Markets stay deserted despite marriage season

Edit The Hindu 10 Nov 2016
In Karol Bagh too, some shopkeepers shut shops due to lack of buyers ... The same was the situation at Naagar tent house in Shalimar Bagh, which is yet to receive payments ... Traders in Chandni Chowk and Karol Bagh have displayed notices stating they will not accept the banned currency and advised people against agents promising to convert the money. Chandni Chowk, Karol Bagh saw very few buyers; many even shut shop due to lack of customers....

Air quality improves, but pollution continues to remain major concern

Edit Deccan Herald 10 Nov 2016
The PM 10 levels in south Delhi’ RK Puram and west Delhi’s Punjabi Bagh areas were recorded at 373 ug/m3 and 277 ug/m3 respectively whereas the PM 2.5 in the same areas were registered at 196 ug/m3 and 151 ug/m3 on Wednesday evening, according to the DPCC’s data ... ....

Chaos at petrol pumps across city

Edit DNA India 10 Nov 2016
The petrol stations saw huge rush as Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced that petrol pumps will have permission to accepted Rs500 or Rs1,000 ... Naresh Gupta, a businessman from Mayur Vihar felt cheated as the fuel station did not return the change ... “I live in Maharani Bagh but the card machine at the petrol pump did not work hence I travelled till Mayur Vihar to fill fuel in my motor-cycle,” said Vikas Singh ... ....

Demonetisation plays spoilsport for brides- and grooms-to-be

Edit DNA India 10 Nov 2016
It is her wedding in a week from now, but the bride to be, Shruti Singh, 29, could not collect her lehenga on Tuesday, as the store in north Delhi's Kamla Nagar refused to take cash. Singh negotiated with them, as she had to try on the wedding lehenga at her salon, but no luck ... The government's decision has played a spoilsport for this weeding season," said, Kartikeya Mittal of Karol Bagh. Vatsala Shrangi. ....

AFC President receives AIPS Asia delegation (AFC - Asian Football Confederation)

Edit Public Technologies 09 Nov 2016
(Source. AFC - Asian Football Confederation) ... Mr Qasim, meanwhile, expressed AIPS Asia's great interest in consolidating its relationships with the AFC and other Continental and International sport federations ... Photos. AIPS Asia....

'We Want to See an Exemplary Election Come 2018'

Edit All Africa 09 Nov 2016
[Concord] Special Representative of the Secretary - General for West Africa and the Sahel, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has yesterday noted that the United Nations would want to see the conduct of an exemplary election in Sierra Leone come 2018 ... ....

Fire Damages 8 Residential Houses In Baramulla

Edit Kashmir Observer 09 Nov 2016
BARAMULLA.At least eight residential houses were gutted in a devastating blaze in North Kashmir's Baramulla district on Tuesday night. According to reports and police ,eight residential houses came under mysterious blaze in Khawaja Bagh area of Baramulla on Tuesday night. The cause of the fire is yet to be known. Reports said that fire tenders couldn’t reach at the spot immediately, due to which fire couldn’t be controlled ... ....

Desperate measures: Cash from piggy bank to raddi sale

Edit The Times of India 09 Nov 2016
New Delhi ... "I had been putting coins in the piggy bank for three years ... Anita Sinha, a resident of East Park road in Karol Bagh, complained that she could not buy vegetables and fruits in the morning ... Shakuntala Dixit, an 85-year-old in old Delhi, had other anxieties ... Adequately equipped for his needs, Divyanshu Shandilya, a civil services aspirant in Karol Bagh, should have been comfortably placed with his Rs 7,500 ... RELATED....

Let Haridwar breathe

Edit The Times of India 09 Nov 2016
HARIDWAR. Even though the major culprits for deterioration in Haridwar's air quality are burning of waste and dry leaves and vehicular emissions, Haridwar's dwindling green cover is no less to blame for it ... "This is nature's way of keeping air fit for human consumption ... Mishra Garden, Vishnu Garden, Niranjani Bagh, Dadoo Bagh and many more are names of gardens which got converted into residential colonies over the years ... RELATED....

Sharbat Gula arrives in Kabul after controversial arrest in Pakistan

Edit Khaama Press 09 Nov 2016
She was residing together with her sons in Nasir Bagh camp established for Afghan refugees since she moved to Peshawar in 1984 ... The country’s authorities had earlier said Gula’s deportation will be halted on humanitarian grounds ... ....

Kidney in transit, cops clear way

Edit The Times of India 09 Nov 2016
NEW DELHI ... According to DCP traffic (southern range), D K Gupta, the traffic police provided a special route following the request. The ambulance from Gurgaon was escorted to the Delhi border by the Gurgaon traffic police after which it was transported through Sardar Patel Marg to Park Street and Karol Bagh ... RELATED. From around the web....

Ghani met Sharbat Gula, handed over apartment key to welcome her home

Edit Khaama Press 09 Nov 2016
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani met with the iconic Afghan woman Sharbat Gula and her family members after they returned to Afghanistan after more than 30 years ... She was residing together with her sons in Nasir Bagh camp established for Afghan refugees since she moved to Peshawar in 1984 ... ....

Footfall too low, markets start & end on sore note

Edit The Times of India 09 Nov 2016
New Delhi. The otherwise bustling markets in the Walled City bore a deserted look on Wednesday with most traders reporting bleak business due to the Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes being banned by the Centre. While some applauded the decision, others questioned what was the hurry in implementing the decision during this busy wedding season ... The Sarojini Nagar and Karol Bagh markets also bore a deserted look ... RELATED. From around the web....
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