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The public works department (PWD) of the Delhi government has begun work on two long-pending flyovers at Dhaula Kuan to free the junction from daily traffic congestion.
Seeking to woo the agitating workforce of the municipal corporations in Delhi, CM Arvind Kejriwal announced a bailout package of Rs 693 crore as a short term solution to deal with the MCD crises.
Kejriwal, who has been constantly monitoring the sanitation workers’ strike in Delhi, addressed a rally of auto rickshaw drivers in Bengaluru on Sunday evening.
After scrapping the controversial Bus Rapid Transport Corridor from Moolchand to Ambedkar Nagar, the Delhi government may now devise elevated corridors solely for public buses.
In just over a month, Noida and east Delhi will be an easy ride for commuters from south Delhi with the opening of the loop connecting Barapullah Corridor with the DND flyway.
Barely 48 hours before India’s most ambitious anti-pollution formula hits the road, the Delhi High Court has asked some of the toughest questions: Why are women and two-wheelers exempt?
Before the Delhi Government pats itself for its odd-even formula, here is a statistical fact: Only 5.3 lakh cars can be kept off roads on any day. And that’s a meagre 6.27 per cent.
If things go according to the BJP’s plan, Delhi may witness the unification of the three municipal corporations less than five years after the trifurcation by the former Sheila Dikshit government.
Finding it difficult to meet the burden of Rs 32,000 crore in the wake of the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission, the Indian Railways are looking for new ways to generate revenue.
The phase-IV project, which aims to connect the city centre with locations on the outskirts of Delhi and NCR, would add 103.93 km to its network of 330 km.
Despite being in a bitter confrontation with the Centre, the AAP government wants to ‘persuade’ Home Minister Rajnath Singh to clear 14 Bills passed by the Delhi Assembly in the winter session.
While over 10 lakh passengers are expected to shift to Delhi Metro from January 1, there is little that Delhi Metro Rail Corporation can do to cater to the rush.
The CBI raid at Delhi Secretariat - which could be the biggest showdown between the Centre and Delhi government so far - was triggered by a complaint forwarded by Delhi’s Anti-Corruption Branch.
Several big-ticket railway projects - including the launch of India’s first semi-high speed train Gatimaan Express - are stuck, thanks to squatters who have encroached on prime railway land.
Senior officials said the Delhi Traffic Police would pitch for a hefty penalty and seek amendment in the Motor Vehicles Act for prosecuting the violators.
Faced with an alarming rise in air pollution, the Delhi government on Friday decided to restrict plying of private vehicles on alternate days in the city.
Private power distribution companies have been sitting on the money they owe to the Delhi government, thereby crippling several key services, including uninterrupted power generation in the city.
The Delhi government is seeking to rope in spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and yoga guru Baba Ramdev in its efforts to make the Yamuna cleaner.
Legal luminaries have taken strong exception of the proposed legislation saying the Jan Lokpal could not be put above law.
Following a resolution moved by the AAP MLAs, BJP legislator OP Sharma was expelled from the Assembly for the ongoing session - but the ruling party members continued to seek his arrest.
The number of criminal cases in Delhi has gone up by three times as much as the 60,000 cases registered during 2012. But charges were filed in only 33,600 cases this year.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government is headed for a confrontation with the Centre, with its proposed amendments in the Criminal Procedure Code shortly to be tabled in the Delhi Assembly.
Underworld don Chhota Rajan has been sent to Tihar Prison on 14 days of judicial custody, as the CBI took over all the 71 cases registered by the Maharshtra Police against him.
The AAP government’s Jan Lokpal Bill faces a tough road ahead even before its introduction in the Delhi Legislative Assembly. Sources say its fate looks bleak without approval from the Centre.
In one of the biggest crackdowns in recent times, the trade and taxes department of Delhi government has seized imported LED televisions worth Rs 50 crore from a private firm.
MAGGI may have returned to the market but Delhiites are in for another disappointment soon.
The five shelters, which are located in Lampur village, have experienced almost zero occupancy, despite the fact that more than Rs 26 crore has been spent to maintain them during the last five years.
As the logjam over sanitation workers' salaries continues, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has urged Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung to recover Rs 1,600 crore from the DDA to end the crisis.
Mohammad Ikhlaq, 52, was battered to death by a furious mob in Bisara, a Hindu-majority village, an hour’s drive from the national Capital, after a priest accused him of slaughtering a cow.
Delhi's most high-profile but unauthorised residential colony - Sainik Farms - may soon get legalised, in accordance with the AAP government's promise.
An undergraduate student of Aligarh Muslim University was shot dead within the campus premises, sparking unrest inside and around the varsity.
The AAP government, which came to power on the promise of eradicating corruption, has procured onions at a much cheaper price of Rs 18 a kg and sold these to Delhiites at Rs 30 a kg.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and its premiere agency Airport Authority of India (AAI) are caught in crossfire over the continuation of IGI Airport’s Terminal 1D.
The 1.6 km elevated corridor from Prembari Pul to Azadpur is set to become operational by the end of October, allowing unhindered traffic flow along the entire 45-km Ring Road.
Autorickshaw drivers in Delhi are holding the city administration to ransom. Nearly one lakh have resorted to arm-twisting to get the Delhi government’s new City Taxi scheme revoked.
Delhiites are facing the wrath of the monsoon via waterlogged streets. But the problem is unlikely to improve after the rains, as authorities do not have the funds to re-carpet pothole-ridden roads.
The much-touted Signature Bridge is proving a costly affair. The Delhi Tourism and Transport Development Corporation has demanded another Rs 400 crore to finish the project.
The AAP government is all set to bulldoze over 1,000 shanties in east Delhi to widen the NH-24. The slum falls in the constituency of Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.
During the state government’s flag-hoisting ceremony at Chhatrasal Stadium, schoolchildren created a pattern to highlight the name of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the stands.
The Delhi government on Tuesday decided to constitute a Commission of Inquiry for investigating the multi-crore CNG fitness scam.
Citing financial inviability, the Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd has told the Maharashtra government that it would be difficult to continue the operation in case it failed to generate adequate revenue.
MAIL TODAY EXCLUSIVE: Uncertainty looms over the upcoming Metro station at Terminal 1 of IGI airport in the Capital, with the Civil Aviation Ministry planning to close passenger services at the domestic terminal.
Delhi Metro is set to miss the deadline for its phase-III project. Complications in land acquisition at Trilokpuri, Mayapuri and Punjabi Bagh have delayed the Mukundpur–Shiv Vihar corridor by almost a year.
The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) chief MK Meena has sought a detailed report on whether due procedure was followed while awarding the contract to a private firm.
With the anti-corruption branch (ACB) torn between two chiefs—MK Meena (appointed by Jung) and SS Yadav (handpicked by Kejriwal), complainants have been left in the lurch.
Your power tariff may go up by the end of next month. The Capital’s power regulator, Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission, will be conducting a public hearing shortly to decide.
Fifteen projects related to parking, transport, roads and water infrastructure that were funded under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission have repeatedly missed deadlines.
The Delhi government’s most innovative welfare scheme - Mission Convergence - could soon be a thing of the past. The Aam Aadmi Party government is considering scrapping the project.
With the AAP government in Delhi set to present its first budget in a couple of days, it faces a Herculean task to manage funds for fulfilling most of its ambitious poll promises.