Delhi seeks action against PWD engineers
August 2nd, 2012 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, August 2 (IANS) The Delhi government will write to the Central Public Works Department seeking strict action against three PWD engineers for dereliction of duty as the gaps ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Maoists torch excavator in Odisha
July 20th, 2012 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 20 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas Friday set ablaze an excavator of a construction company in Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said. It was the second such incident in the region ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Nigeria approves $1.5 bn for railway project
July 19th, 2012 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
Abuja, July 19 (IANS) The Nigerian government has approved $1.5 billion for a railway network modernisation project.The southwestern Lagos-Ibadan double track railway line modernization is one of the west African ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Gurgaon to have 16-lane super specialty corridor
June 28th, 2012 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, June 28 (IANS) Real estate giant DLF and Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) Thursday announced commencement of work on the 8.3 km, 16-lane signal free road being built at ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
China’s tallest building to reach 2,073 feet
May 29th, 2012 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 29 (IANS) The 121-storey Shanghai Tower being built in Shanghai city will be China's tallest building upon completion, the construction company said Tuesday.On Tuesday, it reached a height ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Boy drowns in pothole in Delhi hospital
May 25th, 2012 - 12:42 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) A 10-year-old boy drowned in a pothole in the premises of Lady Hardinge Hospital in central Delhi, police said Thursday.The victim identified as Monty drowned ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Construction firm employee found killed in Lucknow
May 14th, 2012 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 14 (IANS) A construction company employee was found dead in the posh Gomtinagar area early Monday with his face battered beyond recognition, police said.The employee was identified as ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Chinese journalists assaulted
May 13th, 2012 - 3:37 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 13 (IANS) An award-winning photo-journalist and two reporters were beaten up in Chinese metropolis Shanghai when the photographer took pictures of a demolition site in the city, police ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Activist’s killing: Eight cops to undergo polygraph test
May 2nd, 2012 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, May 2 (IANS) A Maharashtra court here Wednesday granted permission to the CBI to conduct polygraph test on at least nine accused, who include eight policemen, in the 2010 ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Eight die in two plane crashes in Bolivia
April 23rd, 2012 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
La Paz, April 23 (IANS/EFE) Eight people, including opposition Senator Gerald Ortiz, were killed in two separate plane crashes in Bolivia, officials said.The senator died along with his father, Luis ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Maracana Stadium work on target: World Cup officials
April 21st, 2012 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, April 21 (IANS) Football World Cup 2014 officials have insisted Maracana Stadium's redevelopment remains on target after construction company Delta reportedly withdrew from the project.Delta, which is ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
CWG village: DDA says builder can allot flats
April 19th, 2012 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that Emaar MGF, the construction company which built flats in the 2010 Commonwealth Games ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Six dead in China landslide
April 14th, 2012 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 14 (IANS) At least six construction workers were killed Saturday when a part of a mountain came apart, causing a landslide and crushing a few work sheds where ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
World’s newest country beckons Indians to shine (Letter from Juba) (With Images)
March 18th, 2012 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Juba (South Sudan), March 18 (IANS)The world's newest nation is eight months old. I drive past our consulate at Juba, South Sudan two days after we finally announced its upgrade ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Maoist leader held in Odisha
February 28th, 2012 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 27 (IANS) A Maoist leader allegedly involved in several attacks, including one on the site of a construction company last year, was arrested in Odisha's Sambalpur district Monday, ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Gunmen attack Pakistani bus, five dead
February 14th, 2012 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 14 (IANS) At least five people were killed Tuesday when unidentified assailants opened fire on a bus in Pakistan's Balochistan province, a media report said.Sources told Online news ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Company razes ancient temple in Noida
January 29th, 2012 - 12:58 am ICT by IANS
Noida, Jan 28 (IANS) Officials of a construction company allegedly razed an ancient temple, situated along Noida-Greater Noida Expressway, after beating up the priests there late Friday, police said Saturday. ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Conditional green nod for Lavasa hill city project (Roundup)
November 9th, 2011 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Mumbai, Nov 9 (IANS) In a major relief to Lavasa Corporation, the environment ministry Wednesday gave conditional clearance to the first phase of the Rs.3,000 crore Lavasa hill city ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Lavasa welcomes central clearance for hill city
November 9th, 2011 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 9 (IANS) The Lavasa Corporation Ltd (LCL) Wednesday welcomed the conditional clearance by the environment ministry to its Rs.3,000-crore hill city coming up near Pune.
