Prime Minister Manmohan Singh doesn't seem to have stopped smiling since he met Barack Obama at Delhi airport on Sunday.
Dense fog shrouded the national capital on Tuesday morning, leading to cancellation of two flights and delaying 10 other flights and 55 trains.
NTPC on Tuesday asked the two BSES utilities to make their payments and said in the event of failure to do so it would be forced to regulate supplies to the state discoms.
Jagdish Kaur and Narpreet Kaur, whose families were devastated in the riots which claimed over 3,000 lives, said although 34 years is a long time, they were determined to "unmask the accused" and their fight for justice will go on.
Heavy rains kept the temperature below normal levels on Saturday even as waterlogging in several areas slowed vehicular movement inconveniencing commuters in the national capital.
The bodies of six Indians killed in the Taliban attack in Kabul were flown to New Delhi in a special aircraft. Eight other Indians who were injured in the terror strike on two guest houses in the Afghan capital were also brought to the city in the plane.
All ranks and file of the elite force gathered at NSG headquarters in Palam to pay their tributes to the slain hawaldar, who was a member of NSG's 51 Special Action Group.
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The tax department had attached about a dozen plots and buildings in Delhi and Bihar.
The AWACS will provide IAF means to keep a tab on enemy aircraft and missiles taking off from across the border, thereby enhancing response time.
President Pratibha Patil will do the honours first by taking a ride on the Indian Air Force's Boeing Business Jets from the Palam air base that day, IAF officials said in New Delhi.
India's One-day International captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was back at the helm for the limited-overs' leg against South Africa next month.
The torch, 72-centemetre long and weighing 985 grams, was flown to New Delhi in a specially-designed flight from Islamabad, its last stop before New Delhi.
The police believe a truck loaded with rubber material parked near the godown caught fire, which spread in no time because of strong winds on Tuesday night.
The residents of Delhi on Friday woke up to dense fog with minimum temperature settling at 12 degrees Celsius, five notches above normal.
Kumar was convicted and sentenced to life for the remainder of his life by the high court on December 17 in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Raj Nagar area.
The former Congress leader had sought more time, till January 30, to surrender saying he has to settle family affairs related to children and property and also needs time to file appeal in the Supreme Court against the high court verdict.
Sanskriti Sinha, 29, an aeronautical engineer with private airlines Air Deccan, was crushed to death on Monday night on the airport premises in New Delhi, after being hit by a vehicle.
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Talks on nuclear cooperation and a multi-billion dollar defence agreement will be the highlight of Sarkozy's visit. The two sides will also discuss ways to enhance trade and business ties. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sarkozy will hold talks on a wide range of issues covering bilateral, regional and international issues of mutual interest.
But the regulator has dropped the proposal of asking flyers to maintain 30 seconds of silence.
There was no relief for the national capital, with the mercury crossing the 44C mark in some parts of the city.
A young squad, full of Indian Premier League performers, will represent India 'A' in the T20 warm-up against South Africa at the Air force Ground, in Palam, on September 29.
The national capital battled weather conditions in the "red category" as the maximum temperature recorded at the Palam observatory was 46.1C,
The Indian Air Force flew 12 sorties to bring back Indian nationals, including many children.
It is believed that the crop residue burning in the nearby states of Punjab and Haryana are contributing to polluting the air.
Putin, who is heading a high-level delegation, will be the chief guest at the Republic Day parade on January 26.
Senior South Africa batsman J P Duminy defended his team's young bowling attack which failed to defend a decent total of 189 against an inexperienced India 'A' in their warm-up T20 game in Delhi on Tuesday, saying the focus was on assessment of conditions rather than the result.
Krunal Pandya continued his fantastic form guiding Baroda to an easy seven wicket victory against Karnataka.
Two officials of the Airports Authority of India have been suspended in connection with a communication failure in June between a special jet carrying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Air Traffic Control in New Delhi.
The weatherman has predicted rainfall throughout the day with the mercury settling at 19C.
Swirling waters inundated 12 districts in the state.
President George W Bush on Friday night left Delhi for Pakistan.
Major Somnath Sharma was awarded the Param Vir Chakra posthumously for his bravery in the Kashmir operations on November 3, 1947.
Dr Singh departed from protocol to receive the Russian President personally.
Delhi woke up to another chilly morning Monday as temperatures remained below 2° C.
With Delhi witnessing the highest-ever voter turnout, women may turn out to be game changer for political parties as they came out in large numbers to cast their ballots.
Reflecting an improvement in economic ties with the US, the bilateral trade has increased to $48.71 billion during April-December of this fiscal, Parliament was informed on Friday.
The minimum temperature recorded was 4.3° C at 0610 hours, a slight rise from Monday's 1.6° C.
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