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A glitch in the signalling system of Delhi Metro left thousands of commuters stranded on Monday morning.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has confirmed that the busy Blue Line, between Dwarka and Noida City Centre, was affected due to a glitch in the signalling system that occurred at around 8 A. M. on Monday because of damage or theft of signalling cable.

The Blue Line, which connects Dwarka to Noida City Centre and Vaishali, carries as many as 8 lakh passengers per day.

Madrid, Dec 10 : Some 100 Spanish companies plan to create more than 32,000 direct job opportunities next year thanks to the improvement of Spain's economic situation, according to media reports.

Thousands of indirect jobs will also be created, Xinhua cited report from the economic newspaper Expansion.

Spain is suffering from high unemployment with over 4.8 million people unemployed in November, according to the government, while around 50 percent of the youth are without a job.

Lack of transparency and mismanagement of Hirco Plc by the Hiranandani family has hurt the interests of investors, the UK-based investment firm's board members have alleged.

John Chapman, chairman & non-executive director of Hirco, has alleged that they haven't been given interest, dividend and share of profits they are entitled to.

The Cabinet of the Congress-led UPA government on Monday agreed to keep the reserve/base price of 2G telecom spectrum for the upcoming auction lower than the previous auction.

On November 22, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram-headed Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on telecom had recommended a cut of 25.8 per cent in the reserve price for one MHz of pan-Indian spectrum in the 1,800-MHz band to Rs 1,764.79 crore. The Cabinet yesterday gave its nod to the recommendation.

Chennai, Dec 10 : Bollywood heartthrob Aamir Khan, who is set to attend the opening ceremony of the 11th Chennai International Film Festival (CIFF) Thursday, will bear his own expenses for the trip to the Tamil Nadu capital.

He is following in the footsteps of megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who had attended the event last year at his own expense.

The eight-day festival is being organised by the Indo Cine Appreciation Foundation in association with the government of Tamil Nadu.

New Delhi, Dec 10  : The BJP Tuesday told its new legislators in Delhi to prepare for fresh polls after elections threw up a hung assembly, party sources said.

“Don't consider yourself as MLAs but as candidates,” a source quoted former party president Nitin Gadkari as telling the legislators after the party finished with 31 seats in the 70-member assembly.

The sources told IANS that Gadkari said the party was not keen to win over legislators from other parties to cobble a majority in the house.