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New Delhi, Mar 19 (ANI): As New Delhi gears to host the Commonwealth Games (CWG), Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has asked citizens to put their best foot forward and leave a lasting impression on the guests.
Addressing a tourism conclave here on Thursday, Dikshit said: “I can see a lot mannerisms changing, but it is still [...]

New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar announced here Tuesday a seven-month long campaign to clean the Yamuna river and have a clean and green Delhi before the Commonwealth Games.
The campaign — ‘My Yamuna, My Dilli’ – was launched by the spiritual guru here at Purana Qila Tuesday evening.
‘The responsibility for [...]

Olympic champion Stephanie Rice reasserted her dominance in the 200 metres individual medley at the Commonwealth Games selection trials in Sydney on Tuesday.
Rice, backing up from finishing fourth behind Blair Evans in the 200m freestyle less than an hour earlier, sealed her spot on the team for New Delhi by clocking 2 minutes and 10.07 [...]

New Delhi, Mar 6 (ANI): Union Urban Development Minister S. Jaipal Reddy has inaugurated the Yamuna Sports Complex, a venue for archery during the upcoming Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.
The stadium has a capacity of around 3,500 seats.
The stadium would host the preliminary rounds of the archery events during the Commonwealth Games, which is scheduled [...]

Lahore, Mar.5 (ANI): British boxer of Pakistani origin and younger brother of light-weight world champion boxer Amir Khan, Haroon Khan, has reportedly joined the Pakistan pugilist team for upcoming events, including the 2012 London Olympics.
According to a private television channel, which quoted sources in the Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF), Haroon along with his father recently [...]

New Delhi, Sept 17 (ANI): A two-member team of the National Playing Fields Association (NPFA), UK called on Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Dr. M S Gill here today.

During the discussion, Alison extended an invitation to the Minister of Youth [...]

New Delhi, Sep 14 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram will inaugurate the DGPs/IGPs Confernce-2009 here today.

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will address the conference on the second day and also present police medals for meritorious services.

The conference is expected to deliberate on major internal security threats, including left wing extremism, terrorism, [...]

New Delhi, Sep 11 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram will inaugurate the DGPs/IGPs Confernce-2009 on September 14.

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will address the conference on the second day and also present police medals for meritorious services.

The conference is expected to deliberate [...]

New Delhi, Sep 9 (ANI): The International Security Liaison Group in the Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday organised a security briefings on forthcoming Commonwealth Games going to be held in 2010.

Some 30 Heads Heads of Missions of the Commonwealth countries attended the briefing conference chaired [...]

New Delhi, Sep 7 (ANI): Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram on Monday assured full and comprehensive security will be provided during the Commonwealth Games to be held in October 2010 in Delhi.

Speaking to a private news channel on the security arrangements for the Commonwealth Games, Chidambaram said the participating countries need not have any fear.

“I make [...]

New Delhi, Aug 21 (ANI): The Delhi Government’s annual Plan for 2009-10 was finalised at Rs. 10,000 crores at a meeting here on Friday between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.

Ahluwalia appreciated the State Government for improvements in the [...]

New Delhi, July 13 (ANI): A day after he put his papers owning moral responsibility for an accident at a construction site that killed six people, Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan has withdrew his resignation.

“E Sreedharan has decided to withdraw his resignation in view of the letter [...]

New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Out of a total plan outlay of Rs.12,165 crore for the civil aviation ministry, a sum of Rs.190 crore will be provided as budgetary support to various organisations under the ministry, the government said Monday after Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the annual budget in Parliament.
Out of the Rs.190 crore, [...]

Sonepat, July 5 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Dr. Manohar Singh Gill, today inaugurated the newly laid synthetic hockey surface at Sports Authority of India (SAI), northern regional centre at Bahalgarh in Sonepat.

The new hockey surface will be used during national coaching camps for training the elite hockey players as well [...]

New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Colourful and fragrant flowers will make Delhi bloom during the Commonwealth Games next year. Scientists at the Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehradun are busy developing new species of over 300,000 flowering plants for the games.
The FRI has been entrusted with the job by the Delhi government to make the city [...]

New Delhi, June 22 (ANI): Delhi Government on Monday revealed through its budget that it would primarily focus its attention on transport sector, urban development and water and sanitation in the year ahead.

The highest share in the budget 2009-10 has been earmarked for transport sector [...]

New Delhi, June 22 (ANI): The Delhi Government is likely to recommend some tough measures in the state budget which is to be unveiled today.

According to senior officials with the Delhi Government, as the revenue fell by over Rs 1,300 crore during the year 2008-09, the Government may feel compelled to undertake some harsh [...]

New Delhi, June 20 (ANI): In the wake of global financial meltdown, the Delhi Government is likely to recommend some tough measures in the state budget which is to be unveiled on Monday, said Government officials.

According to senior officials with the Delhi Government, as the revenue fell by over Rs 1,300 crore during the [...]

New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) Three companies that run popular food and beverage outlets like Copper Chimney, Costa Coffee and Pizza Hut have been awarded contracts to set up shop at the upcoming Terminal 3 at the international airport here.
“Following a tender process, the successful bidders with Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) will develop, operate, [...]

Fortune Park Hotels Pvt Ltd has made announcement about the opening of four new hotels in India by July 2009.
A top company representative said that the wholly-owned subsidiary of ITC Ltd will be set up in Mussoorie, Jaipur, Bangalore and Manipal by July.
The hospitality firm also announced that it plans to build two such hotels [...]