Lenders likely to accept DMRC

NEW DELHI: The DMRC decision to run the Airport Express line from Monday seems to be suiting everybody, including the lenders. Reliance Infrastructure-led DAMEPL, the company running the premier Metro line, will hand over the project to DMRC on Sunday.It...

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Govt taking its time to name new National School of Drama head

NEW DELHI: Seven months after the National School of Drama's selection committee sent its recommendation for the next director of the institute, the ministry of culture is yet to appoint anyone. Theatre artistes and scholars have sent a memorandum to...

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Snag causes outages in east Delhi

NEW DELHI: With heavy winds gripping the city on Saturday evening several parts of east Delhi experienced outages for over five hours. Discom officials said the snag was caused due to tree branches falling on two 66KV cables supplying power to Mayur...

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284 Delhiites still missing from Uttarakhand

NEW DELHI: At least 284 Delhiites haven't returned home from Uttarakhand, says Delhi government's 24/7 helpline, which was made operational since Monday. Of the 368 people reported missing, 84 have been traced and 29 of them are stranded in Badrinath;...

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Property dealer kills self

A property dealer on Saturday allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his residence in Shalimar Garden area in Ghaziabad.Police have identified the victim as 33-year-old Rajeev Kataria who was alone in his room on Saturday...

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Sheila Dikshit takes potshot at Kejriwal

NEW DELHI: Chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday took a potshot at Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal for raking up the issue of inflated electricity bills in the city."In the last few years, the sale of generators has declined in Delhi and the...

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DPCC reshuffled, poll panels formed

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday reconstituted the Pradesh Congress Committee executive and set up manifesto and publicity committees. The new team strikes a balance between factions loyal to DPCC chief J P Agrawal and chief minister Sheila Dikshit....

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Delhi set to have a children's academy

NEW DELHI: While launching the city's cultural calendar, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday announced that the capital will soon have a children's academy functioning under the aegis of the department of art, culture and languages."We have...

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Property dealer commits suicide by hanging himself

GHAZIABAD: A property dealer on Saturday allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his residence in Shalimar Garden area here, police said.Rajeev Kataria (33) took the extreme step early this morning when he was alone in his...

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Punjab girl to represent India at Google Science Fair

NEW DELHI: A 15-year-old girl from Punjab has become the only Indian student to make it to the finals of the Google Science Fair, 2013, a company statement said here on Saturday.Shrishti Asthana, a Class 11 student from Millenium School, Mohali, had...

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Traffic hit as concrete falls off Metro pillar

NEW DELHI: Commuters at Tagore Garden Metro station had a scare on Thursday after a piece of concrete fell down from the top of a pillar in the afternoon. The large chunk fell on to the median, bringing traffic to a standstill. While Delhi Metro claimed...

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308 from Delhi still missing in Uttarakhand

NEW DELHI: The number of capital denizens missing in Uttarakhand continues to rise. The Delhi government received 64 distress calls on 1077 informing them of loved ones who have not returned home till reports last came in.Though it will take a few more...

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Chandni Chowk mourns hero who died saving pilgrims

NEW DELHI: Shops along the cramped Chandni Chowk lane leading up to Flight Lt Tapan Kapoor's house remained shut on Thursday as an eerie quiet prevailed in the otherwise-noisy neighbourhood. Tapan, a resident of Katra Khushal Rai in Kinari Bazar, died...

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Pranab Mukherjee seeks action plan to restore Rashtrapati Bhavan

NEW DELHI: President Pranab Mukherjee has sought a time-bound action plan to conserve and restore Rashtrapati Bhavan in accordance with the original plan by Sir Edward Lutyens and others."Every effort should be made to preserve and protect the country's...

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Won't allow high-rise buildings in Delhi as long as I am alive: Dikshit

NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday continued to oppose Union urban development minister Kamal Nath's push for vertical growth in the city, saying she won't allow construction of high-rise buildings as long as she is "alive".She...

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Govt plans better link to Mehrauli

NEW DELHI: Getting to Mehrauli could finally become easier. The Delhi government is exploring the possibility of providing better linkages to the area. On Wednesday, chief minister Sheila Dikshit, in a meeting held with senior PWD officials, decided...

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Business’s stalkers held; planned to rob him

NEW DELHI: Four people who were about to rob a Chandni Chowk businessman were arrested on Wednesday. They had followed him from his residence to his electronics showroom.The main accused, Anees Khan, was found to be involved in the kidnapping and rape...

