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Metro to take measures against frequent snags

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will take extensive measures to prevent repeated technical snags from taking place in Metro’s Blue Line. These snags...

No tests, interviews in NDMC appointments

Irregularities in direct appointments to several posts at the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) between 2010 and 2015 have come to light through an...

Anti-incumbency, drugs cost Akalis Punjab

The problems of drugs, anti-incumbency and maladministration have led to the ousting of the Akalis from Punjab. They were ruling the state for the...

AAP’s 2019 dreams stand shattered

The dream of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led by Arvind Kejriwal, to become one of the major Opposition parties replacing the Congress in...

Paytm wants Delhi traffic police to use its cashless services

Traffic violators in Delhi may soon be able to pay their fines through cashless means, as Paytm, the mobile e-wallet company, has approached Delhi...

MEA goes proactive on social media

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj may not be keeping well after recently undergoing a kidney transplant at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences...

Change in land acquisition laws delaying Metro projects

Delhi Metro’s phase III, which was scheduled to be thrown open to the public last year, is not likely to be operational anytime before...

Kake-Da-Hotel cries foul over video controversy

The management of the iconic 86-year-old Kake-Da-Hotel in Connaught Place is crying foul after a video has emerged allegedly showing one of its staff...

Delhi traffic police chief promises best

In an exclusive chat with The Sunday Guardian, Special Commissioner of Police (Traffic), Delhi, Ajay Kashyap speaks about traffic management in Delhi, technologies that...

‘We must invest in India with the pillars of Made in Italy’

Dr Francesco Pensabene, the Italian Trade Commissioner of the Embassy of Italy to India, spoke to The Sunday Guardian exclusively on the growing trade...

No end in sight to strike by app cab drivers

The deadlock between the 1.5 lakh cab drivers and cab companies Ola and Uber is far from over. With the strike entering into its...

Much delayed flyover misses yet another deadline

A flyover that has been in the making for almost two decades in the national capital has missed yet another deadline. The Rani Jhansi...

Rose Valley investors protest in capital

Over 600 protesters gathered at Jantar Mantar during the week to protest against the slow pace of action by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and...

‘Car-free Connaught Place is not possible’

The Centre’s proposal to make Connaught Place a “car free zone” on an experimental basis is facing more hurdles than expected. Connaught Place was...

Illegal rooftop activity weakening CP’s colonial structures

The UPA government’s policy to allow shop owners at Connaught Place to carry out minor repairs in their premises has been misused by them...

Delhi is ‘high’ on high-end drugs

The national capital is becoming a hub for new and sophisticated forms of drugs like Ephedrine, Methaqualone (MANDRAX) and heroin, and in the past...

Kerfuffle in Trinamool, three leaders are talking to BJP

At least three Trinamool Congress MLAs are talking to the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal, fed-up as they are of the Mamata Banerjee...

‘Transparency is an alien concept to Kejriwal government’

Once a crusader for transparency, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has done little to promote transparency in the departments of the Delhi government. In...

Overhead wires pose threat to life

Uncovered electric poles and loose hanging live wires in residential areas pose a serious threat to the life and property of Delhi citizens. Every...

DU mulls changing admission procedure

The Delhi University (DU) is thinking of changing its admission procedure from the current marks-based process to a common entrance test for admission to...

Mismanagement at R-Day parade irks visitors

Visitors and spectators heading towards Rajpath to witness the 68th Republic Day Parade were irked by the mismanagement and lack of coordination among officials...

Dhulagarh riot victims turn to NHRC

Failing to get justice from the West Bengal government, a delegation of Dhulagarh riot victims approached the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) earlier this...

Goans are looking for change: Elvis Gomes

A former bureaucrat and the Aam Aadmi Party’s chief ministerial face in Goa, Elvis Gomes spoke to The Sunday Guardian on how he plans...

MCDs fail to check menace of stray dogs in national capital

The failure of the municipal corporations here to implement the Animal Birth Control Programme (ABC) effectively has led to a rise in the “menace”...

Delhi’s grievance commission gets its act together

The Delhi government’s Public Grievances Commission (PGC) has disposed of over 400 cases related to the MCDs, Social Welfare Department and Education Department of...

