Prithivraj Chavan flags off Mumbai Metro
Mumbai: Maharashtra CM Prithivraj Chavan today inaugurated the much-awaited Mumbai Metro that promises to cater to lakhs of commuters per day on the 11-km Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar route. Reliance Industries
chief Anil Ambani and his wife Tina Ambani were amongst the early riders. Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL) is a joint venture between Reliance Infrastructure, French firm Veolia Transport and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA). While Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Infra, which is the execution agency, owns a 69 per cent stake in the project, the state-run MMRDA and Veolia hold 26 per cent and 5 per cent stake respectively.
Foreign
minister Sushma Swaraj holds bilateral talks with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi
New Delhi: External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj today met her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. The Chinese foreign minister is in India to establish political contacts with the new Indian government in order to boost the bilateral ties. Wang Yi, who arrived in Delhi as a Special Envoy of President Xi Jingping, is also expected to call on President Pranab Mukherjee and meet the new National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. He will also meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his two-day visit.
Unidentified assailants gun down BJP leader in Greater Noida
Noida: BJP leader Vijay Pandit was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Greater
Noida. Pandit was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. Angry BJP workers gathered at the accident site and set vehicles on fire, causing heavy traffic jams.
Cong slams AAP over internal conflicts; AAP says efforts are on to resolve differences
New Delhi: The Congress questioned the stability of the Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) as rumours of a rift within the latter gained momentum, with members
of the party meeting in New Delhi to discuss the poll debacle, the deep differences among its senior members and the spate of resignations by prominent leaders. The three-day
AAP national executive meet was chaired by party chief Arvind Kejriwal amid reports of infighting and a rift between party
leaders Manish Sisodia and Yogendra Yadav. Sisodia accused Yadav of disintegrating the party and
targetting Kejriwal while Yadav claimed the party was falling prey to a personality cult. Taking a jibe at
the infighting, Congress leader Arvinder Singh Lovely said the party was
full of power hungry people with vested interests. Congress general
secretary Shakeel Ahmad said the AAP was trapped in its own game. Meanwhile, AAP
leader Prashant Bhushan said the efforts were on to resolve the differences
within the party.
