New Delhi | A video showing a monkey travelling in the Delhi Metro along with other commuters has gone viral on social media. The two-minute-long video attracted over 1,500 views till Sunday afternoon since it was uploaded on Twitter. The monkey, seen in the video, was roaming inside a coach of a Delhi Metro train. The […]
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Various Delhi Metro stations shut as farmers turn rogue
New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Tuesday closed the entry and exit gates of various metro stations on the yellow, green, violet and blue lines in wake of the farmers’ tractor rally running amok in the heart of the national capital. Thousands of tractors rolled into Delhi even as the 72nd Republic Day parade […]
Delhi Metro restarts from Sept 7 with Yellow line and Gurugram’s Rapid Metro
New Delhi: The Delhi Metro will restart the Yellow Line and Gurugram’s Rapid Metro from September 7 in what will be the beginning of a series of graded openings of the Capital’s metro service for the first time since the nationwide lockdown after the pandemic kicked in. The Yellow Line of the Metro runs from Samaypur […]
20 staffers of Delhi Metro are COVID-19 positive: DMRC
New Delhi : Around 20 staff members of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) are COVID positive, an official said on Friday. “Around 20 staff members of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) have tested positive for COVID-19. All of them are asymptomatic and are doing well,” said the official. “Along with the rest of the country, the […]
Delhi Metro extends suspension of services till May 31
New Delhi: Following extension of the nationwide lockdown till May 31 during which metro train services will remain shut across the nation, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Sunday announced that it will continue to remain shut for commuters till this date. The DMRC tweeted: “In light of the extension of the lockdown, Metro […]
Delhi Metro may not be plying, but DMRC is helping. Here’s how
New Delhi: The Delhi Metro may not be plying owing to the lockdown but the DMRC hasn’t stopped working. It has reached out to personnel who are extending their services to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. They have organised food distribution drives at areas such as Nigambodh Ghat, Bangla Sahib and Yamuna Bank and Garhi Mandu […]
Delhi Metro to remain shut from 10 am-4 pm, after 8 pm on Monday
New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said in a statement on Saturday that there will be no metro service between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. onwards on Monday in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. The Delhi Metro said in a statement, “There will be no metro service during this […]
Delhi Metro to be suspended during ‘Janata Curfew’ on Sunday
New Delhi: Delhi Metro services will remain suspended on Sunday in order to contribute to the ‘Janata Curfew’ announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation said on its Twitter handle: “In the wake of ‘Janta Curfew’ to be observed this Sunday i.e., on 22nd March 2020, DMRC has decided to keep […]
6 detained for shouting ‘shoot the traitors’ in Delhi Metro
New Delhi: The Delhi Police have detained six men for raising controversial slogans at Delhi’s Rajiv Chowk metro station on Saturday. According to the Delhi Police, “Around 12.30 p.m. slogans ‘desh ke gaddaron ko, goli maro ***** ko’ were raised at Rajiv Chowk metro station… we have detained them at Rajiv Chowk metro police station […]
5 Delhi Metro stations to be shut after violence
New Delhi: Five Delhi Metro stations in the northeast district of Delhi, where 5 people including a cop were killed on Monday, will remain closed on Tuesday, officials said. These metro stations – Jaffrabad, Maujpur-Babarpur, Gokulpuri, Johri Enclave and Shiv Vihar, are on the Pink Line of the Delhi Metro. Trains on this line are […]