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Nirbhaya case: Juvenile pleads innocent

NEW DELHI: The sole juvenile accused in the gang rape and murder of Nirbhaya denied all the charges against him on Wednesday and said he did not participate in the horrific crime. Pleading innocence before the juvenile justice board chaired by principal...

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Nirbhaya case: Juvenile pleads innocence

NEW DELHI: The sole juvenile accused in the gang rape and murder of Nirbhaya denied all the charges against him on Wednesday and said he did not participate in the horrific crime. Pleading innocence before the juvenile justice board chaired by principal...

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NCERT campus deaths propel probe

NEW DELHI: Government agencies woke up to the emergency on the NCERT campus only after contaminated drinking water was blamed for two deaths.The Central Public Works Department (CPWD), which had done little to address people's complaints late last week...

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One dead, several hurt as bikers go berserk

NEW DELHI: There was chaos on city streets late Monday night as around 2,000 bikers in festive mood zipped dangerously through traffic and showed off stunts, resulting in the death of one rider and injuries to several others, including two policemen...

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Kejriwal to contest against Sheila in New Delhi

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal will contest from New Delhi assembly constituency to take on CM Sheila Dikshit directly in the Delhi assembly elections.With this, AAP has announced the names of 20 candidates. In the second list released...

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Arvind Kejriwal to contest against Sheila Dikshit in New Delhi

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal will contest from New Delhi assembly constituency to take on CM Sheila Dikshit directly in the Delhi assembly elections.With this, AAP has announced the names of 20 candidates. In the second list released...

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Nirbhaya case: Juvenile claims innocence

NEW DELHI: The juvenile accused in Nirbhaya case denied all the charges against him, claiming that he was not a participant in the horrendous crime.Pleading innocence before the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) presided by principal magistrate Geetanjali...

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Delhi Police seize ephedrine worth Rs 125cr, arrest four men

NEW DELHI: 370kg of banned ephedrine worth Rs 125 crore was seized in the capital with the arrest of a Nigerian national and three other men, police said on Wednesday as it claimed to have busted an international drug racket.Nigerian Arther Frank (42),...

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Teenager takes cops for a ride with kidnap tale

NEW DELHI: A teenager keen to meet her boyfriend but unable to do so due to strict parental curfew took Delhi Police for a ride with a kidnap-and-escape story before being found out. She was returned home with a reprimand.The teen had been left at Rithala...

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Demand-hit Connaught Place still among most expensive office markets

MUMBAI: Despite weakening demand for office space Connaught Place (CP) remains the fifth most expensive office market in the world.In property consultant CBRE's semi-annual Prime Office Occupancy Costs survey, CP has retained its earlier ranking in the...

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Harnessing of people’s power

NEW DELHI: The agitation against the upcoming shopping mall in Alaknanda is not just a spontaneous burst of anger. It's a planned campaign, put together carefully by residents who have probed different aspects of the project. They have filed RTIs, ran...

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‘Alaknanda mall to be traffic nightmare’

NEW DELHI: Residents of a cluster of colonies in south Delhi have come together, in a unique mass movement, to oppose a mall that they say threatens to derail traffic in the area, cause pollution and severely strain the limited civic resources.The mall...

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Delhi University student stabbed to death

NEW DELHI: A 22-year-old Delhi University student was stabbed to death near his home here, police said on Tuesday, blaming it on personal enmity. One of the attackers was arrested.Five people attacked Pankaj Kashyap in south Delhi's Madan Gir area on...

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Swell in Yamuna kills the stink

NEW DELHI: If you thought the Delhi stretch of Yamuna had long become a sewage pool, visit the river now. Flooded to the brim, it is reminiscent of what Yamuna may have originally looked like. The flood may have played havoc by displacing communities...

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LG okays 8 DDA flats as women’s centres

NEW DELHI: The lieutenant-governor, Tejendra Khanna, has approved a plan to provide eight DDA flats for setting up reception-cum-care centres that will be run by National Commission for Women, in partnership with NGOs, as temporary shelters. This was...

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Man accused of raping maid, freed

NEW DELHI: The government should frame a policy or law to regulate placement agencies, which supply domestic helps, so that proper verification of servants can be done to curb false rape cases, a trial court said."Considering the need of the day, it...

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Man freed in sodomy case

NEW DELHI: A trial court has acquitted a man, accused of abducting and sodomizing a boy, stating that complainants have resiled from their statements recorded by cops.Additional sessions judge Renu Bhatnagar let off the UP resident, saying "there is...

