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Metro to get 89 six-coach trains by ’11

The Delhi Metro will add more trains to its fleet besides converting its four-coach trains into six-coach ones. The DMRC, which has 129 trains now, will have 201 trains by 2011-end. Of the 201 train sets, 112 will have four coaches and 89 trains will have six coaches.

Ex-soldier arrested for murder

A former Indian Army soldier was arrested by the police in connection with the murder of a woman who was found dead on September 14 at Manakpura in central Delhi.
The deceased, identified as Sunita, was working as a supervisor at a Paharganj hotel and was found dead with her throat slit in a room of the accused Sonu, who had taken it on rent three months ago.

Airport Express line to open next week

The Airport Express line is set to be thrown open to public soon as the Chief Metro Railway Safety is scheduled to inspect the line next week. The date of commissioning of the line will be decided after the inspection.

City cop evading arrest held for murder in ’91

A head constable posted with Delhi police, who was evading arrest in connection with a murder case in Bihar, was arrested, the police said on Friday.
Police officials said the accused, identified as Ram Lal Sharma, who is posted in the security unit of Delhi police, was an accused in a murder case, which took place in B

Court raps police for probe delay

The Tis Hazari Court additional sessions judge (ASJ) on Friday rapped the Delhi police for allegedly failing to submit forensic reports in connection with the cases relating to the 2008 serial blasts in the city and sought an explanation for the delay from a senior police officer.

Cave-in on Vikas Marg hits traffic

Exposing the poor state of infrastructure in the city, a stretch of Vikas Marg caved in on Friday morning. The officials said that an underground pipe burst caused the cave in of about 20-foot stretch.

Ministers to look after Games work

With just eight days to go for the opening of the Commonwealth Games here, chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday made all her Cabinet colleagues in-charge of select areas across the capital. The ministers have been asked to oversee infrastructure preparedness and ensure that corrective measures are taken wherever required.

Singhal rules out talks to resolve dispute

VHP supremo Ashok Singhal on Thursday ruled out talks to resolve the long-pending Ayodhya dispute. Expressing disappointment over the delay in pronouncement of the judgment on the Ayodhya title suit, the VHP leader said the only way out is to await the verdict of the Allahabad high court. The Supreme Court stayed for a week the

Cong hails SC verdict stay order

Hailing the Supreme Court’s order staying the high court judgment on Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit by a week, Congress on Thursday said, the party always believed that an out-of-court solution in the vexed issue arrived through mutual agreement should be the first priority.

Yamuna at 206m, to stay in red

The Yamuna continues to flow over the danger mark and is expected to remain so for another couple of days as Haryana released another 3 lakh cusecs of water into the river on Thursday which is expected to reach the capital by Friday afternoon.

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