The political circle in the capital is abuzz with apprehensions of next year’s MCD elections not being held at all, after the Delhi government constituted a political committee on restructuring of the civic body. The Delhi government has three instances of the MCD being kept without political leadership, after it was administered directly by the municipal commissioner for over 12 years since 1975 in the absence of elections.

The annual national seminar of the National Institute of Personnel Mana-gement (NIPM) is slated to be hosted by the NIPM Delhi Chapter in New Delhi from February 14-16.

The city government on Friday told the Delhi high court that it has decided to withdraw its earlier direction to Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) to put on hold the decision on power tariff for 2010-2011.

The National Human Rights Commission has asked the Delhi government to pay `50,000 to the next of kin of a labourer who had died by drowning in Delhi Jal Board pit.
The NHRC came down heavily on the DJB’s plea that it did not have any liability towards the labourer as he was hired by the contractor.

Taking a grim view of frequent road-cutting by various agencies in the capital for their works, Delhi urban development minister A.K. Walia on Friday specified that only four months of the year could be used for the purpose.

A six-doctor team of All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences conducted psychological examination of the eight year old tumour patient, allegedly victim of sexual harassment by a resident doctor, to check if the brain is functioning normally.

With allegations of corruption flying thick and fast and instruction from the CAG, the CVC and the Shunglu Committee not to transfer any officials while the probe in the Commonwealth Games-related projects is going on, the Delhi government today transferred 11 officials.

S omewhere in 2009, do you remember holding an overpriced ticket for a movie about blue people? The one with wallpaper-like prettiness and a plot aimed at nine-year-olds? If you do, then read on.

Only 227 illegal arms were seized from the districts in the state between January 8 and 31. What is more surprising is that only seven and three illegal arms were seized from the Maoist-infested districts of Purulia and Bankura, respectively.

The Union Cabinet on Thursday decided to amend the Press and Registration of Books Act 1867 to streamline age-old processes and address certain issues governed by its print media policy and guidelines and rules on this sector.