Demand for air purifiers rises by 400% in national capital

The rising air pollution in the national capital has led to a 400% rise in the sale of air purifiers here since October last...

Kejriwal could still be CM candidate for Punjab

Though Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has claimed that he will remain in Delhi, the party has not yet ruled out Kejriwal becoming the...

Crimes against women on the rise in the national capital

Crimes against women in the national capital do not seem to be going down, even after stringent laws were brought in following the horrific...

BJP failing to fill opposition space ceded by Congress, CPM in Bengal

The West Bengal unit of the BJP is failing to occupy the space of the opposition despite the “vacuum” created by the lack of...

Young professionals gung-ho about demonetisation: Survey

In all, 51% of young professionals in India feel positive about the 8 November demonetisation decision taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to...

Government makes serious effort to promote Swachh Bharat

Since its launch by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 2 October 2014, Rs 253 crore has been spent to publicise the Swachh Bharat Mission,...

Delhi Metro fare hike put on hold

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has decided to put the fare hike proposal that was put forward in September last year on hold...

Delhi Metro will not go completely cashless

The Delhi Metro has refuted media reports claiming that 10 Metro stations would go completely cashless from Sunday. The 10 Metro stations—Rohini East and Rohini...

Fourteen artefacts stolen in three years

In the last three years, 14 historical antiquities or artefacts have been reported stolen from Centrally protected monuments and museums across the country, according...

‘Nepal is friendly with China, but relations with India are special’

Nepal’s ambassador to India, Deep Kumar Upadhyaya in an exclusive and candid conversation talks of the ups and downs of the Indo-Nepal relations, Nepal’s...

Pilots committed over 200 irregularities in two years

A total of 208 irregularities by pilots of various airlines in India have been reported to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in...

Gloves off, Sukhbir and Amarinder take on each other

Though elections to the Punjab Assembly are yet to be officially announced, all the major political parties in the state are already in a...

Bodh Gaya gears up for Kalachakra festival

The 34th Kalachakra festival, which, is scheduled to take place from 3 to 14 January next year, will be celebrated in Bodh Gaya, Bihar,...

Delhi education department to form pension cell soon

The Education department of the Delhi government, that has around 50,000 employees, is soon going to come up with a pension cell to redress...

Heavy fog delaying trains

With winter setting in, heavy fog conditions in Upper and Central India have started delaying trains. Over 250 passenger trains are getting delayed daily,...

Rahul Gandhi is a bit inexperienced in politics, says sheila

Veteran Congress leader Sheila Dikshit, thrice Delhi Chief Minister and now the Congress’ chief ministerial candidate in Uttar Pradesh, spoke to The Sunday Guardian...

Sushma, Jaitley lead in MPLAD spending

Of the top five ministers in the Central government, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has performed the best, while Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has...

Delhi Metro’s ‘lost and found’ department recovers lakhs

The Delhi Metro’s “Lost and Found” department has recovered a whopping Rs 69 lakh in cash, Rs 38 lakh worth of cheques and demand...

Delhi’s IGI airport is all set to introduce body scanner

Passengers flying out of Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport may soon have to pass through a full body scanner machine which has been...

TMC workers divided on Mamata’s protests

Cadre within the Trinamool Congress (TMC) are divided over party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s...

Children’s exploitation continues despite laws

Nearly 3,000 children die every day across the country due to malnutrition, according to a report on the situation of vulnerable children from India,...

Poor feel the pain of cash swap, but back Modi

Daily wage labourers, street vendors and beggars in the national capital have been facing severe hardships post the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs...

World leaders of tomorrow gather at Modern School’s international summit

Modern School, Barakhamba Road, a 96-year-old institution situated in the heart of the national capital, recently hosted the 11th edition of its annual international...

Delhi government readies night shelters for city’s homeless

As winter sets in slowly in the national capital, the Delhi Government’s preparations are in full swing to provide a roof over the heads...

Demonetisation may have an impact on smaller parties

The government’s recent demonetisation move may have an adverse effect on smaller parties that have been thriving on black money coming to them in...

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