Category: Delhi

Four members from three generations of the same family were killed and two others injured when a fire broke out at their residence in Seemapuri, New Delhi, on Friday. The deceased include a 63-year-old man, his son and two grandchildren. The accident happened in Dilshad Colony around 3AM. Prima facie, the fire started at the ground floor of the multi-storey […]

Matching the quality levels of organisations like Infosys, Wipro, SBI, L&T, Pfizer, ICICI Bank etc, the security cover provided by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at the Delhi airport has been adjudged the best airport security by the World Quality Congress (WQC). It is for the first time that a central paramilitary force, that too a government organisation, has been […]

Welcoming the introduction of Goods and Services Tax (GST) from July 1, President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on the introduction of a single tax for the 130 crore people in the country. Mr. Mukherjee, who was addressing a Global Summit organised by The Institute of Cost Accountants of India in […]

Election for the post of Vice President will be held on August 5, the Election Commission of India said on Thursday. Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi said notification for the election would be issued on July 4 and nominations could be submitted by July 18. The scrutiny would take place on July 19 and the last date for withdrawal of […]

The Opposition parties’ presidential candidate Meira Kumar filed her nomination in New Delhi on Wednesday at the Secretary General’s office in Parliament. Ms. Kumar went in shortly after 11 a.m. and returned around 11.30 a.m. Congress president Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh followed her out after the filing of nomination, after which they made their way to […]

Union environment minister Anil Madhav Dave passed away this morning. He was 60. Madhav had not been keeping well for the last few months. He complained of uneasiness at his home this morning and was rushed to AIIMS where he passed away, official sources told PTI. “I was with Anil Madhav Dave ji till late last evening, discussing key policy […]