The Delhi government has not been able to fill the required posts of the doctors before the Commonwealth Games. Digvijay Yagya, a non-profit government body has claimed that while the Delhi Health Services has not been able to fill the required posts of the doctors nor the Central Health Services is efficient enough to cater to the

Facing a severe cash crunch, the MCD has decided to launch an action plan to ensure optimum collection of property tax. While a detailed action plan for improving the property-related revenue for the corporation has been suggested by the Municipal valuation committee, for the time being, the MCD will focus on recovering the arrears

With the monsoon season in full swing and construction and dug up pits all around in abundance, the menace of dengue is keeping the authorities concerned. The Delhi government has formed a task force that would keep a check on the spread of the disease. Already, the total number of dengue cases in the capital has crossed the 250-mark and it is only the middle of August. The dengue numbers continue to show up even past mid-October.

A 22-year-old youth was stabbed to death by two bike-borne men in Mansarovar Park area of northeast Delhi on Monday afternoon when he resisted their robbery attempt.
The police said the deceased has been identified as Sanjay, 22, a resident of JJ colony in Wazirpur area. The assailants, who stabbed Sanjay in his abdomen multiple t

Army Chief Gen. V.K. Singh visited Leh on Monday in the wake of the massive tragedy caused by the recent cloudburst there, even as India cancelled the annual civilian trek to Siachen glacier (to have taken place later this year) on account of the tragedy, Army sources confirmed on Monday.

People’s Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani will be taken to Bengaluru on Tuesday, it is learnt.
Madani, an accused in the Bengaluru blast case, will either surrender before the Karunagapilly magistrate in the morning, and if that does not happen, he would be arrested and taken away by the Karnataka police team now camping in the state.

A day before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is scheduled to pay a visit to Leh devastated by the recent flash floods and mudslides following a cloudburst, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi and minister of state for defence M.M. Pallam Raju were in the town on Monday to share the grief of the victims’ families and also oversee the rescue and relief operations underway.

After a gap of 13 years, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav is back as a chief ministerial candidate, with the RJD-LJP alliance on Monday making public their seat adjustment for this year’s Bihar Assembly elections.

The CWC, the highest decision-making body of the party, on Monday expressed concern over the current situation in the Kashmir Valley where “some elements are misguiding youths”.

BlackBerry will not face a ban in India, with its makers — Canada’s Research In Motion (RIM) — agreeing to provide Indian security agencies “manual” access to its widely-used BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) service from September 1. The Union home ministry has sought “direct” access to BBM for the security agencies, and RIM is