

Thursday 19 March '09
The Delhi Development Authority found few takers for the plots earmarked for hospitals, nursing homes and polyclinics that were brought under the hammer on Wednesday.Thursday 19 March '09
The Delhi Development Authority found few takers for the plots earmarked for hospitals, nursing homes and polyclinics that were brought under the hammer on Wednesday.Sunday
15 March '09“I have patients who ride in on their bicycles for treatment and then ride back home. It’s the most non-invasive and painless form of cancer treatment yet,” Dr John Adler, who has pioneered the CyberKnife...Saturday
14 March '09In these times of doom and gloom, there’s one industry that is looking up and bright. With the Lok Sabha elections around the corner...Tuesday
10 March '09The 66 KV Akshardham grid, which when built will be the sole provider of electricity for the Commonwealth Games Village, is in the centre of a legal battle between the Discom BSES and the Delhi Development Authority.Monday
9 March '09The Tricolour reflected off the imposing façade of India Gate, a giant inflatable Commonwealth Games 2010 mascot, laser displays...Saturday
7 March '09The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) proposes a system of auctions to distribute sites for petrol pumps and gas godowns in the city.Friday
6 March '09If the Delhi Development Authority has its way, government institutions may shell out three times of what they pay now to acquire plots through the DDA.Saturday
28 February '09The Pashupatinath temple at Vishwas Nagar in East Delhi is seeped in history. Back in 1953, the government granted land to the Nepalese organisation All India Nepali Society to build the shrine on the urging of Kathmandu.Friday
27 February '09In an internal meeting of the monitoring committee, constituted to review the budget expenditure of the Delhi Development Authority, it emerged that most departments were grossly underperforming.Monday
23 February '09A recent post on the popular Freakonomics blog has sparked off an intense debate in cyberspace about a subject very close to home.Sunday
22 February '09Nature has given us the greatest tool for cultural evolution; language and we have been given language in infinite numbers,” says Rukmini Bhaya Nair, Professor of English and Linguistics at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi.Saturday
21 February '09Consumers in areas under the power distribution network of NDPL would soon get electricity connection within 24 hours under the company’s soon-to-be-launched “instant connection” programme.Saturday
21 February '09The high-level internal committee formed by the Delhi Development Authority to look into allegations of foul play in its 2008 housing scheme has given a clean chit to all DDA officials, sources said on Friday.Thursday
19 February '09The Delhi Development Authority seems to have struck upon a solution for the continuing water woes of Vasant Kunj residents.Thursday
19 February '09The Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee’s report says encroachers have illegally occupied properties worth “almost Rs 1,000 crore” on Minto Road and Mata Sundari Road.Wednesday
18 February '09To make Delhi one of the safest cities, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority is preparing a Risk Atlas for the Capital to assess how vulnerable it is to disasters.Tuesday
17 February '09There is a downside to the Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd’s ambitious project to clean up rusty transmission lines using helicopters.Sunday
15 February '09To avoid a recurrence, the Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd has now roped in Pawan Hans to keep transmission lines clean with their choppers.Monday
9 February '09In the run-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Chinese government had monitored food processing units through the Global Positioning System.Friday
30 January '09Calling the process followed by electricity distribution companies (discoms) to penalise power thefts unfair, the chairman of the Public Grievances Cell has demanded that an independent body examine suspected tampered meters.Thursday
29 January '09If you were to visit Moon in 2044, you could indulge in a range of ‘tourism activities’, such as visiting the site where Neil Armstrong left his legendary footprint...Monday
26 January '09Danny Boyle’s film might have ruffled some feathers with the word ‘dog’ in the title but self-admitted “Slumdogs” from the Capital find nothing offensive about it.Friday
23 January '09A year after the visitor feedback system was put in place at the Delhi Development Authority headquarters in Vikas Sadan, the department has recorded an embarrassing response with only 21 forms having been received so far.Tuesday
13 January '09As the plot thickens in the DDA housing scheme-turned-scam, fingers are now beginning to point towards self-confessed whistleblower Deepak Kumar, arrested on Sunday evening by the Economic Offences Wing.