Delhi government is likely to bear an annual expenditure of `850 crores once all the 17 bus clusters are operationalised for the complete phaseout of Blueline buses. Delhi Cabinet’s approval to five clusters so far will alone incur annual expenditure of about `215 crores.

Compared to the opening ceremony experience, it was a picture in contrast for the spectators at the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games at the JN Stadium on Thursday.

Lack of coordination on part of policemen manning the entry gates at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium left the enthusiastic spectators for the opening ceremony, as they struggled to locate the right gates

The obtrusive security around Jawaharlal Nehru stadium left the residents of Lodhi Road complex and Pragati Vihar hostel complex rather exasperated as they found it difficult to both reach their homes

Amidst the ruling JD(U)-BJP combine engrossed in shortlisting candidates for Bihar Assembly elections, the ticket hopefuls have thronged Delhi in a big way to get stamp of approval from the top leader

Amid attempts of Lalu Prasad Yadav-led RJD to win upper caste voters, particularly Rajputs and Bhumihars, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is gearing up to reach out to Muslims in a big way to offset the losses in the October-November Bihar Assembly elections. The JD(U)’s aggressive canvassing for the Muslim votes has already created a flutter in the state BJP ranks, though the two parties are jointly contesting the polls.

Bihar Assembly elections will witness the Lalu Prasad Yadav-led RJD taking on the state chief minister Nitish Kumar-led JD(U), while the Ram Vilas Paswan-led LJP would be pitted mostly against the state deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi-led BJP. The RJD-LJP seat-adjustments appear to have been made in such a way that the LJP would largely contest the urban areas against the BJP, while the RJD would be slugging it out against the JD(U) in most of the rural areas of Bihar.

The ruling JD(U) in Bihar is of the opinion that the RJD-LJP and Congress are in tacit seat adjustment for the state Assembly elections. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is reportedly fine-tuning his electoral strategy with a view that the three rival parties are working in tandem behind the doors. A day after Mr Kumar stated that the RJD-LJP

UP chief minister Mayawati-led BSP appears to be fast losing steam in the run-up to the Bihar Assembly elections. The BSP leaders in Bihar are reportedly knocking at the doors of other political parties in an indication that the ambitious march of the party to spread wings out of Uttar Pradesh has failed to take off.

Being accused of having kept Bihar in “dark-ages” for 15 years by political opponents, the RJD is to roll out an aggressive public exercise to showcase party chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s achievements wit