Thursday 17 September '09
After weeks of sparring with the Archaeological Survey of India over the right to pray at protected monuments, the Delhi Waqf Board is now on the warpath with the Department of Archaeology over heritage structures.Monday 14 September '09
A Shortage of Metro feeder buses in the city has seen services being shifted from routes with lower footfall to busier ones, leaving passengers stranded at some stations.Saturday
15 August '09The Red Fort is expected to be a slightly more gracious, a little more done-up host to the Independence Day next year.Friday
14 August '09Despite incorporating hi-tech systems like automatic train protection, the derailment of a Metro train at Dwarka station on Wednesday has become a cause of concern for the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.Thursday
13 August '09Exactly a month after the mishap at Metro’s Zamrudpur construction site, a Metro train got derailed near a Dwarka station on Wednesday afternoon.Saturday
8 August '09After weeks of standoff between the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and a section of Mehrauli’s Muslim population over offering Friday prayers....Thursday
6 August '09Following instances of heritage structures going missing, the National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities (NMMA), under the Archaeological...Tuesday
4 August '09The Yamuna Bank to Noida Sector-32 Metro corridor, which is scheduled to open for the public by the end of this month...Saturday
1 August '09South of Tughlaqabad, and once connected to it by a causeway, the fortress of Adilabad is not considered a “full-fledged city”.Friday
31 July '09South of Tughlaqabad, and once connected to it by a causeway, the fortress of Adilabad is not considered a “full-fledged city”.Thursday
30 July '09The Tughlaqabad Fort, the third city of Delhi, built by Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq in the 1320s, now stands encroached upon with a large part taken over by unauthorised colonies.Wednesday
29 July '09Restoring Siri, largely considered the second city of Delhi, built by Alauddin Khilji in 1311 AD, is proving to be a challenge for the Archaeological Survey of India.Wednesday
29 July '09The inquiry team set up by Delhi Metro to investigate the fatal accident at its Zamrudpur construction site on July 12 has pointed out glaring deficiencies in design and material used.Tuesday
28 July '09Qila Rai Pithora will soon stand on its 25 bastions again, as the Archaeological Survey of India works on restoring what was the first city of Delhi.Monday
27 July '09By the time the Commonwealth Games begin, alongwith its modernity, Delhi will be ready to flaunt its historical past as well.Saturday
25 July '09The inquiry report into the July 12 accident at the Metro construction site in Zamrudpur that killed six workers and left 15 others injured was placed before Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan late Thursday evening.Thursday
23 July '09The one-man panel probing the July 13 crane mishap at a South Delhi Metro construction site has held the contractor, Gammon India, guilty of “miscalculation” and “lack of professionalism”.Thursday
23 July '09Shortage of good contractors, skilled labour and corruption-ridden bidding processes in government bodies has taken a toll on the quality of construction in the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, admitted E Sreedharan, Managing Director, DMRC.Saturday
18 July '09A comptroller and Auditor General audit report has found that the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation scaled down testing requirements in four contracts as these were falling behind schedule.Thursday
16 July '09Three days after Sunday morning’s accident at the construction site in South Delhi’s Zamrudpur that left six employees dead, Delhi Metro on Wednesday sent a senior official in charge of the stretch back to the railways.Tuesday
14 July '09On tenterhooks for a full day, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation officials heaved a sigh of relief on Monday as the corporation’s chief, E Sreedharan, decided to withdraw his resignation.Tuesday
14 July '09Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has over 100 contractors and sub-contractors working on Metro construction sites. While contracts are awarded to a reputed contractor who bid for the tenders...Tuesday
14 July '09On tenterhooks for a full day, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation officials heaved a sigh of relief on Monday as the corporation’s chief, E Sreedharan, decided to withdraw his resignation.Sunday
12 July '09After months of apprehension, residents in Golf Links area can feel relieved. The first Delhi Metro tunnel-boring machine (TBM) operating under their homes has finally made a “breakthrough”, as Metro officials put it, at the Khan Market station.Friday
10 July '09Mehrauli’s Qutub Minar trail had gone cold three years ago after the municipal corporation’s frenetic sealing drive.
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