Van rams mini-truck: 1 dead, 11 hurt
Sudden dense fog on Saturday night resulted in three accidents in the city. One person was killed on the spot on NH-1 and eleven others were injured when a private van rammed into a mini-truck. The police said that the van driver could
Walia visits injured, orders probe
Delhi health minister A.K. Walia ordered a departmental enquiry into the fire incident with the fire services department claiming that the organising committee had not been given an NOC to hold the event. Mr Walia said that deputy commissioner (revenue) of east Delhi, J.P. Sharma, has been asked to investigate the incident and file a report.
Singapore honours Pandit Nehru
The irony that the man who transformed India’s economy at a key moment in its history, reversing years of socialism, should pay tribute to India’s founding father who first powered the Indian economy, albeit in another time and another place
14 killed in fire at eunuchs’ event
At least 14 eunuchs died and 50 persons, most of them eunuchs, suffered burn injuries when a major fire broke out at a community function at Nand Nagri area in east Delhi during a function on Sunday.
Sikhs can wear kirpans at ’12 London Olympics
Sikh athletes and spectators will be able to wear a kirpan, a ceremonial dagger compulsorily worn by baptised Sikhs along with four other articles of faith, at the London 2012 Olympic sites.
Jairam: Congress is not taking VRS in Bengal
Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday joined forces with state Congress leaders who attacked chief minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her of trying to marginalise the Congress in the state. Mr Ramesh said: “The
NDA to raise pressure on UPA
Mounting pressure once again on the Congress-led UPA over the black money issue as well as corruption, senior BJP leader L.K. Advani on Sunday declared that all NDA MPs will give a declaration to their respective presiding officers in Parliament during the Winter Session
14 killed in big fire in East Delhi
At least 14 eunuchs were killed and over 50 others, also mostly eunuchs, suffered burn injuries after a major fire broke out at a community hall at Nand Nagri in east Delhi on Sunday evening.
Pak crisis simmers, India gets worried
The Indian government is getting increasingly worried that the escalating “Memogate” crisis in Islamabad might end President Asif Ali Zardari’s charmed run in office and put Indo-Pakistani relations back on ice, particularly if the Pakistan Army takes back control of the government.
Left to bring adjournment motion on price rise: CPI
In an indication that the winter session of Parliament would be stormy, the Communist Party of India (CPI) on Sunday said that Left parties will move an adjournment motion against the government on the price rise issue while the