In a bid to bridge the crunch of physicians in administrative hospitals, Delhi health division has nominated 318 general duty medics and 204 non-teaching specialist physicians in the newly set up Delhi Health Service Cadre.

Delhi administration owns 32 major medical institutions and 250 dispensaries crosswise the city.

Dr. AK Walia, Delhi health minister stated, “Thus far, these hospitals were manned by doctors from the central health service.”

Liquor baron Ponty Chadha had hit the front page three months back as the Income Tax department conducted raids at various properties owned and managed by the group. The earlier reports had estimated nearly Rs 175 crore of undisclosed funds during the raid.

As per recent reports, IT department has received Rs 54 crore as tax from Ponty Chadha group. As per news agency PTI sources, the income tax department will also collect penalty on the undisclosed income.

The government of Delhi is planning to impose a ban on the sale of land through general power of attorney (GPA), a move that is likely to increase difficulties for the people who have purchased the land on GPA.

Under the new rules, a seller will have to execute a sale deed that will be required to be registered in the office of registrar or sub-registrar, in order to complete the sale of land. Experts say that the move will limit the availability of the land in the capital and will thus increase the prices that are already among the highest in the country.

New Delhi, May 2 - Telecom service provider Bharti Airtel Wednesday reported a 28 percent decline in net income at Rs. 1,006 crore for the quarter ended March 31 against Rs. 1,401 crore during the like period of the previous financial year.

The total revenue stood at Rs. 18,729 crore, up 15 percent during the quarter under review against Rs. 16,293 crore during the like period of 2010-11, a company statement said.

According to a new survey, Delhi tops the list of the cities with most number of corporate employees suffering from insomnia.

The reasons for the high number of sleepless executives in city include high stress level and challenging working schedules. The national capital was ranked first by the survey followed by Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Pune, and Chennai.

New Delhi, April 2 - Passenger car market leader Maruti Suzuki Monday reported a rise of 3.3 percent in March sales including exports at 125,952 units from 121,952 units in the like period of 2011.

Domestic sales grew by 2.1 percent at 112,724 units in the period under review from 110,424 units in the corresponding period of the last fiscal.

Exports increased by 14.7 percent at 13,228 units from 11,528 units sold in March 2011.

Two-year-old baby girl, Falak, who has suffered intensely in her short life, has died after she suffered a third heart attack on Thursday night.

Falak has undergone five surgeries during the 56 days after she was taken to AIIMS trauma center on 18 January. Her tragic tale shocked the nation when media reports showed the little girl being admitted with severe head injuries, both arms broken and human bite marks on her body.

New Delhi/Mumbai, March 9 - Cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines Friday said that it has made alternate arrangements for selling its tickets after it was suspended from inter-airline transaction body International Air Transport Association (IATA).

New Delhi, March 4 - Director Tigmanshu Dhulia and actor Irrfan Khan have receive heaps of praise from Amitabh Bachchan for their film "Paan Singh Tomar". The megastar describes the movie as inspiring and fitting tribute to unsung heroes and truly a biopic.

"Paan Singh Tomar" tells the tale of the former national steeplechase champion-turned-bandit. Released Friday, the film features Irrfan in the title role.

New Delhi, March 4 - Indian youth can be made to appreciate classical music if it is served to them in the right manner, says music promoter Durga Jasraj, who disagrees with the notion that Bollywood tunes have spoilt the new generation's taste in music.

"People who feel youth don't have a knack for listening to classical music should understand that that's not the case. They just need it to be served to them the way they like it," Durga told IANS.

New Delhi, March 2 - After sharing screen space with her sister Gauhar Khan in "The Khan Sisters", actress Nigaar Z. Khan is set to enter fiction show "Sapno Ke Bhanwar Mein" in a negative role.

Nigaar's glamorous character will be called Rangoli. She is shown as one who has travelled the world, has a superiority complex, is rude and picks on people and their ways.

"I simply love my character Rangoli in the show. It's very interesting as my character will bring great conflict in the show," Nigaar said in a press statement.