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Speeding DTC bus kills biker in south Delhi

NEW DELHI: A 45-year-old man died after a speeding bus hit his motorcycle on MB Road near Okhla More in southeast Delhi on Thursday.The victim, Sarvan Kumar Mishra, suffered severe head injuries after the bus hit his motorcycle from behind. The incident...

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Aarushi case: Two examined

NEW DELHI: The first two defence witnesses in the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case, Dr Amulya Chaddha and Rajinder Kaul, recorded their statements in the Ghaziabad court on Thursday.Dr Chaddha was asked about the neck injuries on Aarushi and Hemraj. He said...

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Water recedes, disease threat looms

NEW DELHI: Much to the relief of the city, the Yamuna started receding by Thursday morning and its level had come down to 206.44 m by 6 pm. The river attained a peak of 207.32 m, the second highest recorded level after the floods of 1978 when it had...

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Four held at Indira Gandhi International Airport, gold worth Rs 78 lakh seized

NEW DELHI: Four persons, including one who tried to smuggle gold bars concealed in his lower abdomen, were arrested in two separate incidents of smuggling at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here.All four, who were involved in alleged smuggling...

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Yamuna recedes in Delhi but more people evacuated

NEW DELHI: The water level of the Yamuna has fallen below the danger mark of 204.83 metres in the capital, a government official said on Friday. However, more people were evacuated from many areas along the river late on Thursday as a precautionary measure."The...

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Man accused of selling wife to friend

NEW DELHI: The city police on Friday opposed the anticipatory bail plea of a man, accused of selling his wife to another man who allegedly raped her, before the Delhi high court claiming that it has evidence against him and he is not entitled to bail.Filing...

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2 pipelines leak near Wazirabad

NEW DELHI: Two water pipelines along the Ghaziabad-Wazirabad highway leaked on Wednesday, threatening to flood Shri Ram Colony, Khajuri Khas and areas along the Sonia Vihar water treatment plant. Emergency operations were launched to plug the leaks,...

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Delhi Jal Board rescues nilgai caught in flood water

NEW DELHI: A young nilgai was rescued from Wazirabad water treatment plant by Delhi Jal Board staff. The animal sustained external injuries. After treatment, it was released in the Asola Wildlife Park on Wednesday evening. Rescue operations were on to...

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Yamuna recedes in Delhi but flows above danger mark

NEW DELHI: Low-lying areas along the Yamuna remained submerged for the second consecutive day though the water level in the river started receding today.The water level in the river was recorded at 206.83 metres at 2pm which is two metres above the danger...

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Indian film festival of Houston invites entries

NEW DELHI: The Indian Film Festival of Houston (IFFH) returns for its fifth edition beginning October 4. Entries for the festival, that showcases quality Indian films, close on June 30.IFFH 2013 will be hosted over three nights and present more than...

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DU student files rape case against Facebook friend

NEW DELHI: A 21-year-old Delhi University student has alleged that she was raped several times by a Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) student, whom she first befriended on social networking site Facebook two years ago, police said Thursday.The incident...

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Fire in Safdarjung child wing

NEW DELHI: A minor fire was reported from the pediatrics wing of Safdarjung Hospital early on Monday morning. The area was evacuated immediately and no casualties were reported.The fire was detected after smoke was seen coming out of one of the air-conditioners...

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Soon, 'vulnerable' witnesses won't have to face accused

NEW DELHI: Realizing the need of having a better witness protection programme in place, lower judiciary is now working towards creating a new 'vulnerable witness facility' that will help witnesses who are under threat or are likely to be threatened by...

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Yamuna flowing close to danger level, flood prone areas being evacuated in Delhi

NEW DELHI: The Yamuna river is flowing over the danger mark in the national capital, an official said on Tuesday."By 9 am today (Tuesday), the water level in Yamuna had reached 204.98 metres. The danger mark is 204.83 metres. We are keeping a close eye...

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Yamuna flows over danger mark in Delhi, flood prone areas being evacuated

NEW DELHI: The Yamuna river is flowing over the danger mark in the national capital, an official said on Tuesday."By 9 am today (Tuesday), the water level in Yamuna had reached 204.98 metres. The danger mark is 204.83 metres. We are keeping a close eye...

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Yamuna crosses danger mark, people evacuated

NEW DELHI: People from low-lying areas along the Yamuna were evacuated today as the water level in the river crossed the danger mark.The water level of Yamuna crossed the danger mark of 204.83 metres at 1pm and it reached 205.24 metres at 2.30pm, officials...

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