New Delhi: The Chinese embassy was on Sunday turned into a fortress as Premier Li Keqiang arrived on a state visit while a tight security ring was thrown around the Taj Palace Hotel where he is staying. Delhi Police have deployed more personnel and shut down certain roads, including those near the Chinese embassy, as a precautionary measure.
All the inner roads leading to the hotel have been barricaded and no one is allowed to enter without special passes.
The Race Course station of the Delhi Metro, which is close to the prime minister's official residence and the diplomatic area, is to remain shut from 7 pm to 9 pm Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is to hold talks with Li and also host a private dinner for him.
Police officials said Sardar Patel Marg, which connects the Chinese embassy in the diplomatic enclave of New Delhi, to the airport, will remain closed till Sunday night. The road will be opened late at night and shut again on Monday morning, said an official....
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05:43 AM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: The cricketers and the bookies in custody in IPL spot-fixing case are being interrogated for the third day in the national capital on Sunday. Sources are telling CNN-IBN that Sreesanth resisted arrest by the Delhi Police. Sources also say Sreesanth was in a sedan when the police approached him in an SUV and he reportedly threw his phone at them. He mellowed after seeing the bookies in police...
04:50 PM, May 19, 2013
New Delhi: Commuters of Delhi Airport Metro, travelling with their families or in groups of two or more, will now get discounts ranging from Rs 20 to Rs 80 per ticket. Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited on Tuesday announced the special discounted 'Family Fares'. Under the new scheme, the current tariff of Rs 180 per person between New Delhi Station and Dwarka will come down to Rs 100 if...
03:47 PM, May 14, 2013
Lucknow: The Japan International Cooperative Agency (JICA) has offered the Uttar Pradesh government financial assistance for the Metro rail project and a host of other projects, including the Agra-Lucknow expressway, officials said Tuesday. JICA sought details of the projects at a meeting with Chief Secretary Jawed Usmani Monday. The World Bank has already expressed its willingness to give funding for the Lucknow Metro rail and Agra-Lucknow expressway projects. Both these...
11:21 AM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: Eco-friendly chemicals, hi-tech machines and bio-degradable garbage disposal bags will ensure cleanliness of Metro stations. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has decided to re-work its cleaning and housekeeping practices by using advanced and hi-tech machineries and is conducting specialised training programme for its staff to ensure the entire system is clean and hygienic round-the-clock. All the team leaders and supervisors of the cleaning teams deputed at stations, maintenance...
02:30 AM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: Anticipating protests outside Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence, Delhi Metro on sunday closed the Race Course station for nearly three hours on police instruction. "Race Course Metro station has been reopened for public at 1:51 PM," a Metro official said. The station at Race Course Road was closed for the public from 11 am after BJP youth wing activists announced a march and gherao of the high-security area....
03:02 PM, May 12, 2013
New Delhi: A Metro station near Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence was closed for public on Sunday morning after BJP youth wing activists announced a march and gherao of the high-security area. "Race Course Metro station has been closed for public from 11 AM till further directions as per police advice," a Metro official said. The BJP Yuva Morcha activists, led by its president Anurag Singh Thakur, have announced that...
12:22 PM, May 12, 2013
Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh BJP, which has been opposing FDI in retail, on Saturday said it would not allow foreign stores like Walmart into the state "Foreign chains like Walmart and Metro Cash and Carry will not be allowed to enter Himachal and the interests of small traders will be fully safeguarded," state BJP president Satpal Singh Satti said. He was reacting to Civil Supplies minister GS Bali's announcement to...
01:53 AM, May 12, 2013
New Delhi: Amid the media brouhaha in India over the border incursions by their troops, Chinese engineers were last week calmly tunneling in the heart of the national capital for the heritage line of the Delhi Metro network, signifying the growing commercial linkages between the two neighbours. Engineers of the Shanghai Urban Construction Group (SUCG) lowered a massive 300-tonne Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) into a crater that was once a...
12:49 PM, May 09, 2013
Mumbai: A Mumbai sessions court will deliver its verdict on June 10 on the admissibility of an appeal filed by Bollywood actor Salman Khan challenging a magistrate's order invoking the charge of culpable homicide against him in a 2002 hit-and-run case. Sessions judge UB Hejib fixed June 10 for deciding the appeal after arguments concluded on Wednesday. The 47-year-old actor was granted exemption from personal appearance on a plea by...
05:18 PM, May 08, 2013
Patna: The Bihar capital city's dream of a Metro train may come true by 2016 if the state urban development minister is to be believed. The project is set to cover a distance of 40-km stretch at a cost of Rs 8,000 crore, Urban Development Minister Prem Kumar said. Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RITES) will conduct survey for the construction of the Metro rail in Patna, he said...
06:08 PM, May 05, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi Metro has registered an increase of about 16 per cent in ridership in 2012-13 in comparison to the last financial year. Addressing the gathering at DMRC's 19th Foundation Day celebrations, its Managing Director Mangu Singh said apart from increase in ridership, the overall earnings of the organisation had also increased by 15.77 per cent during the same period. Sudhir Krishna, DMRC Chairman and Secretary, Ministry of...
02:44 AM, May 04, 2013
Mumbai: The tracks have been laid and the much-awaited Mumbai Metro is a step closer towards making Mumbaikars happy. After missing six deadlines, the air-conditioned elevated metro line will now be thrown open to the public by the end of this year. The service will be available between 5:30 am and midnight and the frequency of the trains will initially be 3.5 minutes. Six lakh commuters are expected to travel...
07:39 PM, May 01, 2013
Many people from the Sikh community came together in New Delhi on Wednesday to protest against the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in one of the cases of 1984 anti-Sikh riots. "We have been waiting for justice for 28 years despite all the witnesses in the case," said one of the protesters. ...
04:52 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: Many people from the Sikh community came together in New Delhi on Wednesday to protest against the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in one of the cases of 1984 anti-Sikh riots. While many stormed a metro station in west Delhi in the afternoon disrupting services for sometime, the others marched to a police station blocking traffic in the area. The protesters entered Subhash Nagar Metro Station at...
03:49 PM, May 01, 2013
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan inaugurated on Wednesday the first trial run of Mumbai's ambitious mass transit project, the Mumbai Metro. The trial run took place on the the first phase of the metro covering a 2 km stretch between Versova and Azad Nagar in Adheri. This was a part of the 11.4 kilometre long line on the Versova-Adheri-Ghatkopar corridor. The line will connect the eastern and the western...
11:25 AM, May 01, 2013
Mumbai: Mumbai's ambitious mass transit project - the Mumbai Metro - will have its first trial run on Wednesday and Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan will be one of its first commuters. The project, which is a tie up between Reliance Infra and Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), was started in February 2008 to augment the overburdened local service of the railways. The first phase of the metro will run...
08:19 AM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: A 25-year-old woman committed suicide by consuming poison outside a Metro station in the national capital, police said on Sunday. Her husband and in-laws have been arrested for alleged dowry harassment. "Shilpa was found lying unconscious outside Dwarka Sector 12 Metro Station in the morning. She was spotted by a Metro security personnel," said a police officer. No suicide note was found. According to Shilpa's parents, she was...
11:13 AM, Apr 29, 2013
New Delhi: An unidentified elderly man allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a metro train in west Delhi on Thursday evening, police said. The incident took place in Janakpuri Metro station at around 5 pm and the victim is aged between 60 and 70 years. The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead. ...
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