New Delhi | 12 days ago
1,300 blueline buses to go invisible during Games
New Delhi, Aug 2 - Unable to meet the deadline of phasing out blueline buses with the matter pending in Delhi High Court, the city government Monday decided to take 1,300 such vehicles off the roads during the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games.A Delhi government official said the decision not to ply the 1,300 buses from Sep 15 to Oct 30 in the capital was taken at a meeting of blueline bus operators wit ... read more

New Delhi | 15 days ago
12 electronic CNG filling stations to come up before Games
New Delhi, July 30 - A total of 12 electronic compressed natural gas - filling stations will come up in Delhi before the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games, Transport Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely said Friday.He said after the setting of such stations, it would only take about five minutes in filling CNG buses as against 25 minutes presently. Lovely said the facility will be started in the Delhi Transp ... read more

16 days ago
Man posing as Punjab official held
Mohali -, July 29 - A man posing as officer on special duty - to a Punjab minister has been arrested and fake identity cards of different government departments were recovered from him, police said Thursday.According to police, Harvinder Singh was arrested Wednesday from a government school here. He was posing as Parminder Singh, OSD to Education and Languages Minister Upinderjit Kaur. At the time ... read more

26 days ago
World class transport facilities in Delhi for Games
-New Delhi, July 19 - With the Metro rail expanding its services in the capital as well as to the neighbouring satellite towns and the Delhi Transport Corporation - acquiring a fleet of over 3,000 modern, low-floor buses - Delhi is all set to roll out the best transportation services during the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games. Over 100,000 foreign visitors are expected to throng the capital during the ... read more

New Delhi | 1 month ago
Saina Nehwal spreads family planning message
New Delhi, July 11 - Badminton star Saina Nehwal joined 3,000 schooldchildren to spread the message of family planning through a run organised here Sunday to mark the World Population Day.Nehwal led children from various city schools as they ran from Vijay Chowk to India Gate in central Delhi for creating awareness about population stabilization and family planning. Talking about the need for fam ... read more

New Delhi | 1 month ago
Delhi ministers find debris, garbage at Games' sites
New Delhi, July 8 - Delhi Finance Minister A.K. Walia and Transport Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely Thursday found mounds of debris and garbage on the roads leading to the Games Village and Yamuna Sports Complex when they inspected the projects undertaken for the Commonwealth Games.The two ministers ordered officials of the public works department - and the Delhi Development Authority - to ensure t ... read more

New Delhi | 1 month ago
Delhi's elite government schools may get relief
New Delhi, July 7 - The central government Wednesday assured the Delhi government of help to protect the exclusivity of its 60 elite schools for meritorious students despite the implementation of a law on compulsory admission to all students, an official said.The Delhi government said its Pratibha Vikas Vidyalayas meant for meritorious students were facing threat of closure following the coming in ... read more

New Delhi | 1 month ago
Delhi can have its Open University: Sibal
New Delhi, July 7 - Delhi is free to set up its own Open University.Human Resource Development - Minister Kapil Sibal stated this to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit at a meeting also attended by Delhi Education Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely. Dikshit had expressed concern about the fate of children who scored less than 40 percent marks in their school-leaving examination as they are not allowe ... read more

New Delhi | 1 month ago
Sibal assures help to expand education in Delhi
New Delhi, July 7 - Human Resource Development - Minister Kapil Sibal Wednesday promised all help to the Delhi government in expanding higher, technical and vocational education in the capital.In a meeting with Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Sibal expressed concern over the shortage of teachers in the city, a government official said. But the city's initiatives to make elementary education m ... read more

New Delhi | 1 month ago
Tata Motors allowed delayed delivery of 625 low-floor buses
New Delhi, June 28 - The Delhi government Monday accepted a request from Tata Motors to deliver 625 low-floor buses by Aug 31, instead of end-June as scheduled.The company had requested the government to give it time to upgrade the bus engines in the wake of Bharat Stage IV emission norms coming into force April 1. 'Tata Motors has now been given the time till Aug 31 to upgrade the engines and del ... read more