All eyes on the Yamuna which is at its highest level in 35 years after water was released from Harayana's Hathinikund barrage. ...
10:56 AM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: As the Delhi Metro from the Yamuna Bank station rumbles on every day, something extraordinary takes place under its tracks. Children from the neighbouring slum gather here to let their imagination take over. And helping their dreams take shape is a West Delhi shopkeeper Rajesh Kumar. Rajesh said, "I would regularly see children idly playing in the dirt in the area. I asked their parents why weren't they...
09:02 AM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: The water level in the Yamuna is set to rise over 207 metres - the highest the river has touched in 35 years. More than 1,500 people have been evacuated from low-lying areas in east Delhi like Usmanpur, Yamuna Bazar, Bhajanpura and Shastri Park and relief camps have been set up for their shelter. The Yamuna crossed the danger mark in Delhi on Tuesday and the water level...
07:40 AM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: Incessant heavy rains on Sunday led to waterlogging at IGI airport in New Delhi, causing inconvenience to passengers who waded through knee deep water while the baggage handling system was left crippled. The monsoon arrived in Delhi on Sundaya fortnight ahead of schedule, with national capital recording around 36.6 mm rainfall. But the airport witnessed an "unprecedented" rainfall of 117.8 mm in four and half hours, between 1...
09:51 PM, Jun 16, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi will receive monsoon showers within next five days, way ahead of the expected June 29 date, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Friday. "Monsoon has been progressing well over the country and is likely to reach the northern India ahead of the schedule. Monsoon is most likely to reach Delhi within next five days from today (Friday)," IMD director BP Yadav said. He declined to give an...
11:31 PM, Jun 14, 2013
New Delhi: After hanging fire for six years, the makeover plan for Delhi's Chandni Chowk will finally see the light of the day with the Unified Traffic and Transportation Infrastructure giving its nod to it, said officials. "The Shahajahanabad Redevelopment Plan was sent to Unified Traffic And Transportation Infrastructure and has been approved by it," said Delhi government sources. The Delhi cabinet had approved the plan in 2007 with an...
11:20 PM, Jun 14, 2013
New Delhi: Finance Minister P Chidambaram announced on Thursday that the government plans to announce more economic reforms soon. He asked people to not panic saying the economy is recovering. "Economy is stronger than what it was this time last year. Inflation too is low," the Union Minister said. Chidambaram also said that the government was planning to announce a review of the foreign direct investment (FDI) limits as also...
11:12 AM, Jun 13, 2013
New Delhi: Hundreds of commuters on Delhi Metro's Jahangirpuri-HUDA City Centre line had a harrowing experience after a train got stuck in a tunnel during rush hour on Tuesday morning for 45 minutes. All the commuters on the train have been safely evacuated, an official said. The Yellow Line metro route will experience some disruptions through the day, sources said. "Metro traffic on the Jahangirpuri-Huda City Centre line was affected...
12:42 PM, Jun 11, 2013
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal will join a protest by autorickshaw drivers in the capital on Tuesday. The protest is against the Delhi government's ban on putting up posters on the back of three-wheelers. Meanwhile, in an effort to regulate plying of autorickshaws, the Delhi Government has also decided to introduce colour coding for vehicles based on the zones in which they operate and install...
12:17 PM, Jun 11, 2013
New Delhi/Chennai: The bail pleas of suspended Rajasthan Royals cricketers S Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan, alleged bookie Jiju Janardhanan and 15 others in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal will be heard by a MCOCA court in Delhi on Monday. Sreesanth has been claiming innocence saying he has been wrongly implicated in the case. His lawyer also said that it was wrong to charge a cricketer under the MCOCA. The...
08:11 AM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: Slamming BJP for politicising the power tariff issue, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Sunday said consumers are receiving higher electricity bills due to round the clock power supply in the city. Justifying the current tariff structure, she said the cost of power production has increased significantly in the last few years due to which electricity tariff in the city has also gone up. "The BJP is politicising...
10:23 PM, Jun 09, 2013
New Delhi: Mercury continued to hover below 40 degree-mark in the national capital for consecutive second day on Saturday, giving some respite from sweltering heat but high humidity made life tough for Delhiites. The day temperature settled at 39.8 deg C, one notch below normal and slightly higher from Friday's 39.3 deg C. The minimum temperature was registered at 29.1 deg C, one degree above normal and 3.4 points up...
07:45 PM, Jun 08, 2013
New Delhi: As senior BJP leader LK Advani chose to skip the National Executive meet in Goa, a group of Narendra Modi supporters on Saturday staged a protest outside the residence of the party veteran for "opposing" greater role for the Gujarat Chief Minister. A handful of protesters holding a banner 'Narendra Modi's Army' shouted pro-Modi slogans outside Advani's 30-Prithviraj Road on Saturday afternoon. Holding placards like 'Narendra Modi Zindabad'...
03:14 PM, Jun 08, 2013
New Delhi: All of 19, a teenaged girl was abandoned by her family after being raped by a neighbour last year. Weak and helpless in the ninth month of her pregnancy, she wants the state to take care of her child. "I've no money or means to support the child. My family has left me. The state should provide for this child," says the rape survivor. After a lower court...
07:29 AM, Jun 08, 2013
New Delhi: Names of around 13 lakh non-existent voters were struck down from city's electoral roll by the Election Commission following a detailed survey. Delhi's Chief Electoral Officer Vijay Dev said the names of the voters were removed after conducting due verifications. "We had conducted a house-to-house survey in 2012 in which around 15 lakh voters were identified in the categories of 'shifted, expired and duplicate' voters. After conducting due...
10:40 PM, Jun 07, 2013
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