White collar hiring in November has surged by 23 per cent, mainly led by non-IT sectors such as education, real estate, hospitality and travel, and insurance, says a report. October had registered a 9 per cent year-on-year decline in hiring due to advancement of Diwali dates this year while in November it rebounded with a 23 per cent growth, according to the Naukri JobSpeak Index report.
'The worst part is that after the attack on December 9, the Dehradun police refused to register an FIR for the murder.'
Security agencies are searching for a third car believed to be connected to the Red Fort blast case. While two vehicles have been traced, a third, suspected to be a Maruti Brezza, remains untraced.
The advertisements, put up across 35 stations by an organisation of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, advocating 'Matri Pitri Pujan Diwas' has left many commuters enraged, prompting Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to order the matter to be examined.
The family of a man suspected of involvement in the Delhi blast near Red Fort metro station has expressed disbelief, stating that he was an introvert focused on his studies and work.
Metro authorities said a mechanical fault had caused the crane mishap and heavier cranes would be used from now on.
A day after six people were killed in a pillar collapse at a Delhi Metro site, two huge cranes, which were clearing up the debris, toppled while cleaning up the under-construction site.Six people have been reportedly injured in the crane mishap. The toppling cranes caused a near-stampede situation at the site.The operators are still trapped inside the cranes. Emergency and rescue personnel have rushed to the site.
According to sources, the crisis-ridden airline cancelled 137 flights at Delhi airport and 21 services at Mumbai airport.
Speaking on the occasion, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Friday said India needs 'determination and will' for faster technological development to cope with the changes taking place at the international level.
A senior government official died and his wife was seriously injured after their motorcycle was hit by a BMW in Delhi. The wife alleges the couple in the car delayed taking them to a proper hospital.
The US Department of State's Consular Affairs, in a "security alert", said that "while the cause of the explosion is unknown at this time, the Government of India has placed several Indian states on high alert."
A full bench of the Central Information Commission will decide the tricky issue of whether the design of the pillar collapsed last year can be made public under the RTI Act or the IPR over the same allow DMRC to withhold it.
Eyewitnesses described a deafening blast that rattled windows and left locals in a state of panic, with seven fire tenders rushing to the scene to battle the flames.
Security arrangements would be beefed up in and around the capital's Arun Jaitley Stadium for the final day of the Ranji Trophy Group D match between Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir following a high-intensity blast near the Red Fort, which is just kilometres away from the stadium in New Delhi.
The first tranche of central government funding for the third phase of the Delhi Metro commuter rail project is likely to come in the coming 2011-12 Budget.
Delhi Metro on Thursday achieved another milestone when a brand-new train chugged into the satellite city of Noida for the first time paving the way for thousands of commuters in east Delhi and adjoining areas to enjoy the new age transport system.
The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group's Delhi Airport Express Pvt Ltd (DAMEPL) would run and maintain the line, which would reduce travel time between the heart of the capital and the Indira Gandhi International Airport to 20 minutes.
Debris clearance operations continued at the Delhi Metro accident site in south Delhi, even as one-way traffic in the area was thrown open on Tuesday to facilitate the movement of vehicles. Two cranes, which toppled on Monday leaving six injured, have been removed from the accident spot.Commuters in the area had some respite today morning as one-way traffic was opened on the Moolchand-Jamrudpur-Nehru Place route. Traffic has been at a standstill in areas leading to the mishap
Of the 16 people injured, a man has lost a leg while both the legs of another had to be amputated following the accident, which took place on Vikas Marg in east Delhi's Lakshmi Nagar locality at about 7.05 am when workers were lifting a 400-tonne span of the bridge.
Justice Rewa Khetrapal directed the company to file its response by August 20 when the matter will be taken up for further hearing.
Holding the lack of professional ethics responsible for the Delhi Metro accident, its Managing Director E Shreedharan has asked technology institutions to inculcate national values through their curriculum. There were deficiencies in design due to lack of ethics which caused the incident, he said, and emphasised the need for imparting values and ethics to students while they are learning.
India's live events scene is hitting a high note. With global performers adding the country to their tour maps and the government aiming to double the concert economy, hotels in key metro cities are bracing for sold-out weekends. Travel operators, too, are curating packages built entirely around concerts.
The metro section opened at noon on Thursday for the general public.
Travellers are turning concerts into full-fledged weekend getaways, giving rise to the 'gigcation' -- a short, experience-led micro-holiday.
"I understand the plight of those affected by the blast," he said, stressing that today the entire nation stands with the families of the victims.
The Delhi Metro may end up in a loss of Rs 700 crore (Rs 7 billion) in the next fiscal due to a high depreciation cost although it expects to generate a revenue of Rs 1,231 crore (Rs 12.31 billion).The Metro expects to cough up Rs 1,026 crore (Rs 10.26 billion) through operations during 2010-11 financial year, besides another Rs 205 crore (Rs 2.05 billion) through property development.
The police sounded a high alert in Delhi. Seven fire tenders were rushed to the spot with police cordoning off the area, the Delhi Fire Services said.
A ride on a Delhi Metro train is likely to become more comfortable with DMRC planning to roll out 83 broad gauge trains, which will be more faster than the present ones, by 2011 at a cost of Rs 2,984 crore (Rs 29.84 billion).
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is one of the four metros in the world to have operating profits among 135 metros globally, the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow has concluded in a recent case study.
More than 40 samples have been collected till now.
The jump can be attributed to increased assistance through soft loan.
Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge criticizes Home Minister Amit Shah, calling him 'incompetent' and demanding his resignation following a deadly blast in Delhi, citing intelligence failure and lack of accountability.
How an uncommon bureaucrat personally secured foreign funding and the cooperation of government agencies to build the Indian city's subway system.
Opposition parties in India are demanding a thorough and speedy investigation into a car blast near the Red Fort in Delhi that resulted in multiple fatalities and injuries. They are also raising concerns about the security situation in the national capital and questioning the government's handling of the matter.
In the first phase, 1,600 CISF personnel will be deployed to cover the 59 stations of mass transit system, stretching over 62 kms, as against the present system of 700-odd men guarding the network round the clock.
Delhi metro has been put on high alert following an Intelligence Bureau warning of possible terror strikes. The alert, which has been shared with the Delhi police, suggests that Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Jhangvi will carry out the strikes.
The trial run of Delhi Metro's swanky new 'driver-less' trains began on Tuesday, setting the ball rolling on what promises to be a technological feat in the country's public transport system in little more than a year, when they will run on 'unattended' mode.
Dismal ridership figures and eroding profitability could turn this showcase transit project into a white elephant.
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