The Delhi Integrated Multi Modal Transit System which manages the much talked about Bus Rapid Transit corridor in South Delhi has got a case registered with Delhi Police against Colonel B. B. Sharan of NGO Nyaybhoomi, who is a petitioner in the Delhi High Court in a case on viability of the corridor, for physically damaging the kerb that separated the bus corridor from the rest of the passage.

As its contribution for the construction of the 135.6 km long Delhi Western Peripheral Expressway

The Delhi Cabinet on Monday approved transfer of Rs 621 crores to the National Highway Authority of India as its contribution for construction of the Delhi Western Peripheral Expressway, which is also called the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP Expressway).

Questions the right to grant provisional regularisation without prior scrutiny or verification of their existence

Delhi Lokayukta Manmohan Sarin has issued a show-cause notice to the Delhi Government seeking a clear answer as to whether provisional regularisation certificates could have been granted to unauthorised colonies without verification of their existence or any kind of scrutiny.

Latest Census reveals high-end technology is common in the Capital and households have greater comforts than ever before

With a greater number of its households possessing television sets than radios and transistors, with more families being connected to the Internet than to landline phones and with more people having scooters and motorcycles than bicycles, Delhi is now truly on the path to a major transition going by the latest figures revealed by the Census of India 2011.

After recording a staggering 47 per cent growth in population between 1991 and 2001, Delhi's decadal pace of population growth has slowed down to 21 per cent, with two of its nine districts, New Delhi and Central, registering even negative growth, the Census of India 2011 has revealed. It also shows how construction activity, displacement and rehabilitation of slums, and commercialisation of residential areas has led to significant demographic changes in Delhi.

Emergency Operation Centre coming up; strong network of personnel and services to be developed

The Delhi Government is awaiting a report by the Army, which had conducted a third-party evaluation of the mega mock drill carried out by the National Disaster Management Authority in Delhi on February 15, to finalise its plans for setting up a major emergency operation centre for disaster management and procurement of essential equipment.

“High time the Government reconciles to transparency as the only method of good governance”

Quoting theologian and classical scholar Benjamin Jowett's words that “doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door”, Delhi Lokayukta Manmohan Sarin on Friday pulled up the Delhi Government for showing “obduracy and resistance” in disclosing information and making available to his office the records in an alleged financial scam involving a power company.

Two Ministers get additional grant for their constituencies

The additional grant of several crores of rupees to two Delhi Ministers, Raj Kumar Chauhan and Arvinder Singh Lovely, and another Congress MLA, Naseeb Singh, has caught the fancy of several other legislators in the Assembly who now also want additional money for development works in their constituency.

First 10.8-km line proposed between Shastri Park and Trilokpuri

The red carpet has finally been rolled out for entry of Mono Rail in Delhi. While for many years the Delhi Government deliberated on its feasibility, on Tuesday it gave ‘in-principle' approval to the project for taking modern public transport into congested areas which could not be penetrated by the Metro. The first 10.8-km line is proposed to be constructed between Shastri Park and Trilokpuri in East Delhi.

Union Ministry wants Delhi of the future to be a vertical city where people are housed in high rises

Condoning the illegalities of the past, the Union Urban Development Ministry wants Delhi of the future to be a vertical city where people are housed in high rises with quick access to public transport and modern commercial centres.