

Tuesday 10 November '09
Northern Railway, one of the largest zones in the Indian Railways, has come up with an out-of-the-box solution to curb the age-old problem of ticketless travel.Monday 9 November '09
Unprecedented blackouts in June this year nearly brought the Capital to a standstill. All firefighting measures employed by discoms-particularly BSES Rajdhani Power Limited failed to work.Friday
6 November '09A pilot project, envisaged by the North Delhi Power Limited, plans to make consumers a smart user, with a say in when to buy power and at what cost.Wednesday
4 November '09After a spree of informal discussions with the Delhi Jal Board, the North Delhi Power Limited — which distributes power in North and Northwest Delhi...Wednesday
4 November '09North Delhi Power Limited’s 108-MW combined cycle gas-turbine power plant at Rithala is likely to begin operations by June next year.Wednesday
4 November '09Following the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission’s order last Friday declaring that discom BSES will have to provide certain relief measures to consumers who have received abnormally high electricity bills in June...Wednesday
21 October '09While the power distribution company (discom) BSES has removed its earlier chief executive officer and got in two new CEOs, some 60,000-odd consumers who were issued inflated bills in August are still awaiting a solution.Tuesday
20 October '09As the delhi government gets on course to implement its pilot in-situ rehabilitation project at Kathputli Colony, there are important lessons to be learnt from Mumbai’s largely successful venture into slum rehabilitation. Or so thinks the Lieutenant-Governor, Tejendra Khanna.Wednesday
7 October '09Real estate firm Raheja Developers has bagged the contract to rehabilitate ‘in-situ’ — or at the same place — slums at Kathputli Colony in Shadipur.Tuesday
6 October '09Even as Delhi government gets ready for a ‘green’ Commonwealth Games, more than 20,000 trees and saplings are set to be axed for a new power sub-station to be built by the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited in Ghummanhera in the West Forest division.Tuesday
6 October '09Nineteen-year-old Jyoti Solanki is tiny for her age, barely five feet and a whisper. Solanki is among the 30 women who will drive cabs during the Commonwealth Games next October.Monday
5 October '09For the last week, residents of Jangpura have been subjected to power cuts lasting for three to four hours.Saturday
3 October '09A posse of Delhi Police officers, MCD officials and officials from the DDA’s land management department were forced to beat a hasty retreat from Jamia Nagar late on Thursday evening.Tuesday
29 September '09The Capital got its share of expert opinion on alternative urban planning at the recent Urban Habitat Summit, held at the India Habitat Centre...Saturday
26 September '09Facing public ire for issuing inflated electricity bills recently, power distribution company (discom) BSES Rajdhani Private Limited faced more flak at a public hearing called by the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission on Friday.Friday
25 September '09The country might already have a Green Revolution under its belt, but that is hardly enough, if participants at the Green Jobs Fair are to be believed.Wednesday
23 September '09After various Residents’ Welfare Associations met Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit nearly 10 days ago to voice their grievances regarding the issue of inflated power bills, a flurry of probes are underway.Monday
14 September '09Five months ago, Sandeep Dikshit of Congress walked through the meandering lanes of Jamia Nagar amid cheering supporters and swept the Lok Sabha polls.Thursday
10 September '09While BSES claimed on Monday that there has been a spurt in power consumption in Delhi, distribution company NDPL on Wednesday claimed that statistics in its areas indicate that power consumption has gone down as compared to last summer.Thursday
10 September '09In 1948, Rattan Chand Ahluwalia rented a shop from Atal Behari Sharma’s father in the heart of Chandni Chowk’s photo market for what may have then been a handsome amount of Rs 72 per month.Tuesday
8 September '09As the residents of the Walled City continue to live under the shadow of low-hung mesh of electricity wires, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has reportedly asked the Union Ministry of Power to consider funding a project to move the overhead wires underground.Friday
4 September '09As leaders cutting across political borders trudged into the Andhra Bhawan to pay their respects to the deceased chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy, a forlorn figure dressed in starched white quietly observed the proceedings.Wednesday
2 September '09Following the spate of recent allegations and counter-allegations, the Press Club of India woke up to a rude shock on Tuesday morning: Congress president Sonia Gandhi had given up her honorary membership of the club.Monday
31 August '09The Delhi Development Authority is likely to begin allotment of the 5,238 flats in the stalled Housing Scheme ’08, by the first week of October.Thursday
27 August '09The Delhi Development Authority has proposed to build 65,000 houses for people from across varied income groups over the next four years.