3-way dead heat in Delhi assembly race, poll says

NEW DELHI: The Delhi assembly elections could end in a dead heat between the BJP, Congress and Aam Aadmi Party, making government formation almost impossible, an opinion poll by a TV channel indicated.The poll suggests a spectacular debut by AAP with...

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Cong believes it has edge in tight Delhi contest

NEW DELHI: Congress believes it holds the edge in Delhi but it's a close battle that has massively shrunk the room for gaffes.The assessment in Congress is that Delhi, which is normally considered to be safe in a faceoff with BJP, has run too close for...

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Southern frontier cries for water, drainage, hospitals

NEW DELHI: It marks the Capital's southern limit. The name is rooted in the majestic ruins of Tughlakabad Fort. Behind this historical facade lies the conservative, caste-dominated world of a constituency that battles water shortage every day and is...

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Corporation messes up aam admi’s green job

There is a high court direction to revive water bodies in Delhi. There is another high court direction that says no untreated sewage should be allowed to enter a water body. There is also a contempt notice against the vice-chairman of Delhi Development...

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Fatima Bhutto's book launch in Delhi

Literary Do: This was a good opportunity for Delhi's literary enthusiasts to get a copy signed by an author who usually gets a fair degree of attention this side of the border. Fatima Bhutto recently launched her book, 'The Shadow of the Crescent Moon',...

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AAP releases list of probables for Kasturba Nagar constituency

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday announced the names of five probables for Kasturba Nagar assembly constituency which include an IIM graduate, a chartered accountant and a former Congress activist. The Arvind Kejriwal-led party released the list...

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Parliamentarians, civil society, children come together to commit to eliminating hunger in India

NEW DELHI: A unique event in Delhi on Monday supported by the United Nations in India brought together a diverse group of Parliamentarians, representatives from diplomatic missions, the private sector, civil society and children to re-affirm their commitment...

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BJP playing safe with poll tickets

NEW DELHI: The BJP, which lost in 2008 polls due to wrong selection of candidates, is being cautious with distribution of tickets. While the first list of candidate is expected by Friday, sources say for some seats, the party may delay finalizing candidates...

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Man jailed for 10 years for harassing wife, abetting her suicide

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has sentenced a man to 10 years in jail for abetting suicide of his 19-year-old wife, who ended her life within a year of marriage after being fed up of physical torture meted out by him.Holding that judiciary should have "zero...

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We are not getting Metro coaches from China: DMRC

NEW DELHI: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Tuesday denied reports of receiving 21 metro coaches from a Chinese manufacturer."We would like to clarify that the DMRC has neither placed any order nor received any Metro coach from the Chinese train manufacturer,...

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Pollution levels to be monitored on Diwali

NOIDA: The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) has issued an order to its regional office in Gautam Budh Nagar for special monitoring of air and noise pollution levels resulting from fire crackers on Diwali. Officials in Noida said special...

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Delhi Metro gets Chinese-made rail cars

BEIJING: A Chinese train manufacturing firm today said it has sold 21 rail compartments to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive, a subsidiary of major Chinese train manufacturer CSR Corporation, has supplied 21 cars...

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Cop's killer gunned down near 5-star hotel

NEW DELHI: One of Delhi's most wanted criminals, notorious for commanding businessmen to greet him with a "Rs 15 lakh ka namaskar", was gunned down in an encounter by the police near The Grand Hotel in south Delhi's Vasant Kunj area on Thursday night.Also...

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Child rights meeting held in New Delhi

PUNE: The Second High Level Meeting (HLM) on South-South Cooperation for Child Rights in Asia and the Pacific was held recently in New Delhi. The meeting brought together delegates from 33 countries of the region to discuss and share the progress, experience,...

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Onion prices will fall in the next 2-3 days, Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit says

NEW DELHI: Concerned over possible impact of rocketing onion prices on Congress' electoral fortune, chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Saturday said her government has taken a string of measures to contain the rates and the effect will be visible in the...

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Fire in Delhi's AGCR building

NEW DELHI: A fire broke out in the Accountant General of Central Revenue (AGCR) building near ITO in central Delhi here on Friday.The fire was reported on the fifth floor of the building and 10 fire tenders have been rushed to the spot to douse the blaze,...

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Stop identifying food scheme beneficiaries: Election Commission

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission has asked the Delhi government to stall the process for identifying beneficiaries under food security scheme till December 5 when the poll process in capital will be over. The EC directive came in reply to a request...

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Congress remains on strong wicket in Gandhi Nagar

NEW DELHI: The Gandhi Nagar assembly constituency is said to have the largest cloth wholesale market in Asia. Its constituents are largely traders, and there has been extensive development in the area over the past few years because the MLA,Arvinder...

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Delhi assembly polls: NCP's first list, manifesto after Diwali

NEW DELHI: The Nationalist Congress Party has said it will release the first list of candidates, along with its manifesto for Delhi assembly polls after Diwali festival. "The manifesto as well as the first list of candidates will now be released shortly...

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Government official, wife found dead in Delhi

NEW DELHI: A government official and his wife were found dead at their home here on Friday evening, police said.The bodies of K Vijay Kumar, 57, and his wife Sita were recovered from two separate rooms of their Kaka Nagar house. Police said it appeared...

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​Minors in jails: HC raps govt for laxity

NEW DELHI: Despite 178 underage prisoners being found in the 10 adult jails here, the Delhi government has failed to constitute Visitor Boards that allow periodical screening of juvenile offenders.The Delhi high court on Wednesday pulled up the government...

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LGBTQ students to tell their story at DU meet

NEW DELHI: "If you don't talk about it," observes Manish Jain (19), second-year economics student, activist and gay, "No one will." It has taken a lot of guts but six members of the LGBTQ community, all students of Delhi University, will publicly discuss...

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​Cops get mosquito repellants

NEW DELHI: Policemen patrolling the streets of Delhi are being provided with mosquito-repellant creams and coils to keep diseases like malaria and dengue at bay. Sources say that with the spurt in the number of dengue cases this year, the...

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Common problems ail BJP CM candidate’s turf

NEW DELHI: A mix of the business and salaried classes, Krishna Nagar is a constituency with the familiar east Delhi issues of water, electricity and congestion. Growth of business has added to the constituency's woes as commercial outlets have sprung...

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Fifth edition of Royal Fables’ annual exhibition kickstarts in Delhi

Members of India's erstwhile royal families were in attendance at this decidedly shahi do. As part of the fifth edition of Royal Fables' annual exhibition, held from October 18 to 20 in Delhi, an art exhibition curated by Sunaina Anand was put up on...

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Delhi high court asks Centre to look into accounts of Aam Aadmi Party

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Wednesday asked the Centre to look into "afresh" the accounts of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to find out the source of money received by it after its inception.A bench of justices Pradeep Nandrajog and V K Rao asked the counsel...

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UP asked to prove Okhla sanctuary notification

NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to show the order by which Okhla bird sanctuary has been notified as a sanctuary under the Indian Wildlife Protection Act, as claimed by the state and environment...

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Woman tries to kill self after tiff over Karva Chauth

After being scolded by her husband for not fasting on Karva Chauth, a 39-year-old woman tried to kill herself by drinking acid in Kalyanpuri , east Delhi.The family members of the woman, however, alleged that her husband had forced her to commit suicide....

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'I will give doctors congenial environment, freedom in research'

It's been over a week since Dr M C Misra took over as director of AIIMS but the welcome notes and bouquets have not stopped coming. He offers sweets to all, including us, as we arrive for an interviewDr Misra, better known as chief of the institute's...

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Harsh Vardhan is BJP's Manmohan Singh: AAP

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi party on Wednesday launched a frontal attack on BJP's chief ministerial candidate for Delhi Harsh Vardhan accusing him of keeping mum over alleged corruption in civic bodies ruled by his party."Isn't Dr Harsh Vardhan in Delhi BJP's...

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Delhi: Onion prices touch Rs 90 per kg, may hit Rs 100 soon

NEW DELHI: Onion prices soared to the year's high of Rs 90 per kg in many parts of the capital on Monday, amid indications that the staple many touch Rs 100 before coming down to more normal levels around Diwali.Market watchers said the quantity of fresh...

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EC to go ahead with funding rules for parties

NEW DELHI: Despite Congress opposition, EC is likely to issue financial transparency guidelines to parties and continue with its clampdown on movement of unaccounted cash during electioneering.On October 15, Congress treasurer Motilal Vora wrote to EC...

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Congress questions credibility of poll surveys

NEW DELHI: Congress on Monday questioned the credibility of election surveys that have flooded the public domain ahead of year-end assembly polls, saying their varied results have created doubts about their methodology.AICC spokesman Sandeep Dikshit...

