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Party row over Goel’s ticket from New Delhi holds back BJP poll list

Friday 6 March '09

The Bharatiya Janta Party’s list of candidates for the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi remains undeclared as the tug-of-war for the New Delhi seat remains inconclusive.
BJP set to announce candidates for Delhi LS seats

Thursday 5 March '09

The list of BJP candidates for Delhi's seven parliamentary seats is expected to be declared on Thursday.
Lokayukta appeals to L-G Khanna for personnel, infrastructure

Monday 2 March '09

The Delhi Lokayukta, Justice M M Sarin, has written to Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna asking for additional staff and better infrastructure.
‘Delhi not game for 2010’

Wednesday 25 February '09

With just 585 days to go, the run-up time to the Commonwealth Games might have come down to a sprint but the Delhi government and the Delhi Development Authority still seem to be running a marathon, says a Parliamentary committee report.
Post 26/11, hotels go shopping for hi-tech security gadgets, up demand

Monday 23 February '09

From gadgets to keep your security guard awake through the night to high-end baggage scanners, the security industry post Mumbai attack is growing at a breakneck rate of nearly 35 per cent, estimate those in the market.
DJB spanner: can’t lay sewer pipelines

Sunday 22 February '09

As if hurdles from civic bodies such as the ASI and Forest department are not enough, the Delhi Jal Board has also thrown a spanner in the government’s plans to regularise unauthorised colonies.
ACP, 5 other cops booked for bribe, harassment

Saturday 21 February '09

The Anti-Corruption Branch has booked an assistant commissioner of police in the Special Staff of Northwest district, and five other cops in his team, in a case of corruption and extortion.
Badarpur corridor meets police roadblock

Thursday 19 February '09

With less than two years left for holding the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the Badarpur-Faridabad corridor, which was meant to provide a faster link for visitors to reach Agra, is now stuck in limbo.
PWD to mend old roads with recycled tar

Sunday 15 February '09

In a bid to control pollution, the Public Works Department of the Delhi government will use environment-friendly technology to repair city roads.
Politicians rise above ‘partysan’ attitude

Sunday 15 February '09

The spruced up Constitution Club, established at the place where the Indian Constitution was drafted, is going in for an election to elect its administration for the first time.
One city entry point ready

Sunday 15 February '09

Ramesh Kumar, a vendor at Mukarba Chowk intersection, is a worried man these days. Having earned his living by selling peanuts at the intersection for years now...
Art panel holds up ITO flyover project

Thursday 12 February '09

Posting yet another hurdle to Delhi government’s plans of converting the Capital into a city of flyovers, the DUAC has rejected the plan for building a grade separator at Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg.
BJP cries foul, Speaker Shastri, six Cong MLAs get HC notice

Friday 6 February '09

Delhi Legislative Assembly Speaker Yoganand Shastri and six other Congress MLAs have been served a notice by the Delhi High Court to file a reply to the petition submitted by BJP candidates on allegations of rigging the election.
Minister bungalows to be scaled down

Thursday 5 February '09

The Delhi government’s plans to build plush houses for its ministers seem to have hit a speed breaker: the plan is on but the scale would be muted now.
BJP looks at 3 points to bring LS cheers

Wednesday 4 February '09

Following the crushing defeat in the Assembly elections, the Delhi unit of BJP is now collecting itself for the Lok Sabha elections, now barely a couple of months away.
Beijing-inspired Delhi looks at network to bring all depts under an umbrella

Wednesday 4 February '09

Inspired by the Beijing Olympics, the Delhi government will soon float a tender for a secure communication wireless network using TETRA technology for the Commonwealth Games next year.
E-tenders promised transparency, but depts reluctant to deal online

Tuesday 3 February '09

The Delhi government’s decision to put all tenders online to ensure transparency is facing hiccups, as departments are reluctant to float tenders online.
Games in mind, Delhi Police to go pup shopping for its dog squad

Monday 2 February '09

With the Commonwealth Games approaching, the Delhi Police plans to double the strength of its dog squad.
‘Scholarships for disabled going waste’

Sunday 1 February '09

Nearly 6 per cent of the Capital’s total population is physically disabled, but in the last five years, less than 1,000 people have been able to avail of the government’s scholarships for the differently abled, say NGOs and activists working in the Capital.
Already behind time, slum project file now goes missing

Thursday 29 January '09

The Tehkhand Housing Project — an ambitious Rs 450-crore venture by the Delhi Development Authority to overhaul slums — suddenly finds itself without an important file that had compiled documents essential for the project’s completion.
LS polls: Sidhu’s name doing rounds for West Delhi seat

Tuesday 27 January '09

With Lok Sabha polls just months away, a new name is doing the rounds in Delhi BJP circles. Former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu’s candidature is being considered for the West Delhi constituency by many in the party.
Delhi looks Down Under, game for parallel cultural fest in 2010

Thursday 22 January '09

Taking a leaf out of Melbourne’s success in hosting the last edition of the Commonwealth Games, the Delhi government is game to hold a parallel cultural festival coinciding with the 12-day sports event next year.
Azadpur grade separator delayed further, will be finished by August

Wednesday 21 January '09

The Azadpur grade separator project is facing more delays and is expected to be finished by August this year, more than a year behind schedule.
Showing who’s the boss: Sheila curtails Finance Minister’s powers

Saturday 17 January '09

The rift between Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Finance Minister Dr Ashok Kumar Walia is out in the open yet again.
Youth finds favour in Delhi BJP overhaul

Saturday 17 January '09

New Delhi BJP president Om Prakash Kohli carried out a shake-up of the BJP’s executive body, packaging it with younger faces.
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