Delhi-7: A Sweet sweep

Sunday 17 May '09

The Congress swept the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi, with the party pocketing all seven seats in the city-state.

Breather for CISF as T1B shuts down

Friday 15 May '09

Airport operator Delhi International Airport Limited has shut down T1B, the old departure terminal at Indira Gandhi International Airport.

Fourth arrest in Kabul contraband case

Wednesday 13 May '09

The Customs Department on Tuesday arrested another person for smuggling contraband to Kabul in February.

Munak Canal: No respite this summer

Monday 11 May '09

The completion date for the Munak Canal, which will augment Delhi’s raw water supply by 80 million gallons a day and was to be completed by 2006, has been pushed back, once again, to June-end this year.

DDA fails, HC gives private body a chance

Monday 11 May '09

Garbage strewn all over, sewage water flowing around, mosquitoes and a stomach churning stench of dead fish — the state of affairs at a historical pond in Mehrauli has made the Delhi High Court sit up and take notice.

DJB flooded with politics of water

Thursday 7 May '09

The politics of, and over, water is on in full swing as Delhi gets ready to vote on Thursday...

Now, CISF raises IGI terminal issue: T1D has added to workload, chaos

Sunday 3 May '09

After proving to be a headcahe for airlines and triggering confusion among passengers, the new terminal, T1D, at the IGI Airport is raising hackles of security forces manning the airport.

New sub-station to meet IGI power needs

Tuesday 28 April '09

With the opening of a new domestic terminal and another integrated terminal scheduled to open early next year at the Indira Gandhi International Airport...

L-G forms special panel to secure Games venues

Monday 27 April '09

Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna has constituted a high-powered Special Steering Committee to minutely review security arrangements at all venues for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Taxi drivers at IGI to carry biometric IDs from next week

Saturday 25 April '09

Apart from operations starting up at Terminal 1D, the new domestic terminal at the Indira Gandhi International Airport...

False roof collapses at new terminal

Friday 24 April '09

The Delhi airport’s new Rs 500-crore under-construction terminal —1D— saw fresh trouble erupting on Thursday when a steel sheet of the false roof came crashing down near the boarding gate.

Centre steps in to hasten airport link projects

Wednesday 22 April '09

With Commonwealth Games around the corner and airport linking projects in limbo due to lack of funds, the Union Urban Development Ministry has decided to step in.

Poll time: Passengers bear the brunt of VIP security

Monday 20 April '09

On Saturday night, a flight from Chicago circled the Delhi airport for around half an hour before it was finally allowed to land.

HC: How can govt wish away 2 lakes?

Thursday 16 April '09

The High Court has slammed Delhi Chief Secretary Rakesh Mehta for sitting on judgment on the status of two disputed waterbodies by declaring them “non-existent”.

‘Casual’ days over for immigration officials? Airport strives for uniformity

Monday 13 April '09

You may soon see immigration officials at the Delhi airport in uniform. The government, it is learnt, is working on a proposal for the officials to follow a ‘dress code’, like all other airport staff.

DJB’s future plan: wastewater for cleaning, construction

Monday 6 April '09

The Delhi Jal Board has a plan up its sleeves to deter people from wasting potable water and at the same time earn revenue for itself.

Airhostess held taking liquor from wrong channel

Sunday 5 April '09

An airhostess with the national carrier Indian Airlines was on Saturday detained by the airport security personnel for allegedly trying to carry four bottles of liquor in her hand baggage...

Borewells allowed, but not for individual house owners

Wednesday 1 April '09

In a reversal of an earlier ban on digging borewells anywhere in the Capital, the Delhi government on Tuesday issued a notification...

DJB’s upcoming sewage plant, drain to end IGI drainage woes

Saturday 28 March '09

The Indira Gandhi International Airport and its neighbouring villages will finally get a proper outlet for sewage and storm water...

DIAL’s 2010 room service falls short

Thursday 26 March '09

The Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) is expected to be ready with only a sixth of the 3,000 rooms projected by next year in the IGI Airport’s upcoming hospitality district...

Airport security body frowns at baggage check-in for passengers at Metro stations

Friday 20 March '09

Even as the countdown to the Commonwealth Games has begun with the Delhi Metro’s express link to the airport almost 40 per cent complete...

Multi-level parking plan at new terminal put off, CISF in dark

Tuesday 17 March '09

Plan of a multi-level car parking, which was to come up at domestic terminal 1D of the Indira Gandhi International Airport, has been put off.

US team in India today to assess safety standards at airports

Monday 16 March '09

A team of the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is scheduled to meet the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in Delhi on Monday.

No concourse security, CISF banks on ‘random profiling’ to keep IGI Airport safe

Saturday 14 March '09

In the absence of a concourse security plan and its possibility, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) manning security at the Indira Gandhi International Airport has undertaken what officials call ‘random profiling’ to keep the high-risk airport safe.

‘Rainwater harvesting only way to check receding groundwater level’

Tuesday 10 March '09

The Central Ground Water Authority has said the only way to augment the depleting groundwater table in the city is through rooftop rainwater harvesting.