In Delhi’s backyard, Haryana village has 370 girls for 1000 boys

Monday 27 July '09

The Ballabgarh block in Faridabad has the dubious distinction of having one of the lowest sex ratios at birth in Haryana — a state where sex-selective abortions have led to an ever-widening gender gap.

Election work affecting govt functioning: officials

Sunday 26 July '09

The district administration’s decision to redeploy officials from various state government departments in order to update electoral rolls for the four Assembly constituencies of Gurgaon district has senior officials worried.

In Nano, Gurgaon farmer finds life’s first car, steers out with an NCR first

Sunday 19 July '09

When Satish Kumar, a 35-year-old farmer from Gurgaon, got behind the wheel, he experienced for the first time the thrill of driving his own car.

A year since birth, Gurgaon civic body fails to move even an inch

Tuesday 7 July '09

When the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon was set up in June last year, residents were promised that it would change the face of the Millennium City.

In Gurgaon, floor-wise registration hits a wall

Sunday 5 July '09

The Haryana government’s recent decision to enable the registration of individual floors in multi-storeyed residential properties has hit a roadblock.

Amid factory blaze, Gurgaon DC orders mock drill

Thursday 25 June '09

It was a call for a drill that mocked a tragedy. Even as firemen were busy fighting the massive blaze at the Adidas factory in Kherki Daula that left 10 persons injured...

RTI clears path for expressway accountability

Monday 22 June '09

It’s official now. In response to an RTI application, the National Highway Authority of India has stated that the operation and maintenance of the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway is the responsibility of the concessionaire, M/s Jaypee DSC Ventures Ltd, since January 23, 2008.

Roadblock on expressway

Sunday 14 June '09

The Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway will miss its July 29, 2009 deadline, according to a report drawn up by the consultancy that monitors its progress.

Rents down across NCR, owners look to sell: report

Wednesday 10 June '09

Residential and commercial rents have been on a downward trend in Gurgaon in the aftermath of the slowdown the IT and financial sectors have been experiencing of late.

MNC exec gets divorced to ‘fake’ wife

Wednesday 10 June '09

It looked like an open and shut case for mutual divorce. After six years of incompatibility, a couple approached a lower court in the Capital and applied for separation.

5 of Gurgaon’s ‘killer cabbies’ gang acquitted in murder case

Sunday 7 June '09

Five members of the highway gang that used to give people lifts along National Highway-8, then rob and kill them, were on Saturday acquitted by a Sessions court in Gurgaon in the murder of an unidentified person.

Industry body harassing us: Gurgaon traders

Saturday 6 June '09

The small- and medium-level entrepreneurs accused the Haryana State Infrastructure and Industrial Development Corporation of harassing them in a silent protest staged on Friday.

Haryana set to stifle ‘land mafia’ felling trees in Aravalli

Saturday 6 June '09

After banning the use of plastic bags, Haryana is set to choke “land mafia” involved in illegal felling of trees in the ecologically sensitive Aravalli Hills zone.

Gurgaon woman found hanging, husband held on dowry charges

Tuesday 2 June '09

A 28-year-old woman was allegedly murdered by her husband for dowry in Sector-55 Surya Apartment in Gurgaon on Sunday.

Newborn found in Gurgaon park, many line up to adopt male child

Tuesday 2 June '09

A newborn baby was found abandoned in Gurgaon’s Beriwala Bagh, near the Mini Secretariat, on Saturday evening.

Road cracks open in Gurgaon

Saturday 30 May '09

Two persons had a narrow escape on Friday morning when the main road between Crown Plaza and Signature Tower caved in.

Cremation ground bone of contention between villagers, plot owners

Monday 25 May '09

Located in the heart of Millennium City is HUDA’s Sector-28. The sector has approximately 300 plots which were auctioned by HUDA in 2002.

Top class: near Delhi, near-perfect score — 100, 100, 100, 99, 93

Saturday 23 May '09

Tanvi Aggarwal, 19, was happy when she received a call from her school principal early Friday morning, congratulating her for an outstanding performance in the CBSE Class XII results.

Villagers protest after cops pick up prisoner out on parole

Tuesday 19 May '09

Around 100 villagers from nine villages in Panipat protested outside the Bhondsi jail complex in Gurgaon on Monday.

Needed: Signs, safety on Expressway

Sunday 10 May '09

District Commissioner Deepti Umashankar: “We have set yardsticks to ensure adherence to safety and security. Action will be initiated if recommended corrections are not made in time.”

Accident-prone: Drive carefully, you are on Gurgaon Expressway

Sunday 10 May '09

On April 21, one Mukesh Kumar, 27, was crushed while crossing the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway after he jumped over the median fencing.

Aman father hails SC verdict on ragging, says implement it

Saturday 9 May '09

After the Supreme Court on Friday ordered the states to form separate committees to tackle rampant alcoholism in educational institutions and give psychological counselling to students...

Gurgaon voter asserts secret ballot right, gets to cast Braille ballot

Thursday 7 May '09

For 33-year-old Mamta Gulati, casting her vote this Lok Sabha election will be a different, empowering experience.

2 years on, family waits for justice

Tuesday 5 May '09

Sachin Jain (18) was reported missing from Gurgaon’s DLF Phase II on the intervening night of October 29-30, 2006.

Security gear supplier charred in car fire, kin to take up issue with firm

Tuesday 5 May '09

Hours after Anup Gulati, a security equipment supplier to the government and hotel industry, was charred after his car caught fire and the central locking system jammed him in, the family is planning to raise the issue with the car manufacturers — Hyundai.