Not a drop of water in Surajkund lake since 5 years: ‘rampant mining to blame’

Friday 20 February '09

A famous weekend gateway till recently, Surajkund lake has dried up. And it has been parched for five years now.

Illegal mining on near Gurgaon, says forest conservator

Thursday 19 February '09

Around 20 villages in Mehwat district near Gurgaon are continuing with illegal mining despite a ban by the Supreme Court...

Apex court to take up petitions on mining in forest land in Haryana

Friday 13 February '09

On Friday, the Supreme Court will take up for hearing the various interlocutory applications (IA) on petitions on mining and other non-forest activities on forest land in Haryana and Rajasthan.

Aravallis’ biodiversity under siege

Tuesday 10 February '09

A leopard and her two cubs had come under the wheels of a vehicle and were injured near Manesar last week.

Students in Gurgaon on dharna against new rules on campus: parking fee, fine on carrying mobiles

Tuesday 10 February '09

Around 2,000 students of the Institute of Technology and Managment in Gurgaon staged a dharna on Monday to protest against the new rules imposed by the institute on Sector 32.

Players pull out of Gurgaon, pundits say inflated market on correction course

Friday 6 February '09

Alarm bells are ringing loud and clear in Gurgaon as commercial and residential developers have started pulling out of projects.

Bharatpur takes wings as number of ‘residents’ rises

Tuesday 3 February '09

Good news is springing on wings, and thousand of pairs of them, at Keoladeo bird sanctuary, better known as Bharatpur bird sanctuary.

Decade on, wait for pension continues for Gurgaon teachers

Monday 2 February '09

An ailing 80-year-old Shanti Devi has no recollection of the school she worked in or the year she retired.

Community FM radio to be launched in Gurgaon

Saturday 31 January '09

A new FM station — 107.8 MHz — is all set to hit radio sets in Gurgaon.

Ban later, exposed mines lead to groundwater depletion in Aravallis

Wednesday 28 January '09

A Supreme Court ban on all mining and construction activities in the Aravalli areas of the Gurgaon and Faridabad districts has failed to curb an alarming rate of groundwater depletion in these areas...

Now, Jaitley in Aravalli zone fight

Sunday 25 January '09

Residents and property owners of upscale Kant Enclave in Faridabad are readying themselves for a legal tussle with the Haryana government after a Supreme Court-appointed committee sought demolition of all “encroached” property in the protected Aravalli zone.

Haryana govt: no compensation for Aravalli violators

Saturday 24 January '09

Even as owners of properties listed in the report submitted by the Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee are crying foul...

Haryana govt gives all-clear signal to encroachments

Friday 23 January '09

Instead of implementing an order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court given last year regarding restricting construction close to “scheduled roads and bypasses”...

Who will build overbridges on expressway?

Tuesday 20 January '09

Monday morning’s accident near IFFCO Chowk on Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway was another reminder of the danger pedestrians are exposed to on the hi-speed stretch.

Gurgaon dream house might just be within reach

Sunday 18 January '09

You might get a second shot at owning property in Gurgaon with new sectors — from 58 to 115 —soon to be added to the list of the already-existing 57 sectors.

Haryana clears decks for more buses, double-deckers in Gurgaon

Thursday 15 January '09

Gurgaon finally looks set to get a public transport system in place soon. And as if to compensate for the delay, the bus network might just come with an icing: double-decker buses...

Gurgaon realty slum hits

Sunday 11 January '09

Revenue collected from stamp duty following sale or transfer of property is slated to nosedive at the end of this fiscal, and Haryana has found the ‘black sheep’: Gurgaon.

In Gurgaon, rape by cabbie raises safety issue, again

Sunday 11 January '09

The rape of a 40-year-old household help near Gurgaon’s Rajiv Chowk on Friday morning, allegedly by a call centre cab driver, has driven home the security threat often posed to the Millennium City by these drivers.

Improved Gurgaon-Chandigarh Volvo bus service vies to compete with the Shatabdi

Saturday 10 January '09

Offering competition to the Shatabdi, the Haryana Transport Department has chalked out a plan to improve the Volvo bus service between Gurgaon and Chandigarh from the coming week.

Crisis in sight: water table in Gurgaon takes a plunge

Monday 5 January '09

Gurgaon, famous for its plush buildings and luxury apartments, stares at a serious problem: water scarcity.

Arms licence renewal of Punjab CM daughter-in-law gets approval

Friday 2 January '09

The arms licence renewal authority in Gurgaon has cleared the application for arms licence renewal submitted by Harsimrat Kaur, daughter-in-law of Punjab CM Prakash Singh Badal and wife of MP Sukhbir Singh Badal.

HUDA starts slip road plan along NH-8

Friday 2 January '09

The Haryana Urban Development Authority has finally inaugurated the long-awaited project of constructing slip roads in an effort to decongest heavy traffic at junctions where arterial roads meet the Gurgaon Expressway (NH-8).

Homeward bound to solve hotel crunch

Tuesday 30 December '08

Following in Delhi’s footsteps, Gurgaon too has formulated a Bed & Breakfast scheme. Following in Delhi’s footsteps, Gurgaon too has formulated a Bed & Breakfast scheme.

Haryana sanctuary twittering with birds, but muddy detour hits visitors’ rush

Saturday 27 December '08

If work is taking a toll on you, a weekend trip to the Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary in Haryana could be a perfect breather.

Mega Lok Adalat in Gurgaon resolves 3,800 cases on first day

Sunday 21 December '08

In A historic step, the Mega Lok Adalat for Punjab and Haryana - Samadhan-2008 - was flagged off on Saturday in Gurgaon by Justice D K Jain of the Supreme Court.