The government plans to bring the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill in the Lok Sabha in the second week of August for passage.
It expects the report of the standing committee examining this bill to be made available to it before August 10.

Four labourers, including a 16-year-old boy, were killed when a speeding Honda City rammed into them on the Safdarjung flyover at around 2 am Monday while they were engaged on road repair work. Four others, including a woman, suffered critical injuries.

The issue of shifting of Question Hour in Parliament is set to turn out to be a non-starter with some Opposition parties in the Rajya Sabha coming out against the move, the government sources said here on Monday. An indication to this effect was available after the meeting of the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) of the Upper House. A meeting of the BAC of the Lok Sabha is scheduled on Tuesday.

With the deadlines for the Games getting pushed since March, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit had earmarked areas for ministers to oversee that the works were completed on time. Later, the PWD officials were told that the officers would be held responsible for delays in projects. And now, the contractors have been told that the buck, in all probability, would stop at their door step.

Reeling from drastic revenue cuts consequent to reduced overseas admissions in the wake of racial attacks on Indians, companies promoting Australian universities are engaging cricketing legends to revive the Aussie dream amidst students here.

The Delhi police on Monday arrested two of its serving policemen from the Delhi University Metro station area for allegedly demanding extortion money from a scrap dealer at around 2.15 pm. Cases of extortion and abduction have been registered against the accused policemen Anil and Hitler Singh. While Anil is serving in Delhi police’s 1st Battalion, Mr Singh works with the northwest district of the Delhi police.

Both Houses of the Parliament were adjourned on the first day of the Monsoon Session of the Parliament after paying tributes to former vice-president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and two sitting members who died during the inter-session period.

Against the MCD’s demand to grant Rs 3,533 crores, the Delhi government on Monday released Rs 1,500 crores to the agency, keeping in view its financial situation.
The decision to release the funds came after a delegation led by mayor P.R. Sawhney called on Delhi finance minister A.K. Walia. The delegation, which also comprised c

The oath-taking ceremony of 52 newly-elected members in the Rajya Sabha on Monday reflected the changed power equation in the Upper House following the biennial elections. A maximum of 12 members took oath from Uttar Pradesh, followed by six from Maharashtra, five each from Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan, four from

The Delhi Cabinet on Monday extended the subsidy on electricity provided to domestic and agricultural consumers till March 31 next year, a decision that will benefit two million people and cost the state exchequer Rs 143.07 crores.