Few new lots but parking rates raised

Without upgrading infrastructure, civic agencies have increased parking rates in the city. The steep hike—Rs 20 per hour as against Rs 10 for 12 hours earlier—has not gone down well with users.While New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), and South and East...

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Metro saw more footfall

From launching a new interchange station at Mandi House to adding more coaches to pushing phase-II work, Delhi Metro had a busy year.The renovated Mandi House station—part of the extension of the Central Secretariat-Badarpur corridor to Kashmere Gate—now...

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Rot deep, hospitals and doctors got a prescription

It was a year marked by controversies and reports of medical malpractices in the health sector. The unceremonious removal of IFS officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi from the post of chief vigilance officer and forensic expert Dr Sudhir Gupta's allegation about...

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World heritage tag proving elusive

The year 2014 was significant on the heritage front as well. The proposal for nomination of Delhi as a world heritage city seemed to have hit a hurdle at the eleventh hour with the Centre questioning the implications of this Unesco inscription.The dossiers...

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Delhi Metro's Rajiv Chowk station to close at 9 pm

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Metro will shut down one of its busiest stations in central Delhi Wednesday 9.00 pm. following security concerns on the occasion of New Year's Eve, an official said."As advised by Delhi Police, entry or exit at the Rajiv Chowk Metro...

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Mandate muffled, Delhi waits for govt

For a brief while at the start of the year, the common man believed he had the reins of government in hand. But it was all too theatrical to last, with the CM intent on dharnas & durbars.Shaken and stirred. That has been the state of the capital...

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Delhi gasped, babus sniffed a conspiracy

Delhi received the un flattering title of be ing the world's most polluted city this year, with WHO urban air quality database revealing in May that the city has the highest PM2.5 level--even higher than Beijing.Although the Centre's monitoring agencies...

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Raahgiri shows capital new raah to fun, fitness

Raahgiri Day revolutionized the way Delhiites understood their roads and their right to use them. And once people realized that they could not just walk freely but also run, skip, jump and skate on their neighbourhood roads, it became a mass movement.Modelled...

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Fog impacts air, train traffic: 14 flights, 74 trains cancelled

NEW DELHI: Tuesday was yet another day of dense fog observed in many parts of north and east India. The national capital Delhi as usual woke up to foggy conditions, with the Palam airport experiencing nil visibility. Other places in the capital like...

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Fog impacts air, train traffic: 13 flights, 74 trains cancelled

NEW DELHI: Tuesday was yet another day of dense fog observed in many parts of north and east India. The national capital Delhi as usual woke up to foggy conditions, with the Palam airport experiencing nil visibility. Other places in the capital like...

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Cabinet clears June 1, 2014 as new cutoff date for regularization of unauthorized Delhi colonies

NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Monday cleared an ordinance to extend the cutoff date for regularization of unauthorized colonies in Delhi from March 31 2002 to June 1 2014.The move will benefit 60 lakh population in 895 colonies.http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/followceleb.cms?alias=Union...

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Cold wave in capital kills 3 homeless

NEW DELHI: Three homeless people were found dead in the capital on Monday even as lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung asked the authorities to ensure shelters for all those spending nights under the open sky .Holistic Development, an NGO which works for...

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Cold wave in Delhi kills 3 homeless

NEW DELHI: Three homeless people were found dead in the capital on Monday even as lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung asked the authorities to ensure shelters for all those spending nights under the open sky .Holistic Development, an NGO which works for...

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Spend 10 minutes in a park and your BP will go down

NEW DELHI: Two new studies from Australia have again shown that if city dwellers visit parks more often, they will boost their physical and mental health, including lowering the risk of developing heart disease, stress, anxiety and depression.Dr Richard...

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Section of doctors boycott work at Ambedkar hospital

NEW DELHI: Medical services in Rohini's Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar hospital were partially affected on Monday after a section of senior resident doctors boycotted work demanding enhanced security on the campus following a scuffle between them and a group...

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AAP collects 47L at fundraisers

NEW DELHI: Two fundraising events, a lunch in Panchshila Park organized by AAP's Greater Kailash team and a dinner organized by the Rajinder Nagar team, saw the party collect around Rs 47 lakh on Sunday.AAP has set a target of Rs 30 crore to fight elections...

