India has proposed “constructive talks” on the contentious issue of transit facility through Bangladesh to reach its north-eastern region once a new government takes office in New Delhi after the general elections.
India is particularly keen on railway connectivity between Akhaura in eastern Bangladesh and Agartala, capital of Tripura in India’s north-east, New Age newspaper said.
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The health department in Haryana today directed all the civil surgeons in the state to be vigilant and take precautionary measures in view of spread of swine flu in some parts of the world.
This was stated by Anuradha Gupta, Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Health Department after presiding over a high level meeting of the [...]
It was two years ago when Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) started the mandi house, pragati maidan & indrprasta metro stations with 2.5 Lac capacity passengers. Today the scenario is same nothing has changed, if you are the one boarding train from station far from source station and time is office hours than you are [...]
Union minister for science and technology Kapil Sibal, who is seeking a re-election to the Lok Sabha from Delhi’s Chandni Chowk, surprised voters on Monday with a tactic he believes will see him zoom into parliament. The Congress candidate was seen offering free rides to commuters on a solar-powered cycle rickshaw!
Sibal, who tasted his first [...]
The Haryana government has managed to stop the flooding of its mandis with wheat from neighbouring Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. With wheat from these two states leading to a glut and poor lifting in various mandis across Haryana, the government has resorted to drastic steps to check any inflow of wheat from outside the state.
The [...]
Pulling a huge crowd might not be an indicator of a party’s performance in polls in recent times, but in West Delhi, both the Congress and BJP poll managers are working overnight to get as many supporters as possible to two mega rallies. While Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh joins Mahabal Mishra’s campaign on Sunday, [...]
With the mercury level touching a sizzling 42.2 degrees Celsius, Delhi saw the season’s highest temperature Tuesday.
“The heat will continue and temperatures will remain more or less the same over the next few days. The entire northern India has been seeing a rise in temperature, therefore the heat in Delhi accompanied by hot winds is [...]
After recommending filing of an FIR in the Aakriti Bhatia case, the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights on Thursday asked the police to conduct a detailed probe into the death of Shanno Khan to find out if criminal proceedings can be taken up in the incident.
Shanno, an eleven-year-old student breathed her last in [...]
A Congress rally at Ramlila Maidan in central Delhi reduced movement of traffic to a crawl during the evening rush hour on Wednesday.
Diversions put into effect to ensure a free passage for the Congress president, coupled with added rush of about 50,000 people to the venue, caused congestion on several arterial roads in the area.
The [...]
Real estate firm Tulip Infratech will invest Rs 100 crore over the next three years to develop 400 apartments in Gurgaon.
“Seeing the demand for affordable housing project, we are coming up with 400 flats in first phase at Gurgaon-Sohna road. The basic selling price of the three-bedroom apartment has been fixed at Rs 25 lakh,” [...]