Saturday 12 September '09
Once magnificent havelis with ornate walls peeling off and shops squatting in grand Mughal-era courtyards, crumbling historic edifices in Old Delhi point to the neglect and the apathy that the Walled City has been subjected to.Wednesday 9 September '09
It's eight years since the Delhi High Court ordered that markets selling hazardous and bulky goods in the Walled City should be shifted to the city’s outskirts.Monday
7 September '09Almost four years after the state government finalised an action plan to decongest Chandni Chowk, work is yet to take off.Wednesday
26 August '09Cut to the chase: that, in effect, is Delhi’s green story. Figures compiled from responses to a Right To Information application filed by The Indian Express say 38,372 trees have been cut by the MCD, NDMC, DDA, the Public Works Department and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.Saturday
1 August '09With the Supreme Court clearing the ongoing construction work at the Commonwealth Games Village, real estate experts feel the observation will give the much-needed boost to the sale of the super deluxe flats.Friday
31 July '09With the Supreme Court clearing the ongoing construction work at the Commonwealth Games Village, real estate experts feel the observation will give the much-needed boost to the sale of the super deluxe flats.Wednesday
29 July '09Two days, 189 complaints of waterlogging. Result: the Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s claims of having completed desilting work well in time has fallen flat.Saturday
25 July '09Most people would use either a shop, a billboard or road signanges as landmarks. For Yoav Daniel Bar-Ness, though, nothing comes as close to being a landmark as trees.Wednesday
22 July '09If all goes according to plan, Delhi will soon have more tree-flanked thoroughfares of the kind that presently characterise Lutyens’ Delhi.Thursday
16 July '09Come 2010 Commonwealth Games, and the Delhi Urban Arts Commission will transform some of the most frequented and accessible public places in the Capital into cartographic museums.Monday
13 July '09A Delhi Transport Corporation employee, Maman Singh, allegedly committed suicide at his residence in Kanjhawala on Saturday.Thursday
9 July '09Here’s one good news as the mercury keeps up the heat. You might soon get to shop in a centrally air-conditioned Connaught Place as the New Delhi Municipal Council plans...Wednesday
1 July '09After the success of its pilot project in Lutyens Bungalow Zone and Rashtrapati Bhawan...Thursday
25 June '09Parking woes in Connaught Place are set to ease as the New Delhi Municipal Council has awarded new tenders for thirteen parking spots across the Inner, Outer and Middle circles.Wednesday
24 June '09After the introduction of motorbikes fitted with fire extinguishers in April, the Delhi Fire Service is now planning to introduce small cars and jeeps fitted with firefighting equipment...Friday
19 June '09With security topmost on its mind, the Commonwealth Games Federation has suggested that a wall, nine-feet high, be built around all Games venues.Wednesday
17 June '09The New Delhi Municipal Council has started spraying and fogging to sanitise and control mosquito-breeding in the New Delhi area after the insects were found breeding near the Prime Minister’s residence last week.Monday
15 June '09There are 83 colleges in DU, of which 63 offer admissions at the undergraduate level...Wednesday
10 June '09Jama Masjid is set to get a facelift. The Delhi Urban Art Commission has finally approved the MCD’s Jama Masjid redevelopment masterplan after rejecting it on four occasions in the past two years.Wednesday
3 June '09With less than 500 days to go for the Commonwealth Games, the organising committee has drawn up the blueprint for an elaborate security system in the Capital...Thursday
28 May '09One creative solution to restore Gole Market to its full heritage status would be to keep out the bustling commercial activity that continues in this old colonial building, the New Delhi Municipal Council has decided.Monday
25 May '09Barely a few hours after being administered the Oral Polio Vaccine at a Pulse Polio booth, a four-year-old child died on Sunday.Sunday
24 May '09Considered highbrow and beyond reach of the average Delhiite till date, art would be pulled off its high pedestal and made part of everyday life, according to a proposal by the city’s top art panel.Wednesday
20 May '09In an attempt to revive the Rs 1,100-crore elevated East.-West Corridor plan, the Public Works Department has now come up with yet another plan — putting the project under the arch of the Bus Rapid Transit system.Sunday
17 May '09The Congress’s hurried decision to dump 1984 anti-Sikh riots accused Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar in the wake of the shoe hurling incident and subsequent protests seems to have worked in the party’s favour.
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