Rains lash Delhi, commuters face difficulties again (Lead)
August 28th, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) For a second consecutive day, commuters in Delhi had a harrowing time as heavy rains flooded roads Tuesday, causing traffic snarls, while water also entered ... Read more...
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West Bengal exhorts financial players to invest in state
August 23rd, 2012 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The union urban development ministry and the West Bengal government Thursday exhorted banking and financial institutions to set up their branches at its International ... Read more...
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Power failure, rains hit Delhi traffic, commuters (Lead)
July 31st, 2012 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Delhi residents had a harrowing time Tuesday as the city's traffic signals and the Delhi Metro ceased to function for several hours following the failure ... Read more...
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Rains lash Delhi Tuesday, more expected Wednesday (Lead)
July 31st, 2012 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) It was a pleasant and wet day for Delhi Tuesday as the city was lashed by rains since early morning while parts of the city ... Read more...
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Traffic tangles in Delhi after power failure, rains
July 31st, 2012 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Traffic in the national capital was severely affected Tuesday after signals stopped functioning following a failure in the Northern Power Grid.Traffic flow, already slow since ... Read more...
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Delhi Metro to induct 8-coach trains on two busy corridors
May 2nd, 2012 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Passengers on two Delhi Metro lines which connect the capital with the satellite towns of Noida and Gurgaon and which are seeing ever-increasing ridership can ... Read more...
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Traffic jams leave Delhi motorists fuming
January 16th, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Traffic movement in many areas in the capital was hit Monday with commuters getting stuck in jams even during off-peak hours around noon and ... Read more...
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Rabbani’s murder planned in Pakistan: Afghan security agency
October 1st, 2011 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Oct 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The murder of former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani in Kabul last month was planned in Pakistan, the Afghan security agency's press secretary Latifulla Mashal ... Read more...
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Terror e-mail holds back shoppers in Delhi, suburbs
September 13th, 2011 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) The bustle across the markets and malls of the Indian capital and its satellite towns was missing Tuesday as people stayed away after an email ... Read more...
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Two car thieves held, eight vehicles recovered
April 23rd, 2011 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Two members of a gang responsible for more than 30 cases of vehicle thefts in Delhi and satellite towns around have been arrested, police said ... Read more...
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Bangladesh hopes to emulate Kolkata townships
October 27th, 2010 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 27 (IANS) A Bangladeshi delegation, led by the country's minister of state for housing, is on a three-day visit to study the city's satellite townships and hopes to emulate the ... Read more...
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House-to-house surveys before CWG
September 21st, 2010 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
By Praveen Kumar
New Delhi/Gurgaon, Sep 21 (IANS) Policemen are conducting house-to-house surveys across the capital and in its satellite towns of Gurgaon and Noida, especially near the Commonwealth Games venues and major ... Read more...
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Govt. approves drinking water projects of over Rs.27,437 cr
August 26th, 2010 - 9:19 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug. 26 (ANI): Minister of State for Urban Development Saugata Roy on Thursday said that the Government has approved 569 Drinking Water Projects of over rupees 27,437 crore in total.Speaking ... Read more...
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World class transport facilities in Delhi for Games
July 19th, 2010 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
By Rajeev Ranjan Dwivedi
(Attn Editors: This is the 10th of the 100-day countdown series for the 19th Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. The piece is about the transportation arrangements being made for ... Read more...
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Guwahati’s landscape to change with satellite towns, BRT systems
June 16th, 2010 - 11:29 am ICT by IANS
By Azera Rahman
Guwahati, June 16 (IANS) Fast-growing Guwahati has seen haphazard development and faces a mismanaged network of too many buses. But now three new satellite townships and two Bus Rapid Transit ... Read more...
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Where to take the kids? Now you know (IANS Book Review)
April 22nd, 2010 - 11:41 am ICT by IANS
By Paloma Ganguly
Book: "Must for Mums Delhi"; Author Rina Mehta; Publisher: Oxford and IBH; Price: Rs.210Summer is upon us and, in no time, so will the school holidays be. So, all Delhi ... Read more...
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Sikh stabbed to death at birthday party in Vancouver
March 31st, 2010 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
Vancouver, March 31 (IANS) Police have identified a young Sikh man who was stabbed to death in a birthday party at Cloverdale on the outskirts of the city Sunday.
Twenty-one-year-old Buta Singh Sangha ... Read more...