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Centre to celebrate 'Good Governance Day' on Christmas

NEW DELHI: The department of electronics and information technology (DeitY) of the government of India has announced an event to mark "Good Governance Day" on Prime Minister A B Vajpayee's birthday on December 25, even as the Centre is yet to firm up...

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Khirki raid: NHRC to hear Bharti's plea

NEW DELHI: Days after he approached the Delhi high court, former Delhi law minister, Somnath Bharti on Monday won partial relief from the National Human Rights Commission which agreed to hear him in the matter related to human rights violation of some...

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An ad for an ad: BJP attacks AAP on radio

NEW DELHI: BJP has attacked AAP on radio for misleading people and quitting from government. This is in response to a series of radio ads by AAP where it highlights the work done by the Kejriwal government in 49 days.BJP's ads were aired on Monday in...

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Intelligence Bureau cautions people about fake advertisements

NEW DELHI: The Intelligence Bureau (IB) has cautioned the public about fraudulent advertisements inviting applications for various IB posts, and asked aspirants to only apply for such jobs online through the portals of UPSC, Staff Selection Commission...

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Amit Shah to lead poll charge in Delhi

NEW DELHI: Miffed with infighting and lack of coordination among Delhi BJP personnel, party president Amit Shah has decided to take charge of the election machinery in the capital from December 25, said a top source.Once the results of the Jharkhand...

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Pepper spray sale doubles after Uber cab incident

Each time a high-visibility crime against a woman hits the headlines, the sales of pepper spray - negligible till the Nirbhaya episode - shoot up in the NCR, retailers sayRecently, the Delhi Police decided to give free pepper spray to girls in the city....

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Metro museum coming up in northeast Delhi

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Metro Museum, touted as South Asia's 'first modern Metro Museum', will get a dedicated complex at northeast Delhi's Shastri Park that would serve the twin purpose of "entertainment and education".DMRC has been alloted 12,000 sq metre...

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Fog disrupts trains, flights in Delhi

NEW DELHI: The national capital experienced a chilly, cloudy Monday morning while dense fog affected flights and trains.READ ALSO: Chilly Sunday is coldest December day in 11 yearsAccording to reports, a total of about 70 trains have been delayed due...

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Xmas, New Year party buffs need excise department nod in Delhi

NEW DELHI: Holding a New Year or Christmas party without the permission of the excise department may land you in jail with the Delhi government forming various teams to check violations of excise rules.According to the department, Excise Intellegence...

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30 trains to Delhi delayed due to fog

NEW DELHI: It was a cold, foggy Saturday morning here, delaying over 30 trains. The Met Office has forecast clear day ahead.Garib Rath from Bhagalpur to Delhi was running late by 22 hours while Mahananda Express from Alipore Duar to Delhi was running...

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HC clears decks for Munak link in Dwarka

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Friday cleared the decks for removal of habitation on the proposed channel to route water from Munak Canal to a water treatment plant located in Dwarka.A bench of Justices B D Ahmed and Siddharth Mridul ordered the...

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11 months on, driver held for Rohini murder

NEW DELHI: Eleven months after an 80year-old woman was found murdered at her Rohini apartment, her flat ransacked and son-in-law bundled up in their car, crime branch officials have cracked the case and have arrested the mastermind.The accused Rajesh...

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Not the first time he's cried wolf

NEW DELHI: Criminal, nut or incurable prankster? The jury is out on Sunny Sharma, the 29-year-old who left entire NCR in panic by making a hoax call about bombs planted at busy locations in Gurgaon a day after Taliban massacred 132 students in Peshawar....

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'Selfie with Mufflerman' by AAP to raise funds for Delhi polls

BENGALURU: Karnataka unit of Aam Admi Party on Saturday announced the launch of a new fund raising campaign called "Selfie with Mufflerman" to collect donations for the upcoming Delhi assembly elections.Out of participating donors in the campaign, 25...

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No cabs? PCR van hai na!

Some girls in the city found a cheaper and safer alternative to taking cabs at night - the PCR van!A Delhi girl who's stuck late at night somewhere and can't manage to arrange safe transport back home has one option that she's often unaware of: calling...

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Elections not before April? Kejri jibe at BJP sparks row

NEW DELHI: With the election commission yet to notify a date for fresh polls in Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal's tweet on Thursday, questioning if the polls will be held in April, has stirred controversy.While political parties have...

