-Outlook Dengue continued to spread in the capital with 38 more people testing positive for the mosquito-borne disease, taking the total number of cases to 1,584 this season. Thirty-seven of the fresh cases were reported from East, South and North Delhi Corporations while one originated from outside the capital. So far, four persons have died in the capital due to dengue. Of the 1,584 cases, 12 cases originated from outside the city. South Delhi...

-The Hindu After facing harassment and extortion at the hands of corrupt police and civic body officers over the years, the Capital’s rickshaw pullers can finally heave a sigh of relief. A far-reaching Supreme Court order in a case filed by an NGO has come to their rescue. It has put an end toimpounding and scrapping of their vehicles. However, the battle against officialdom which sees them as "vermin" continues.... Rickshaw-puller Shiv...

-Outlook Dengue cases in the capital inched closer towards touching the 1,000-mark with 36 people testing positive for the mosquito-borne disease today, taking the total number of cases this season to 985. All the 36 cases were reported from three Municipal Corporations, with the maximum number of cases coming from Shah (North) zone. Two children have so far succumbed to dengue ever since the disease began spreading in the capital early this month. South...

-Outlook The Delhi Government today slammed municipal bodies for "failing" to contain spurt in dengue cases which inched close to 1,000 and directed them to take "urgent" steps before the situation goes out of control. A meeting of Delhi Cabinet, presided over by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, expressed "grave concern" over rising dengue cases and told municipal bodies to "pull up their socks" to avoid the worst. "The entire Cabinet was of the...

-The Times of India Rs 4,439 crore has literally gone down the drain called the Yamuna. Delhi and Uttar Pradesh have told the Supreme Court that they have spent Rs 4,124 crore on making the river's water potable, but the Central Pollution Control Board's latest report shows that Yamuna's water still resembles that of a drain.  The New Delhi Municipal Committee and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi have spent an additional Rs...