New Delhi, March 2 - Acclaimed filmmaker and television personality Saeed Akhtar Mirza, the author of a new book, "The Monk, The Moor & Moses Ben Jalloun", says the clash of civilisations theory does not apply to the modern world.

"What we are seeing now is use of political power (a power struggle), not a clash of civilisations. The entire edifice of the Western civilisation has its roots in all the other civilisations and the powers. The new university in Europe had been translating Arabic texts since the 10th century," Mirza said.

New Delhi, March 1 - Languages and fine sensibilities are extensions of one another in the world of appreciation of modern cinema and stage -- one has to have a feel and flair for the two to enjoy the mediums, said actor-filmmaker Amol Palekar in a literary forum at the ongoing 20th World Book Fair.

"If I speak in one language, I should be able to complete the sentence in that language. If I speak in Marathi, I should end in Marathi. But today's languages are assimilating so many influences," Palekar said here Wednesday night.

He said languages merge naturally in Indian cinema in a reflection of the new linguistic trends.

New Delhi, Feb 29 - India's economy has logged its slowest pace of quarterly expansion in the recent past, with gross domestic product (GDP) rising by a mere 6.1 percent in the quarter ended December, official data showed Wednesday.

The economy had grown 8.3 percent in the previous corresponding period.

Higher interest rates, global economic turmoil rubbing off on the country and a slew of policy issues curbing investment sentiment has contributed to the economy's dismal performance.

New Delhi, Feb 29 - Ram Gopal Varma's past few projects have failed to rock the box office, but actor Rana Daggubati, who has teamed up with the director in "Department", is confident that the film will turn out to be one of his most stylish movies.

New Delhi, Feb 26 : Vidya Balan, who grabbed many eyeballs for her seducing act in ‘The Dirty Picture’, has certainly multiplied her fan base, so much so that the admiration has become an obsession for one of her lovers.

The stalker, a man in his late 20s, is said to follow Balan wherever she used to go, and even turned up at her flat once, but the actress wasn’t at home at the time.

“He used to be there on her sets. He used to be there in her building. Once unknowingly, Vidya even nodded to him and said namaste,” a friend of Balan said.

New Delhi, Feb 26 : Shahrukh Khan, who has done a number of action packed movies of late, is back with his romantic loverboy image for Yash Chopra’s upcoming flick.

The 46-year-old actor is in London shooting for the film with Katrina Kaif.

This new, yet untitled film marks the return of Yash Chopra to film direction after eight years.

The actor-director duo created magic when they worked together in ‘Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge’. (ANI)

New Delhi, Feb 26 : A surprise birthday party was hosted for Sanjay Leela Bhansali at his home on Feb 24 as he turned 48.

According to the grapevine, the grand birthday reunion was organised by the film director’s assistants who had made a list of the people, their boss had not met for a while.

“I’ve never had a party in my home,” Bhansali said.

“As kids my sister Bela and I were never given a chance to invite our friends home. So birthday parties are something I’ve only experienced with my nose pressed to the windowpane.

New Delhi, Feb 25 - Celebrities ko gussa kyon aata hai? That's the big question, given the recent cases of Saif Ali Khan's scuffle with an NRI businessman and Shah Rukh Khan's brawl with Shirish Kunder. With status comes aggression and ego, say experts."Anger is present in each and everybody, but as people grow up and excel in their field, they become more egoistic. The aggression within them also increases. It just depends on how one handles that aggression," Neelesh Tiwari, chairman and managing director, World Brain Center, told IANS.

New Delhi, Feb 25 - Her next film "Housefull 2" has a dozen actors, but Shazahn Padamsee isn't fretting. After all, stars are also a part of multi-starrers, isn't it, says the actress."I have such a long way to go. I am so young and have to be a part of the industry for so many years. I'll do multi-starrers, I'll do films with many people... Now you see even the stars doing multi-starrers. The world is my oyster; I don't look for anything solo or multi-starrer," Shazahn told IANS.