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BJP set to name Vardhan as poll face, efforts on to mollify Goel

NEW DELHI: BJP looks set to reject Vijay Goel's claim to be the party's CM candidate for Delhi and is trying to cajole him into accepting Harsh Vardhan as the mascot for the coming polls.Although the formal decision on the vexed leadership issue is expected...

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Cyclists in Delhi bullied, stalked by death

NEW DELHI: Cycling in Delhi is difficult not just because of poor infrastructure but also because of lack of enforcement in creating space for cyclists and hogging of road space by larger motorized vehicles. This has left the cyclists with just alleys...

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Akalis to contest 12 seats independently

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal-Badal on Saturday indicated that it would contest 12 seats independently in the Delhi assembly elections. This, however, came as a big upset for its ally, the BJP, and also exposed the rift between the two parties over...

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Airport line mess: It was all-round failure

NEW DELHI: A "systemic failure" led to the closure of Delhi Airport Metro Line for over six months, according to the detailed findings of a two-member committee - constituted by the Union urban development ministry - that investigated the case. While...

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BJP concert to woo Poorvanchali voters

NEW DELHI: The BJP organized a mega Karyakarta sammelan and a cultural event where its newest member, actor-cum-singer Manoj Tiwari, performed for the Poorvanchali community, at Yamuna Sports Complex in east Delhi on Sunday evening. With an internal...

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Nirbhaya gang-rape case: Two convicts seek Hindi translation of documents

NEW DELHI: Two of the four death row convicts in the December 16 gang-rape case on Monday moved an application before the Delhi high court seeking Hindi translation of certain documents including the trial court's conviction and sentence orders in the...

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Delhi assembly polls: Never threatened to quit post, Vijay Goel says

NEW DELHI: BJP's Delhi unit president Vijay Goel on Monday said that he never threatened to resign after reports said his rival Harsh Vardhan was the front runner for the party's chief ministerial candidate in Delhi."I never threatened to resign as the...

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Will prepare poll manifestos for each of Delhi's 70 assembly seats: Aam Aadmi Party

NEW DELHI: Continuing with its unique moves to ensure peoples' participation in governance, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will by early next month come up with 71 manifestos, one each for the 70 assembly constituencies in Delhi with the remaining one to cover...

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Delhi hospitals overflow with hidden dengue epidemic

NEW DELHI: Factory worker Muhammad Awwal is gripped by fever, sweats and the sort of agonizing aches that mean his condition is sometimes called "breakbone disease". It's an annual plague in India and a hidden epidemic, say experts.Dengue fever is a...

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Arvind Kejriwal gears up for poll with 14-hour days

It's 9.30am. A lone man walks out of a nondescript building wearing a white Gandhi cap and clutching a yellow plastic bag. There is no fanfare, no crowd of excited supporters. He gets into a blue WagonR, and accompanied by two trusted colleagues sets...

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Delhi more developed than Gujarat: Dikshit

NEW DELHI: Taking on BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Sunday said Delhi was more developed than the Gujarat he rules and her Congress does not promote "hatred and division"."Delhi's development model...

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19-year-old drunk car driver kills one, injures two

NEW DELHI: A man was killed and two others were seriously injured when a teenager, stated to be drunk, rammed a car into a two-wheeler, a rickshaw and a passerby in east Delhi's Anand Vihar area on Saturday night.The accused Harjeet Nagpal (19) was arrested...

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AIIMS study finds 4% of Delhi kids have high BP

NEW DELHI: If your child is overweight, avoids fruits and vegetables, and prefers computer games to the real ones, be concerned. A new AIIMS study on 10,000 Delhi schoolchildren has found that 3-4% of them suffered from hypertension, the most common...

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Cricketer Murali Kartik involved in car crash in Delhi

NEW DELHI: Indian cricketer Murali Kartik and his wife, Shweta, had a narrow escape after their Volvo car collided with a Mahindra Xylo near the Polish embassy in Chanakyapuri.The incident took place around 12:15am on Thursday when the couple was returning...

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Delhi cop shoots two people

NEW DELHI: Angry over a business dispute, a Delhi Police constable fired at and injured two people in a property dealer's office, police said on Saturday. Both are under treatment at a hospital here.Ashish, posted at Moti Nagar police station, shot at...

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Sex racket busted in Delhi

NEW DELHI: A sex racket was busted in New Delhi and five women, including four sex workers and a pimp, were arrested, police said on Saturday.The sex workers are between 25 and 30 years old, and were running the racket for the past several months at...

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