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Delhi gets Asia's longest runway
Long queues in waiting, innumerable flight delays and hours of circling over the airport are all set to come to an end with the Delhi airport getting a brand new 4.4 km long runway today. The new runway, which cost Rs 1,000 crore to build, is als...
Soon, 131 new Metro trains
NEW DELHI: The number of people using Metro services has been going up and looking at this increased rush, the Delhi Metro has ordered 131 new trains.
Rs 65000-crore makeover for Delhi
The capital city of Delhi is set to shed its old and ugly skin to give way to a shiny new world-class avatar for the Commonwealth Games. This is no cosmetic touch-up job but a multi-thousand crore rupees makeover, which will ensure that the 16 mil...
ASUS Opens Service Centre In Delhi; To Invest Rs 20 Cr By 2010
ASUS Technology Pvt. Ltd., a part of the Taiwan-based ASUSTeK Computer, has made announcement about the launching of its first exclusive service centre in New Delhi.
Info Edge To Invest $1.5 Million In Delhi-based Education Company
Info Edge (BOM: 532777) Ltd, the owners of jobs portal Naukri.com, has made investment in another education company. Info Edge informed the stock exchanges today that it has proposed to invest Rs 6.5 crore or $1.54 million for a 40 per cent equity...
Expenditure Committee approves seven projects in Delhi
NEW DELHI: The Expenditure Finance Committee of Delhi Government today gave nod to seven projects worth Rs 347 crore including four related to PWD and one each to power, land and building and flood control departments.
Delhi to get 50 new CNG filling stations soon
To meet the increasing demand for Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in the national capital, at least 50 new filling stations will be commissioned soon. In all,100 new CNG stations would come up in Delhi and NCR before the commencement of Commonwealth ...
New Delhi station to be equipped with hi-tech lighting system
NEW DELHI: Aiming to convert New Delhi Railway Station as an urban icon, the Rail Ministry is planning to equip the station with world class lighting system. "The lighting is an integral part of the station architecture and it has to be coordinate...
Delhi will have surplus power within four years
New Delhi, July 11: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today expressed confidence that within four years the power-starved national capital will become power surplus in view of a slew of upcoming power projects to meet the demand.
Soon, automatic baggage checking at Delhi airport
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The Indian capital's Indira Gandhi International Airport has begun trial runs for an 'inline baggage system' that would not only enable baggage to get checked and assigned automatically while passengers wait for their boa...
A leap by Delhi Metro
After completion of the Shahdara-Dilshad Garden metro section, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) seems to be focusing all its energies on the 6.36-kilometre Vishvavidyalaya-Jehangirpuri line, which the corporation is planning to open a record 10...
Delhi tastes retail therapy
From a hawker's tindas, karelas and baigans, to packaged zucchini, broccoli and cherry tomatoes, the Indian consumer has come a long way. Organised retail and the steady mushrooming of hypermarkets, supermarkets and departmental stores in the coun...
15 firms in race for Delhi`s multimodal transport hub
Nearly 15 major infrastructure and real estate companies have shown interest in being part of the proposed Multimodal Transit Hub to be developed by the Delhi government at ISBT, Dwarka.
Delhi Metro most comfortable mode of transport
The Delhi Metro offers comfort level of international standards to its commuters, according to a study by the IIT-Delhi that used vibration levels inside the trains as a yardstick.
Bosch's state-of-the-art CCTV road show in New Delhi
CONTINUING ITS growth trajectory with innovative products, Bosch Security Systems, a division of Bosch Limited, held a state-of-the-art CCTV road show in New Delhi on intelligent IP video surveillance. Showcasing the latest solutions in day/night ...
Delhi's IGI Airport to get dedicated terminal for chartered business flights
Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) will get India's first dedicated terminal for private jets and chartered flights by 2010. The terminal will serve the growing need for separate terminals for business travellers at busy metro airp...
Delhi may ask roadside food vendors to go for a makeover
NEW DELHI: With the 2010 Commonwealth Games in sight, the food processing ministry has launched an initiative to modernise street food — think the famous tunde kebab hangouts on the hustling streets of Lucknow or gol gappe outlets in Delhi — over ...
Courteous staff add to the world-class bus experience
NEW DELHI: The changing face of public transport is all set to change the way Delhi travels. Small cars are passe, it's the age of the AC buses. Says transport commissioner R K Verma, "We are looking at a completely world class public transport ne...
Delhi airport to go hi-tech and more secure
New Delhi, June 8 (PTI) The "hyper-sensitive" Delhi airport is set to go hi-tech with the introduction of an array of new technologies which promises to make your journey less time consuming and more secure.
Delhi: Now, everyone wants a CNG car
NEW DELHI: The recent increase in fuel prices has led to an unprecedented spurt in demand for CNG conversion kits. Manufacturers and retailers in the city say that in the last two days — after the hike in petrol and diesel prices was announced — t...