The reason for the success of the bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor in Ahmedabad is the connectivity from the nearby societies to the bus stop, I P Gautam, municipal commissioner of Ahmedabad said on Saturday. He said that there is a provis
Joint commissioner of police (Traffic), Delhi, Satyendra Garg criticised the foot over bridges (FOBs) and underpasses in many parts of the city. “Underpasses have totally failed and majority do not use the FOBs at many places in
While the media has been involved in an act of self-flagellation in the backdrop of the Radia tape expose what has escaped the scrutiny is the role of former revenue secre
Sanghvi, Sanghvi/Yes, Papa... Fixing columns?/No, Papa… Telling lies?/No, Papa… Show me proof/How Dare You? That twisted nursery rhyme sums up some of what top editors of India did and most of wh
The urban development ministry on Friday sought a reimbursement of Rs 2,100 crore it had spent on buying 15,000 low-floor buses to perk up auto sector during economic slowdown but drew a cold response from finance ministry which said it does not h
Delhiites can soon look forward to auto-rickshaws on call. If things shape up according to the plans, the scheme proposed by Anupam Vibhuti, founder director Worxpace consulting private limited and Transit mobility logistics private limite
Watch video excerpts of Sardesai`s address on GNTv. Rajdeep Sardesai, president of Editors Guild of India and editor-in-chief of
States that are slow in carrying out urban reforms could have their Jawaharlal Nehru national urban renewal mission (JNNURM) funds slashed, the deputy chairman of the planning commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia said on Friday. He sa
A Parliamentary panel has expressed apprehensions over the achievement of targets by the new and renewable energy ministry under the ambitious national solar mission programme. In its latest report, the standing committee on new and renewab
After staying put stubbornly at high levels for quite some time, food inflation finally entered single-digit after four months, sliding to 18-month low of 8.60 per cent for the week ended November 20 as prices fell on kharif crop arrivals in the m
In fresh embarrassment to the BJP government in Karnataka, corruption watchdog Lokayukta has filed another FIR against Minister for IT and BT, Katta Subrahmanya Naidu, his corporator-son Jagadish Naidu and their eight associates in a multi-crore l
Journalists from across the state covering the ongoing winter session of Maharashtra legislature today sported black ribbons protesting the rising number of attacks on them and inaction of the state government to protect them. The s
The supreme court on Thursday asked the centre to respond within 10 days on Ratan Tata’s petition on the leakage of tapes of his conversation with corporate lobbyist Niira Radia. The division bench of justices G S Singhvi and A K Ga
Seamless public-private partnership (PPP) in health sector will be the backbone of economic growth in the years ahead, health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said at an event on healthcare here on Thursday, “The PPP must co
To clear its name from land grab allegations levelled by Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa`s camp, the family of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda will make the details of its assets and properties available online. The family would
Apparently seeking to drive a wedge in the opposition camp, the government today said even if a JPC probe was ordered into the 2G spectrum allocation, only seven of the 37 parties could find a place in the committee. "Parliamen
Recognising wetlands as sensitive ecosystems with high biodiversity values, the centre today notified rules for their conservation and management which restricts harmful activities such as dumping of untreated waste, industrialisation and construc
The government is going to revise its estimation of economic growth next week, egged by a strong performance in the first two quarters of FY`10. “We had earlier given projection of 8.5 percent. We will revise it. We are in middle of
Former telecom minister A Raja faced further embarrasment today in the supreme court which slammed him for showing "disrespect" to prime minister Manmohan Singh and for "overruling" his advice to defer the allocation of 2G spec
Forty percent of the NREGA budget allocation goes for procuring material (including salaries of the staff) and the rest 60 percent is spent on the wages of the workers. It’s at the material component end that the leakages (read corrupt
