum allocation scam, the Congress on Monday suggested that in the backdrop of the recent jurisdictional controversy between two parliamentary panels on the same issue the BJP should “rein in” its leader Murli Manohar Joshi, who heads the PAC.
Maya plans book to popularise dalit tourism
To popularise the parks and memorials built by UP chief minister and promote dalit tourism in Uttar Pradesh, the state government is planning to bring out a coffee table book on dalit memorials in Lucknow and Noida.