Rattan Lal, injured in the September 7, Delhi high court blast succumbed to his injuries. The death toll now stands at 15.
58-year-old Rattan Lal was in a serious condition and both his legs were amputated. Doctors at the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital said he died at
8:20am.
“Yesterday, he had expressed his desire to meet his [...]
Minutes after anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare ended his fast on Sunday, he declared that electoral reforms will be on top of his agenda next so that corruption can come down. “I have only deferred my fast, not given it up. Only when these reforms are complete will I really end my fast. I will [...]
Read More...With the existing ban on use of plastic bags not being very effective, the Delhi government is now considering closing down over 400 manufacturing units of such items across the city. A top official said the government was determined to rid the city of plastic bags and a final decision on shutting d own [...]
Read More... The Delhi government on Monday said it will take a decision after Oct 25 on whether to bring around 1,600 Blueline buses back on the city’s roads, and maintained it was committed to phase out these privately owned public transport vehicles.
The Bluelines were taken off to decongest some of the roads ahead of the [...]
The threat of floods is looming large over Delhi once again with Haryana releasing 7 lakh cusecs of water into the Yamuna on Sunday.
The amount of water discharged broke the 32-year-old record when 7,09,000 cusec water was discharged at Tajewala on September 3, 1978, officials said.
The water from the river entered agricultural land in [...]
The US State Department will send Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry to Pakistan next week to assess the damage from the country’s flood disaster.
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If there’s a pharmaceutical company equivalent of JetBlue ’s Steven Slater , it’s Ranbaxy CEO Atul Sobti , who quit yesterday with no notice after a long-simmering dispute with his bosses.
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Black Kite birds fly around as Indian Muslims sit on the steps after offering Friday prayers at the Feroz Shah Kotla Mosque in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug.
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India may ask Google and Skype for greater access to encrypted information once it resolves security concerns with BlackBerrys, which are now under threat of a ban, according to a government document and two people familiar with the discussions.
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