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National High Speed Rail Authority to be set up
February 24th, 2010 - 8:49 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb.24 (ANI): Minister for Railways Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that the Railways are planning to go in for Dedicated Passenger Corridor (DPC) on the lines of Dedicated Freight ... Read more...
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Weak backs and shoulders ail computer workers(Lead)
January 5th, 2010 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
By Prashant K. Nanda
Gurgaon/New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Those who work for long hours on computers become victims of weak backs and shoulders, an affliction that doctors believe has multiplied over the ... Read more...
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Delhi computer professionals falling prey to weak backs, shoulders
January 5th, 2010 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
By Prashant K. Nanda
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) An increasing number of computer professionals in and around the national capital have become victims of weak backs and shoulders, a problem that doctors ... Read more...
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Sheila Dikshit finds a supporter in Bal Thackerary (Lead)
December 28th, 2009 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 28 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has earned praise from an unlikely quarter - Bal Thackeray. The Shiv Sena supremo has said she was the "only man" in the ... Read more...
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Shiv Sena praises Sheila Dikshit’s anti-migrant stance
December 28th, 2009 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 28 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has earned laurels from Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray for making a proposal aimed at cutting down the flow of migrants to the ... Read more...
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Eight Indo-Canadians on Canadian PM’s India delegation
November 15th, 2009 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Nov 15 (IANS) Lacking a majority in Canada's House of Commons, Prime Minister Stephen Harper visits India from Monday with a delegation of eight prominent Indo-Canadians, fuelling speculation that ... Read more...
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Haryana gears up for Commonwealth Games, to raise commando unit
August 17th, 2009 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) With an eye to the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Haryana will raise a fourth commando unit among a slew of steps being taken to beef up security in ... Read more...
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Delhi Police scheme for modernisation of traffic and communication network approved
August 13th, 2009 - 3:48 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 13 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today gave its approval for implementation of the scheme of developing Traffic And Communication Network in NCR/mega cities and Model Traffic ... Read more...
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Cities with over 1 mn people can get Metro rail: Jaipal Reddy
August 7th, 2009 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Cities with a population of over one million can hope to get a Metro rail system in the near future, Urban Development Minister S. Jaipal Reddy ... Read more...
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Lok Sabha passes bill to extend Metro to NCR (Lead)
August 6th, 2009 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) The Lok Sabha Thursday passed a bill to help extend the Delhi Metro rail service to the national capital region (NCR), including the satellite towns of Noida ... Read more...
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Lok Sabha passes bill to extend Metro to Noida, Gurgaon
August 6th, 2009 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) The Lok Sabha Thursday passed a bill to facilitate extension of the Delhi Metro rail to the national capital region, including the satellite towns of Noida and ... Read more...
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Delhi, satellite towns record 17 percent jump in new jobs
August 2nd, 2009 - 11:31 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Shrugging off recession worries, the national capital region (NCR) has recorded a 17.1 percent surge in jobs creation in the first four months of this fiscal against ... Read more...
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28 more cities to be brought under urban development scheme
June 29th, 2009 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The urban development ministry has sought an extra Rs.50,000 crore to include 28 more cities under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), a central government ... Read more...
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India not doing enough to combat ‘modern slavery’: US report (Lead)
June 17th, 2009 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, June 17 (IANS) Saying that New Delhi is not doing enough to curb human smuggling, the US has placed India in the second worst category in a blacklist of ... Read more...
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India is a source, destination and transit country for human trafficking: US report
June 17th, 2009 - 9:36 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, June 16 (IANS) Saying that New Delhi is not doing enough to curb human smuggling, the US has placed India on Tier 2 watch list of countries in a ... Read more...
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US places India on watch list on human trafficking
June 17th, 2009 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, June 16 (IANS) The US has placed India on tier 2 watch list of countries in a report on human trafficking, saying New Delhi is not doing enough to ... Read more...
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Vadodra firm to plan Patna’s new capital area
December 24th, 2008 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Dec 24 (IANS) A Vadodara-based firm will prepare the master plan for the new capital area to develop Patna as a metropolitan city, a senior official said here Wednesday.According to Cabinet ... Read more...
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China’s middle class set to push spending growth
November 1st, 2008 - 11:52 am ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, Nov 1 (Xinhua) China's emerging middle class is set to generate significant spending growth in the coming years, as more and more people in both mega cities like Shanghai ... Read more...
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