Delhi News Live Updates: Traffic curbs come into force as capital welcomes G20 leaders today; police advise use of metro services for commute
Pretzels to rye bread to cheese varieties: Sultanpur bakery ready to serve delegates
The Brown Bread Bakery is used to taking orders from the German, Italian and Swiss embassies and their guests in New Delhi, apart from several hotels and cafes, but it is perhaps for the first time since it was set up in 2010 that it has witnessed such hectic activity.
In public transport boost, Delhi gets 400 new e-buses; flagged off by CM and L-G
Amid the ongoing “credit war” between AAP and BJP over work done in the national capital for the G20 Summit, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena came together to flag off 400 new electric buses from the IP Depot Tuesday.
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With this, the count of e-buses in Delhi has gone up to 800 and the strength of the fleet to 7,135. Speaking after the inauguration, Kejriwal said Delhi has now become the city with the most number of electric buses on its streets. He said by the end of 2023, the city will have 1,900 electric buses.
With Chinese President Xi Jinping’s absence from the event to US President Joe Biden’s meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and from a visit to a millet farm to a traditional welcome and lunch at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) for spouses of G20 leaders, the national capital is gearing up for the summit.
The Delhi government has ordered all government offices and educational bodies in the city to remain closed, with the Delhi Police continuing to ramp up security and imposing major traffic restrictions.
Here are the top stories on the Summit that you must read today.
