Plans in place to free airport of touts, ensure safe cabs

Sunday 19 July '09

Weeding out touts from the Capital’s entry points remains a tough task with no stringent laws in place.

IGI: At ground zero, touts roam free, cops rue lack of law

Sunday 19 July '09

At the IGI Airport, it’s not tough to spot the touts if you have your eyes. In fact, they will approach you even if you keep the eyes shut.

Munak Canal project to offer no respite this summer

Sunday 12 July '09

With the monsoon shying away from the city, Delhi’s water problems are unlikely to be resolved any time soon.

DJB mulls rationing water supply

Saturday 11 July '09

Hinting that the water shortage in the city may become a major cause for concern if the monsoons are delayed further, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit appealed to citizens to conserve water.

DJB blames it on dip in water level

Thursday 9 July '09

While the Delhi government’s Health department is seeing red at the supply of contaminated water in parts of the city, Delhi Jal Board officials blame it all on lack rainfall and a resultant dip in the Wazirabad reservoir.

IGI fiddles with swine flu tests

Saturday 4 July '09

While Rajya Sabha has witnessed stormy scenes over the past couple of days with several members pointing out that surveillance for H1N1 influenza at Indian airports is still not satisfactory...

Roof leaks, new terminal fails rain test

Friday 3 July '09

The roof of the brand new domestic terminal, 1D, at the Indira Gandhi International Airport has begun to leak at several spots at the first hint of monsoon.

Mock drill checks crisis readiness at IGI

Friday 3 July '09

Several ambulances were moving in all directions, their high pitched sirens blaring, as confused bystanders watched without a clue as to what was happening.

Fix water meters by yearend to help cut losses, DJB tells city

Wednesday 1 July '09

Accused of wasting over 40 per cent of the city’s water supply to leakages and theft...

Sheila tells Jal Board to plug holes, rope in MLAs, citizens to help

Tuesday 30 June '09

Chairing a meeting of all legislators in the Assembly on the worsening water situation on Monday, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit blamed the crisis on poor water resource management and warned those wasting the precious commodity.

Eclipse chasers to board passenger flight, catch longest solar eclipse

Sunday 28 June '09

Darkness will follow sunrise at 6.24 am on July 22, a time India will witness the longest solar eclipse of this century.

Parched despite ‘high’ supply

Sunday 28 June '09

Together with the worst-ever power crisis, shortage in the supply of water has made life difficult for the residents of the Capital.

On a wing and a prayer

Sunday 28 June '09

Outside the Indira Gandhi International Airport, few have heard of them. But at the airport, they command complete respect.

Parched days ahead for Delhi as Haryana warns of supply cut

Friday 26 June '09

As Delhi fights an acute power and water crisis, the situation on the water front looks even drier in the immediate future.

Discoms lose CISF cover, home secy asked to help

Friday 19 June '09

Three battalions of the Central Industrial Security Force deployed with the discoms are yet to come back after poll duty.

Committee infighting impedes progress on Haj House in Dwarka

Thursday 18 June '09

A proposal for the construction of a separate Haj facility in Dwarka is yet to materialise due to infighting in the Delhi State Haj Committee.

Short-term passports for Haj pilgrims

Wednesday 17 June '09

The Haj Committee of India will make provisions to issue “short-term” passports to Haj pilgrims this year....

Spare women the stare, men in uniform get a lesson in courtesy

Sunday 14 June '09

Delhi can be made a safer place for women, but who will save them from the stares of onlookers on the streets? And if she is a foreigner...

DJB to halve supply to hospitals, hotels, says generate your own

Saturday 13 June '09

In order to encourage hotels and hospitals to recycle water, the Delhi Jal Board has decided to halve its potable water supply to these establishments.

Panel revived to tackle IGI bird menace

Saturday 6 June '09

The Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport has, ironically, become a bird-watcher’s paradise. With 67 bird-hit cases reported last year...

Crashed plane was in Bangalore twice last week

Wednesday 3 June '09

The Air France aircraft that was lost above the Atlantic on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on June 1 had been in Bangalore twice last week.

Eye on Games, CISF to get lessons in courtesy

Monday 1 June '09

The Central Industrial Security Force wants to be at its best behaviour when the Capital hosts the Commonwealth Games next year in October.

Ban on new runway in night may delay repairs on runway 28

Wednesday 27 May '09

Delhi International Airport Limited, the Indira Gandhi International Airport operator, has proposed to delay the re-carpeting of runway 28...

Years on, crores gone, Yamuna plan gets new deadline: 2010

Tuesday 26 May '09

The Delhi Jal Board has finally set its eyes on completing the second phase of the Yamuna Action Plan (YAP II) in Delhi.

Haryana releases Delhi’s water share

Thursday 21 May '09

After the Supreme Court held Haryana guilty of non-compliance with its order to release 125 cusecs of water for Delhi, the neighbouring state started releasing Delhi’s share of water on May 15.