The Indian government has sanctioned the creation of the first all-women Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) reserve battalion, consisting of over 1,000 personnel. This move addresses the increasing demands on the force at airports and other vital installations. The new unit will be formed from existing CISF personnel and will be led by a senior commandant-rank officer.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is set to install automatic ticket vending machines at select metro stations in the national capital. Commuters will be able to get their metro tokens from the vending machines installed at Barakambha Road, Central Secretariat and Vishwa Vidayalaya metro stations from the end of April. The DMRC has procured 16 such machines to be installed at various metro stations in the capital.
Hiring activity has gained momentum in anticipation of upcoming festivals like Raksha Bandhan, Dussehra, Diwali, seasonal sales and the wedding season.
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'While the concept was introduced globally over four decades ago, branded residences have taken off now in India.'
Unwilling to wait till Delhi Metro's Phase-III is completed, the Centre wants construction work on "some sections" of the Phase-IV project to start immediately once the detailed project report is completed.
Free wifi with a speed of upto 50 mbps was rolled out on Friday across the six stations on Delhi Metro's premium Airport Express line.
Luxury carmakers are shifting into high gear with a mix of product launches, personalised experiences and lifestyle-led engagement.
Five people died in rain-related incidents in Delhi Friday as Monsoon arrived with a fury early in the morning, lashing the city with its highest rainfall in a single day of June in 88 years which brought it to a standstill with streets flooded, traffic in chaos and some commuters stranded on roads.
At least 2,900 acres of land deals, with a market value of Rs 31,000 crore, were transacted in the Indian realty market during the first six months of 2025 (H1 2025), according to a report by real estate analytics firm Anarock. These deals include both outright transactions as well as joint development agreements between realtors and landowners.
'Metro man' E Sreedharan, a much-admired technocrat who is credited with changing the face of public transport system in the country, will join the Bharatiya Janata Party giving a boost to the saffron party ahead of the assembly polls in Kerala.
'Till a few years ago, girls wouldn't take an autorickshaw alone. Now, things have improved.'
Cracks have been noticed on two piers with cantilevers on the newly constructed Yamuna Bank- Noida Metro line during an inspection of all Metro structures, a move taken up after the July 12 mishap which claimed six lives.
Some of the places where heavy waterlogging was reported included the Minto Bridge underpass, Feroz Shah Road, Patel Chowk Metro Station area and Maharaj Ranjeet Singh Marg.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will carry out a survey to explore the possibility of running metro rail service in Bhopal. It will give a feasibility report soon to Madhya Pradesh Urban Administration Department (MPUAD).
A metallic structure supporting main concrete pillars at Mumbai's under-construction Metro line, in the north-western suburb of Sakinaka, collapsed on Monday night. No one was injured in the incident, which took place at 11.30 pm on Monday night, when work was going on at the construction site of the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar metro rail. The incident comes two days after six people were killed when an under-construction pillar collapsed at a Delhi Metro site.
'We are continuously receiving calls related to incidents of violence from north-east Delhi. Commissioner of Police held a meeting at Seelampur DCP Office last night'
The Yamuna surged to a record 208.48 metres at 8 am, the Central Water Commission said on Thursday, adding that it is likely to rise to 208.75 metres by 4 pm.
The development comes a day after the Andhra Pradesh government demanded an unconditional apology from DMRC Managing Director E Sreedharan for his remarks on the HMRL project in his letter to Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia.
The city witnessed an unprecedented surge of cases and deaths during the second wave of coronavirus in April and May. The situation seems to have been improving over the past few weeks, allowing the government to reopen the city in a phased manner.
Authorities in New Delhi intensified security arrangements on Tuesday to stop the farmers' march from entering Delhi as the Singhu and Tikri borders were shut while the Red Fort complex was closed temporarily after peasants on their way to the national capital clashed with the police at the Shambhu border between Haryana and Punjab.
Calling malls, cinema halls, weekly markets, metro services and religious places "superspreader" areas, the Delhi government has directed all district magistrates to greatly intensify enforcement of COVID-19 norms in such places in view of a persistent rise in cases in the city.
Thackeray said the government had earlier declared 600 acre of Aarey land as forest but now it has been revised to 800 acre.
It would cover a distance of about 35km with 27 stations in between. Work is expected to begin in 2005 and be completed in 2010.
Farmers from different parts of Uttar Pradesh demanding adequate compensation for their lands acquired by the government marched towards Delhi on Monday but were stopped at the Noida-Delhi border where they sat on a dharna.
Both private and government hospitals have joined the protest, fighting for justice for the victim and demanding a security act for doctors.
Commuters were hit hard for the second day on Tuesday due to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's dharna in the heart of the capital with authorities shutting down four metro stations and buses being diverted.
Delhi Metro has eased lives of Delhiites.
India's craft chocolate makers are changing the market by using local cacao, creating bold new flavours, making chocolate both a luxury and a story.
Women in Nashik and Yavatmal risk their lives to get water for their homes every summer.
The airport express line of Delhi Metro, the country's first public-private-partnership project in the rail sector, would formally open for general public in a month, Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit said.
'Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda have captured the relevance to and imagination of Gen Z and millennial viewers.'
Anticipating more protests on the gang-rape of a young girl, seven Delhi Metro stations near Raisina Hill and India Gate were closed for public on Sunday.
Both the new and the old Parliament complex and their allied buildings will be brought under a comprehensive security cover of the CISF which will also have the existing elements of Parliament Security Service (PSS), the Delhi Police and the Parliament Duty Group (PDG) of the CRPF, the sources said.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Jaipur Development Authority for a four-lane elevated road-cum-metro track project.
Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan, credited with changing the face of public transport in the Indian capital, is on the 'top 25 newsmakers of 2005' list compiled by the United States' Engineering News-Record.
After roping in eminent technocrat Sam Pitroda as Kerala's "development mentor", the Congress-led UDF Government plans to utilise the services of E Sreedharan as his term as MD of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is to end next month.
