About 100 NSG commandos will be deployed in Delhi and its surrounding areas for providing anti-terrorist and anti-hijack operations on a 24X7 basis.
 
This decision has been adopted by government in wake of the 26/11 Mumbai carnage which happened last year during which the Black Cats had ...

The Jama Masjid United Forum (JMUF) has plans for holding an international conference against terrorism in October. This conference is being held for put an end to the wrong notions that terrorism carries any links with Islam.
 
JMUF president Syed Yahya Bukhari and Human Resource ...

Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has ordered for an investigation to be conducted on the train collision which happened between Goa Express and Mewar Express near Mathura. This has claimed the lives of 15 people and left several injured. She has even announced Rs.500,000 as compensation for ...

Goa Express and Mewar Express collided during the wee hours of Wednesday morning near Mathura claiming the lives of 10. It is feared that about 50 people have been injured. Several people are reported to be trapped inside.
 
About 5 trains have been cancelled on the route, with 6 trains ...

The Lodhi Gardens in Delhi will now be the home to a wide variety of butterflies, with a dedicated conservatory inaugurated on Monday.
 
This initiative is the first of its kind in the capital, according to Anand Tiwari, spokesperson of the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), which is ...

Rape victims coming to a court to depose will not have to sit along with criminals facing trials as the Delhi High Court has proposed to set up separate courts for them.
 
During a hearing on a rape case, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice S. Muralidhar ...

The Delhi government has plans for setting up 'gender help desks' during the Commonwealth Games, slated to take place next year, across Delhi. This decision has been adopted by the government to place more care on the security of women during the event.
 
"Women, who are integral to any ...

The Delhi Metro, in an attempt to boost the convenience of the commuters, has started the provision for checking in for the flights from the Dhaula Kuan station situated on the Airport Express line. This is the third of the City Airport Terminal in the Airport Express line.
 
Passengers, who ...

A good news for the children! An exclusive toy library was launched in Delhi today, 3rd October which gives an ample choice hundreds of games and video games for the children. These games can be easily rented for the children.
 
During the launch, Vinita Gupta, master franchisee of Kids ...

Rajkumar Chauhan, the Delhi Public Works Department (PWD) Minister, told on Tuesday that the roads of Delhi will be given a complete makeover using international technology before the 2010 Commonwealth Games kick off.
 
Chauhan, who was inaugurating the upgrading works, which is being done ...

Apollo Hospital has been ordered by the Delhi High Court to provide the poor patients with free treatment. A fine of Rs. 200,000 has also been imposed on the Hospital and the Delhi government for violating the court orders earlier.
 
Adivision bench comprising Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah ...

It looks union government has decided not to hurt the sentiments of any of the people and hence it played it safe by saying that it will not raise any opposition against the Delhi High Court verdict, which had decriminalised consensual sex between same sex adults. It added that Supreme Court had ...

The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights has filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the verdict of Delhi High Court on decriminalising gay sex. The Delhi's child-rights panel in its petition has stated that the Delhi Court ruling allows the sex between young men who are just ...

A fleet of five mobile dental vans were flagged off by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Saturday to mark World Oral Health Day. She has also requested the people to provide more attention to oral health and hygiene.
 
“Basic oral care facilities should be accessible to every ...

The Centre has put off its decision regarding the Delhi high court judgment to decriminalise gay sex.
 
When asked about the cabinet’s discussion on the same, Information & Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni had replied like “the home minister was not present so it was not ...

Even though the Home Secretary G.K. Pillai has announced that the Commonwealth Games do not face any threat, he has added that India has to keep itself prepared always. He was addressing the heads of missions of 71 countries in New Delhi on Wednesday
 
A meeting will be held by the Home ...

Sheila Dikshit, the Chief Minister of Delhi has announced to launch nine new city forests by the year end. The development of forests will help reduce the pollution and will increase the greenery in the capital.
 
Sheila Dikshit, the Chief Minister said,"The development of these ...

Even though the Delhi HC verdict on the decriminalization of homosexuality has received negative opinions, the Centre has decided to go along with the Delhi High Court.
 
According to reports, this decision for approving the Delhi HC verdict was taken by Home, Health and Law ministries in a ...

The central government has announced that the capital city of India will be getting 29 new police stations with 6,478 additional policemen. This step has been taken by the central government in the view of the increased threats and growing security concerns of the city.
 
"I am glad to ...

The Delhi High Court has ordered the private schools of Delhi to permit paternity leave to their employees like the government schools.
 
Justice Sunil Gaur has approved the state government's argument that private schools’ employees should also be entitled to paternity leave under the ...

The public interest petition that had been submitted before the Delhi High Court challenging the payment of Airport Development Fee (ADF) from passengers who depart from the Indira Gandhi International Airport of Delhi has been rejected by the Delhi High Court.
 
The division bench of Chief ...

According to two schools, which are run by the Indian Air Force Benevolent Cultural and Educational Society, they do not have to follow the interim order issued on fee hikes since these schools do not come under the scope of recognised schools of the government.
 
This was told by the school ...

"Smart classrooms”, which has been set up by Delhi Technological University, has given the first year students an opportunity to replace the traditional notebooks with laptops.
 
These so called smart class rooms of the DTU come fully equipped with facilities which are meant for ...

The unrestrained hike in the prices of pulses as well as other essential commodities has put the common man in deep trouble. Now people have some amount relief as the Delhi state government has opened retail outlets for sale of the food commodity near the Congress’ headquarter in New ...

According to reports, the targeted subsidy of Re. 1 per unit for the domestic consumers who use a limited amount of electricity will be continued by the Delhi government.
 
"Targeted subsidy of Re.1 per unit for all domestic consumers restricting their consumption up to 150/200 units ...

The National Commission for Women has plans for launching special cells which will put a check on the increasing number of violence cases against women in the capital city of India, New Delhi.
 
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences and Delhi Police have been roped in by the NCW for the ...

The Delhi High Court order, which had suspended the functioning of Prasar Bharati Chief B.S. Lalli and his board from carrying out its daily activities, has been revoked by Supreme Court on Monday.
 
Putting a stay on the Delhi High Court order that was issued on July 27, Supreme Court has ...

The Public Distribution System of New Delhi is waiting for a total revamping with the Delhi government looking into various options with the Planning Commission to avoid corruption.
 
"The Planning Commission has taken strong view of corruption in the PDS system and demanded ways to ...

According to the Delhi government, it is not doing any injustice by collecting airport development fee from those who depart from Indira Gandhi International airport. It added that the collection of this not violating any law.
 
Solicitor General Gopal Subrahmaniam said that ...

Delhi transport department will be using a new technology to determine the level of pollution from various vehicles, even while they are moving. This step has been adopted by the government so as to restrict the level of pollution.
 
"Our government is committed to develop ...