New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Transport Minister Ramakant Goswami Saturday directed the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) to replace its faulty air-conditioned buses that break down frequently. "The corporation has also been asked to call bus providers to ensure effectiveness of cooling in the AC buses to avoid any inconvenience to passengers," Goswami said in a statement issued here. "The government has taken note of the reported incidents of a number of breakdowns and ineffective cooling in AC buses of DTC due to increase during the hot spell," the statement added.
New Delhi, May 25 (ANI): Union Law Minister, Kapil Sibal while talking to the media on Saturday over proposed legislative measures to prevent dishonest practices in sporting events, said that the Government will bring a new standalone law at the earliest; that will be broad based and deal with corporates, bookies and players. Addressing a press conference from New Delhi, Sibal said that this new law will apply not only to cricket but all kinds of sports.
New Delhi, May 25 (ANI): Union Law Minister, Kapil Sibal while talking to the media on Saturday over proposed legislative measures to prevent dishonest practices in sporting events, said that the Government will bring a new standalone law at the earliest; that will be broad based and deal with corporates, bookies and players.
Amritsar/New Delhi/Lucknow, May 25 (ANI): Unending power cuts, scarcity of water and soaring temperatures continue to take a toll on people across India as they suffered intense heat stroke as well as dehydration due to blistering heat wave. People across northern India were seen trying to beat the heat by adopting various measures like drinking fluids such as fresh fruit juices, yogurt, cold beverages and wrapping themselves with cotton vales while venturing out.
Mumbai/New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Embattled BCCI president N. Srinivasan refused to quit Saturday as his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan was sent to police custody till May 29 in connection with the raging spot fixing scam in Indian cricket
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Penal provisions on rape have been misused by some women who develop consensual physical relationship with their lovers and after the breakup file false rape cases to force them to marry them, the Delhi High Court has said. Justice Kailash Gambhir said rape law was often misused by women as weapon for "vengeance and vendetta" to harass and blackmail their male friends by filing false cases to extort money and to force them to marry them.
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) To help students and parents cope with anxiety and stress before and after the CBSE results, a free, confidential helpline will be launched here Sunday that also promises to provide career guidance to the students. Available between from May 26 to June 2 between 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., 'Hopeline' -- 011- 65978181 has been launched by NGO Snehi
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's proposed visit to Maharashtra Monday to interact with farmers has been cancelled, his office said Saturday. However, it did not assign a reason for cancelling the visit.
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Four people were arrested here for manufacturing and supplying high quality illegal firearms to criminals in the national capital region and Uttar Pradesh, police said Saturday. Allauddin, 40, Mohammad Rustam, 28, Shakir, 30 and Shehzaad, 22, all from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar were arrested Friday from near Shanti Van in north Delhi. "The gang was operating for the last several years.
New Delhi, May 25 (ANI): Union Law Minister, Kapil Sibal while talking to the media on Saturday over proposed legislative measures to prevent dishonest practices in sporting events, said that the Government will bring a new standalone law at the earliest; that will be broad based and deal with corporates, bookies and players. Addressing a press conference from New Delhi, Sibal said that this new law will apply not only to cricket but all kinds of sports.
