‘New Delhi to resume transit talks with Dhaka after polls’

India has proposed “constructive talks” on the contentious issue of transit facility through Bangladesh to reach its north-eastern region once a new government takes office in New Delhi after the general elections.
India is particularly keen on railway connectivity between Akhaura in eastern Bangladesh and Agartala, capital of Tripura in India’s north-east, New Age newspaper said.
A [...]

BEML bags Rs 1,144-cr order from Delhi Metro

Bharat Earth Movers Ltd (BEML) has informed the BSE that the company has secured a Rs 1,144-cr order from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for manufacture and supply of 156 standard gauge stainless steal metro cars towards second phase of ope ration.
This order is the single largest historic contract that BEML has bagged. BEML [...]

It’s Monkey vs Municipality in Delhi

Residents of national capital New Delhi are a worried lot. If day-to-day problems like power cuts and water shortage were not enough to make their lives miserable, 14 million Delhiites now encounter the growing menace of monkeys in their midst.
Thanks to the declining forest cover in the city, monkeys have been venturing on the streets [...]

Oracle launches twin R&D centres in Gurgaon

World’s third largest software company Oracle today launched Oracle Asia Research and Development Center (OARDC) in India. The new R&D centre is a part of Oracle’s $3 billion planned investment in India over the past five years. As a part of the initiative, Orcale also launched its first partner solution center (PSC) in India.
The two [...]

Spotted: Mahendra Singh Dhoni at Delhi airport

This photograph was taken at the New Delhi airport, when I was travelling from Dubai to Ranchi. I met with Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images], at the domestic terminal, who I believe was on his way to Mumbai for the South Africa series in 2006,’ writes Manoj.
‘He is really a very cool guy, friendly and willing [...]

Life sentence for 10 Delhi policemen in CP shooting ...

Dismissed Assistant Commissioner of Police S. S. Rathi and nine other Delhi policemen, convicted last week in the infamous Connaught Place shooting case, were on Wednesday sentenced to life imprisonment by a court here.
Along with Rathi, the other nine convicts — Inspector Anil Kumar, Sub-Inspector Ashok Rana, Head Constables Shiv Kumar, Tejpal Singh and [...]

Delhi High Court orders protection for Chiranjeevi ...

The Delhi High Court on Monday ordered police protection for Telugu super star Chiranjeevi’s newly married daughter Srija and her husband Sirish Bharadwaj in view of their perceived “threat to their lives” after she married Sirish against the wishes of her family.
Justice S. N. Dhingra ordered protection for the newlyweds when counsel for the couple [...]