"The inordinate delay has ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Maoists release 15 abducted in Bihar
November 5th, 2011 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Nov 5 (IANS) Five days after being abducted, 15 people, including 12 labourers, were set free by Maoists in Bihar's Jamui district Saturday, police said.They were freed near Batia ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Falling telecom mast kills 2 in southwest Ghana
November 1st, 2011 - 7:40 pm ICT by BNO News
TAKORADI, GHANA (BNO NEWS) -- Two people were crushed to death on Monday when a telecom mast fell down in the western port city of Takoradi in southwest Ghana, officials said on ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Medvedev orders probe into sale of land for embassies
October 26th, 2011 - 3:32 am ICT by IANS
Mosocw, Oct 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered a probe into the "illegal" sale of Moscow land intended for foreign embassies to subsidiaries of a company belonging ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Kejriwal attacker threatens hunger strike
October 22nd, 2011 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 22 (IANS) Jitendra Pathak, who attacked social activist Arvind Kejriwal, Saturday said he would observe an indefinite hunger strike if Anna Hazare failed to provide a "satisfactory ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Don’t throw attacker out of job: Kejriwal
October 20th, 2011 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal Thursday stood up for the man who attacked him in Lucknow and appealed to his employer to give him his ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Kejriwal attacker sacked from job
October 20th, 2011 - 1:18 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 20 (IANS) Jitendra Pathak, who attacked team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal with a slipper, has been sacked from his job at a private construction company here, an official ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Lavasa township project denied environment clearance
October 14th, 2011 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) The environment ministry Friday denied environment clearance to the first phase of Rs.3,000 crore Lavasa hill city project near Pune, saying the pre-condition of the ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Futuristic building expo opens in Delhi Friday
September 22nd, 2011 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) A building expo comprising an elaborate exhibition with live demonstrations and scale models intended to provide a unique look at the next generation of realty ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Windfall for Tamil Nadu power equipment makers
September 18th, 2011 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 18 (IANS) It is boom time for Tamil Nadu-based power equipment manufacturers as they have bagged orders worth a whopping Rs.17,120 crore ($3.6 billion) for boilers, steam turbines ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
India trying to bring back 28 Indians ‘duped’ by travel agents
August 10th, 2011 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The Indian Embassy in Baghdad is "proactively liaising" with the Iraqi authorities to facilitate the return of 28 Indians who were allegedly duped by unscrupulous ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Top Tamil Nadu cop suspended after raids
August 2nd, 2011 - 12:10 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 2 (IANS) Tamil Nadu's Additional Director General of Police M.S. Jaffer Sait, intelligence chief during the DMK regime, has been suspended following raids by the Directorate of Vigilance ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Homes of Tamil Nadu ex-intelligence chief, official’s son raided
July 26th, 2011 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 26 (IANS) Tamil Nadu's vigilance department Tuesday raided the houses of former state intelligence chief M.S. Jaffer Sait, a bureaucrat's son and others in a graft case.Officials ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Contractor blamed for building collapse
July 26th, 2011 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
Palwal (Haryana), July 26 (IANS) Haryana Labour Minister Shiv Charan Lal Sharma Tuesday blamed the contractor for the collapse of a college building being built near here that left eight ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
‘Zindagi Na Milegi…’ - about love, life, friendship (IANS Movie Preview)
July 11th, 2011 - 10:16 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) After enjoying a madcap image of youth in "Delhi Belly", it's time to take a fun-filled trip with another bunch of guys - Hrithik ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Court sets aside land allotment for Andhra power project
June 23rd, 2011 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 23 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh High Court Thursday set aside a government order, allotting land to a thermal power project in Srikakulam district of north coastal Andhra.Dealing with ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
CBI grills former home ministry official on graft charges
June 20th, 2011 - 11:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has questioned a senior bureaucrat, earlier in the home ministry but sent back to his home cadre Uttar Pradesh, ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |