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Hindustan Times BJP brass boycotts own eventHindustan TimesDemanding the Delhi chief minister's resignation over the CAG report on Commonwealth Games projects, BJP leaders boycotted the foundation stone laying of the much-awaited Chandni Chowk's redevelopment plan on Thursday. Amidst slogans, chaos and BJP …Kapil Sibal comes to the defence of Sheila DikshitDaily News & Analysisall 5 news [...] more...
Commonwealth and the immediate impact – a take on the obvious So, you know what’s coming. It’s the same old. I am a resident of Delhi. I’ve seen it […] more...
The Urdu Academy produced a number of programmes to the visitors that came to Delhi during the recent Commonwealth Games in Jashn-e-Dilli ( Delhi Celebrates), which showcased the […] more...
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has pulled up the Delhi government for trying to side step its request for information related to all Commonwealth Games […] more...
THE XIX COMMONWEALTH GAMES....§ After much worry and criticism before the start, the nineteenth Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India have now reached a successful conclusion without any of […] more...
The Delhi government is planning to draw up a whittled-down version of its Commonwealth Games expenditure hoping this will help it slime out of a broader probe into […] more...
The XIX Commonwealth Games After much worry and criticism before the start, the nineteenth Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India have now reached a successful conclusion without any […] more...
New Delhi, Oct.14 (ANI): The Armed Forces' band brought patriotic fervour among the crowd, as it played Saare Jahaan Se Acha and other new tracks here on Thursday. more...
The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and Connaught Place in the national capital will turn into a security fortress on Thursday ahead of the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony and marathon […] more...
Chandigarh crime branch sleuths tracked down Shera -- the official mascot of Commonwealth Games 2010 -- late Monday evening, hours after it went missing from the Verka Chowk in Mohali. The statue was found abandoned near a private school in Toga village of UT. more...
The heart of national capital remained out of bounds for 'aam aadmi' as cyclists from across the globe ruled the streets for the whole day on Sunday as police rolled out an overwhelming security depriving many spectators an opportunity to witness the Commonwealth Games event. more...
After five days of intense competition inside the stadia, the action at Delhi 2010 is all set to hit the city's streets. Long-distance runners, walkers and cyclists will […] more...
New Delhi, Oct.8 (ANI): On Saturday and Sunday, the Commonwealth Games 2010 will literally hit the streets of Delhi through a '20 km race walk' and a race by cyclists. more...
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation(DMRC) is also gearing up for the upcoming Commonwealth Games and has increased manpower at stations to ensure smooth movement of commuters from October 3-14. more...
The Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay will enter Delhi tomorrow from the neighbouring state Haryana after completing its 20,000 kilometers Indian journey. more...
After having failed to ‘expel’ or ‘hide’ beggars from the city, Delhi government has now decided to turn them into traffic police officers in order to […] more...
Visitors arriving in Delhi during the Commonwealth Games will soon be able to grab a quick bite and get tourism-related information about the city, at one go. On Monday, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) launched the first of 40 tourist information-cum-food kiosks in the city. Named more...
New Delhi, Sept.16 (ANI): The Walled City and Subhash Marg in Daryaganj are all set to get a facelift ahead of next month's XIXth Commonwealth Games. more...
Even though the Commonwealth Games is inching closer with each passing day, the ambitious projects aimed at showcasing Delhi as a heritage city are nowhere near completion. more...
Ongoing streetscaping work for the Commonwealth Games has made driving on the main Desh Bandhu Gupta (DBG) Road and Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (SPM) Marg a nightmare for motorists as jams have become a constant feature due to bad planning and shoddy implementation of construction work. Despite strong opposition by the traffic police, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is constructing cycle tracks on the narrow roads, thereby shrinking space available for traffic. On SPM Marg, all left turns have been blocked as part of the new design defeating Delhi government’s aim of making as many stretches signal free as possible. Malba and other construction material carelessly dumped around has aggravated the situation. more...
With 49 days left for the Commonwealth Games, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has claimed that it is yet to begin upgrading of 30 major roads for the Games. According to the civic agency, these roads still have to be handed over by other agencies, which are currently carrying out digging activity. The MCD claims that it will need at least 15 days to relay these roads before the Games. more...
Haryana government on Monday approved a budgetary allocation of Rs 1,588.6 crore for the extension of Delhi Metro to Faridabad. The new Metro link from Badarpur to YMCA Chowk will hugely benefit residents of the NCR city and work is expected to start in a couple of months. more...
New Delhi, July 21 : The Commonwealth Games in the city may prove a dampener for Ramlila and Durga Puja celebrations during the festive period in October. After asking […] more...
Many Commonwealth Games projects that MCD announced with much fanfare a year back have been scrapped now. These include parking projects, construction of 17 railway underbridges and overbridges and redevelopment of Chandni Chowk. The projects on which work did start are now running behind schedule. more...
The heavy downpour on Saturday led to massive water logging in the city, leading to traffic jams in most parts of the city. Areas like Khanpur, Aurbindo Road, Greater Kailash, Ashram etc had knee-deep water and vehicles could be seen floating in the rainwater. MCD’s control room received a total of 94 water logging complaints, with maximum complaints (29) coming from central zone. more...
Countdown begins for 2010 Delhi Commonwealth GamesNew Delhi, 7 Jan (ANI): Thousands of locals and foreign athletes in the Indian capital New Delhi participated in a run on January 6th to mark the 1000 days countdown to the 2010 Commonwealth Games on Sunday. The run began from Vijay Chowk and concluded at the India Gate. Athletes from Australia, England and some African countries, and many prominent Indian sport personalities including woman weight lifter Karnam Malleswari, badminton player also participated in the raceFrom:MediascrapeViews:8759 19ratingsTime:02:02More inNews & Politics more...