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Register properties in illegal colonies’

NEW DELHI: In a bid to woo the unauthorized colony vote bank, Delhi BJP president Satish Upadhyay has asked the Delhi government to lift the ban on registry of properties in such colonies.In a letter to chief secretary D M Spolia, Upadhyay has said people...

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Poor drug quality may have caused sterilisation deaths: Minister in LS

NEW DELHI: Infection and sub-standard quality of drugs used could have been the cause of deaths at a recent sterilisation camp in Chhattisgarh, the government told Lok Sabha on Thursday.Last month, botched sterilisation surgeries at government organised...

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Sugar Cure a handbook of Diabetes book released

NEW DELHI: A handbook on self management of diabetes in English called 'Sugar Cure' has been released. The book written by diabetic expert Dr Vinod K Gujral. The book which has been written in a very simple language can be handy for those diagnosed...

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Schools mourn Pakistan deaths

NEW DELHI: Schools in Delhi observed two minutes of silence on Wednesday to pay homage to the children killed in the Peshawar terror attack.Students of the Air Force School in Delhi Cantonment took part in a special prayer meeting after observing the...

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Sarita Vihar underpass to open on Friday

NEW DELHI: After missing five deadlines, the much awaited Sarita Vihar underpass is finally scheduled to be opened on Friday.TOI had reported earlier that the underpass, which is expected to reduce the travel time between Okhla and Noida from 45 to around...

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Mother's care in childhood plays role in making adult personality

NEW DELHI: The kind of care given to a child in the first three years of its life has a big role in determining not just academic performance but also social competence extending up to adulthood, a new study has found. Tracking 243 individuals from birth,...

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Mother's care in childhood plays role in making adult personality

NEW DELHI: The kind of care given to a child in the first three years of its life has a big role in determining not just academic performance but also social competence extending up to adulthood, a new study has found. Tracking 243 individuals from birth,...

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Flights delayed due to fog in Delhi

NEW DELHI: It was a cold and foggy morning in Delhi on Thursday. The minimum temperature was 7.4 degrees celsius, a notch below the season's average.Shallow fog was reported from the airport early this morning causing delays in operations of 24 flights....

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Nursery admission dates differ, parents worried

NEW DELHI: Problems have arisen with nursery admissions as the schedule is not common in all schools. This has made parents a worried lot. Several schools, including The Indian School (Josip Broz Tito Marg), Mount Abu Public School (Rohini) and Kulachi...

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50 flights late, nine diverted due to fog

NEW DELHI: It was a day of disappointments for flyers at IGI. Over 50 flights were delayed due to fog and nine flights diverted, including an international flight from Frankfurt. Four flights of Jet Airways, meant to take off to domestic locations, were...

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11 interceptors launched in Delhi to check speeding vehicles

NEW DELHI: To rein in the menace of overspeeding in the national capital, Delhi Traffic Police on Wednesday launched eleven new interceptor vans which can track speeding vehicles through laser-based cameras not just during the day but also in the night.With...

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Government school kids to participate in prayer meeting for Peshawar victims at CP on Thursday

NEW DELHI: Students from Delhi's government schools will pay their condolences to the victims of the school attack in Peshawar on Thursday afternoon. They'll gather at the flag at Rajiv Chowk at 1pm. The government expects over a 1,000 students to participate."Two...

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Drunk robber found dozing in ATM kiosk

NEW DELHI: Five drunk robbers set out to rob an ATM in the middle of the night in Kirari, outer Delhi, on Saturday. Early Sunday morning, a watchman found one of the robbers sound asleep in the kiosk, parts of the half-open ATM scattered around him.Awakened...

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Sunday coldest day so far in Delhi, fog to follow

NEW DELHI: The skies that were overcast since Saturday opened up on Sunday afternoon, plunging the maximum temperature in the capital to a chilling 16 degrees Celsius, seven degrees below normal. The city recorded 3.8mm rain till 5.30pm while parts of...

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Government guides homeless to warmth

NEW DELHI: A dirty blanket and a plastic sack were all 75-year-old Ramdev had to shield himself from the cold, wet air. Clearly, these were not enough. But he didn't know that there was a shelter close by at Nizamuddin that could comfort him for the...

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Sunday coldest day so far in Delhi, fog to follow

NEW DELHI: The skies that were overcast since Saturday opened up on Sunday afternoon, plunging the maximum temperature in the capital to a chilling 16 degrees Celsius, seven degrees below normal. The city recorded 3.8mm rain till 5.30pm while parts of...

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