
January 06, 2010 00:51 IST
In a bid to make public spaces in the city safer for women,the Municipal Corporation of Delhi in its new traffic management scheme for the area surrounding the new MCD Civic Centre,will take into consideration key pointers for womens safety.
Wed, Jan 06, 2010January 04, 2010 03:20 IST
The Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports,M S Gill,and the Chairman of Delhi Urban Art Commission (DUAC),KT Ravindran, have written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking his intervention in resolving the deadlock...
Mon, Jan 04, 2010January 01, 2010 02:58 IST
The Delhi Metro is all set to reach a milestone with the completion of Phase II,following which most parts of the Capital will feature on the metro map.
Fri, Jan 01, 2010December 30, 2009 04:39 IST
New Delhi,December 29 The Heritage City status for the Capital that seemed to be a distant dream till now,may get some fillip from work being initiated on several fronts due to the upcoming Commonwealth Games. With many monuments and historical sites getting a facelift,signage and heritage-related literature being prepared and heritage routes that fall on […]
Wed, Dec 30, 2009December 30, 2009 04:19 IST
If a new traffic management plan around the Municipal Corporation of Delhis Civic Centre gets a nod from the civic agency and other authorities...
Wed, Dec 30, 2009
December 29, 2009 03:24 IST
The citys mega event Mumbai Marathon,which sees lakhs showing up to either participate or cheer the runners,may run into trouble in the coming year.
Tue, Dec 29, 2009December 28, 2009 02:33 IST
The Delhi Metro might have had its share of lows this year but on the silver screen,it dazzled like never before. It featured in four Bollywood films Delhi 6,Dev D,Love Aaj Kal and Paa as a symbol of urban Delhi.
Mon, Dec 28, 2009December 26, 2009 01:23 IST
With an expanding network and increasing passenger load,the Delhi Metro is taking quick strides towards technology and infrastructure change.
Sat, Dec 26, 2009
December 23, 2009 01:36 IST
The Delhi Metro will throw open two of its much awaited corridors to public in the New Year the Qutub Minar-Gurgaon and the Inderlok-Mundka lines.
Wed, Dec 23, 2009December 22, 2009 01:26 IST
With the Archaeological Survey of India undertaking large scale conservation work before the upcoming Commonwealth Games,the changing look of heritage structures has sparked off a debate among conservationists and heritage enthusiasts.
Tue, Dec 22, 2009December 21, 2009 02:41 IST
While eight out of the eleven late Mughal era tombs in the Delhi Golf Club are the State Department of Archaeologys priority list for notification and conservation,they may still remain out of bounds for the public.
Mon, Dec 21, 2009December 18, 2009 02:34 IST
Oxford Bookstore,in association with Cedar Books,launched Tagores Riddle Plays,a translation of Rabindranath Tagores Hasya Kautuk by eminent academician Nilanjana Basu Kaul on Wednesday.
Fri, Dec 18, 2009December 16, 2009 00:48 IST
The upcoming Anand Vihar Metro corridor (Line 4),an addition to the Delhi Metros already overburdened Line 3 (Dwarka Sector 9 to Noida City Centre),may not be good news for the regular commuters on the route after all.
Wed, Dec 16, 2009December 14, 2009 04:23 IST
Eight months after the Mangi Bridge,a 100-year-old British era bridge connecting Red Fort and Salimgarh Fort,was found damaged,the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has finally decided to repair it.
Mon, Dec 14, 2009December 13, 2009 03:23 IST
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) finds itself in an uncomfortable situation after the High Court on Wednesday asked it to issue showcause notices to 92 properties within the prohibited area of centrally protected monuments.
Sun, Dec 13, 2009December 11, 2009 01:37 IST
The stand-off between the Archaeological Survey of India and the Northern Railways over illegal construction near Nila Gumbad,an early Mughal-era monument,has taken an ugly turn.
Fri, Dec 11, 2009December 08, 2009 00:48 IST
Guragaon is set to get two sets of metro rail services by 2012 to connect the satellite city with the Capital and another in-house Metro service connecting DLFs residential areas and malls in the city.
Tue, Dec 08, 2009December 02, 2009 04:03 IST
Very shortly,visits to all World Heritage sites and Centrally-protected monuments will become a lot more convenient.
Wed, Dec 02, 2009
December 01, 2009 02:31 IST
More than two years after the Railway ministry announced plans of renovating New Delhi railway station with world-class facilities,the project has not only been postponed indefinitely but might never see the light of day,according to ministry sources.
Tue, Dec 01, 2009
November 26, 2009 00:31 IST
The Archaeological Survey of India has been fighting a prolonged battle for years now. Despite legislations and awareness campaigns,monuments...
Thu, Nov 26, 2009November 24, 2009 01:15 IST
At a time when Indian youth finds themselves most confident and optimistic of a stable future being in an environment of economic prosperity,a social scientist pointed out that this very optimism might result in future social conflicts.
Tue, Nov 24, 2009
November 19, 2009 23:44 IST
NILA Gumbad,a Mughal-era monument and the only one in Delhi with Persian influence on its tilework,lies on a track of contention between two government agencies: the Railways and the Archaeological Survey of India.
Thu, Nov 19, 2009
November 17, 2009 01:52 IST
The raging debate on the techniques of conservation and restoration being used on heritage structures in the Capital has forced the major heritage bodies to draw closer to traditional methods of conservation.
Tue, Nov 17, 2009
November 16, 2009 04:47 IST
Officials wait for delivery of all new trains to ease congestion on routes
Mon, Nov 16, 2009November 13, 2009 04:35 IST
The flower-bedecked Metro train that began its run between Delhi and Noida on Thursday got a warm send-off from the two ends by the first ladies of these states,and both in a veiled competitive tone announced the service as a personal achievement.
Fri, Nov 13, 2009




