Sulking Jaffer Sharief arrives in Delhi; to meet Sonia

Senior Congress leader C K JafferSharief, who has resigned from the party, arrived here on Saturday for a meeting with party chief Sonia Gandhi but remained non-committal on the future course of action.
Sharief, a six time MP who was humbled in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, said he could not predict the outcome of […]

MPD 2021 will solve all Delhi woes, says Maken

The Centre on Thursday insisted that Delhi’s new master plan (MPD) would address all town planning requirements of the Capital and ruled out placing the anti-sealing law beyond judicial review in the wake of the Supreme Court’s temporary relief to traders from MCD drive.
“We are consulting experts from different fields while we finalise the […]

Delhi commuters battle traffic snarls

For Delhiites, it has been a week of huge traffic jams and commuter discomfort.
On Tuesday, Chinese President Hu Jintao was in town while Hu’s talks with Pm Manmohan Singh at Hyderabad House blocked the india Gate roads.
The Tibetan protest against his visit blocked Connaught place, Traffic in the area anyway gets slow towards the […]

international Conference on criminal justice in New ...

A two-day international conference on ‘criminal justice under stress: transnational perspectives’ will begin today to mark the golden jubilee celebrations of the indian Law institute (iLi).
The conference, which would focus on various issues including terrorism and the criminal justice system, will be inaugurated by President A P J Abdul Kalam, K N Chandrasekharan Pillai, […]

Govt clears Hilton-DLF hotel JV

The Government on Thursday cleared the proposal by Hilton international Company, USA and DLF Ltd. to form a Joint Venture for perusing hospitality business in india. Hilton will own a 26% stake in the JV while real estate giant DLF will hold the rest.
Hilton will invest US $143mn in the JV, which will build […]

UPSRTC moves Delhi HC

THE TUSSLE between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh over plying of buses to and fro reached the court on Thursday.
The UP State Transport Corporation moved the Delhi High Court seeking directions to Delhi Government to allow its fleet to enter the national capital for fuel re-filling.
The UPSTRC petition, which will come up for hearing on Friday, […]

Delhi HC likely to pass order on petition against S ...

The Delhi High Court is expected to pass a judgement today on a petition filed by an NGO challenging the holding of public offices, including the post of Congress chief, by Sonia Gandhi who is italy-born.
A Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Vijender Jain and Justice Rekha Sharma will deliver the order on the […]