Chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday said that after making the city kerosene-free, her government would search the possibilities of making the city cylinder-free. Claiming the “kerosene-free Delhi” scheme a success, Ms Dikshit said the next target will be the LPG cylinders.

The Winter Session of the Delhi Assembly started on a stormy note as the Opposition demanded suspension of health minister A.K. Walia on the issue of deaths in Sushrut Trauma Centre.

A month after notifying the blanket ban on plastic bags, the city government is focusing on awareness rather than enforcement of the ban. The city government will seek the cooperation from different traders association in the city to implement the ban on the use of plastic bags.

In what shows major negligence on part of the Delhi police, liquor baron Ponty Chaddha and his brother Hardeep Chadha could have been saved had the Delhi police PCR van responded properly to the PCR call of a scuffle and aerial firing which occurred just before the killing of the duo in Chhatarpur.

Chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday demanded more share from the Central taxes for the city. While attending a meeting of chief ministers of north zone states chaired by Union finance minister P. Chidambaram, Ms Dikshit said that Delhi should be treated like a full state for a share in Central taxes.

Hundreds of Congress supporters started gathering in the city for the upcoming rally in support of FDI in multi-brand retail on November 4.

Eighteen years after bringing in the Enforcement of Tree Preservation Act in 1994 for the first time, the city government is planning to conduct a tree census for the national capital. A senior Delhi government official said that the government will conduct the tree census as soon as possible.

Despite the heavy pressure from the “plastic lobby”, the Delhi government has notified the blanket ban on plastic bags. A senior Delhi government official on Thursday confirmed that the notification regarding blanket ban had been issued on October 23.

Blueline buses, which were phased out from the national capital after continuous accidents, will soon get another opportunity to ply in the city.

After claiming to be the first state to open its doors to FDI in multi-brand retail, the Delhi government is now preparing to rollout the red carpet for the multi-national companies in the national capital. Putting an end to rife speculation about the FDI move making the small retailers redundant, many prominent traders’ associations said that it will only bring opportunities and money to the country.