No place to hide

Relocating from the city to smaller towns will not offer respite from air pollution. The real solution is clear policies on clean energy Recently, Delhi introduced for the first time a fleet of electric buses in the city — that too a whopping 1,000 buses. Such measures are required on priority basis in all the […]

Metro in the cross-hairs

The Delhi government and the Union government are playing a blame game over Metro expansion. To stop the daily bickering, Kejriwal demands full statehood for Delhi, not for the first Time This is a new chapter of an old story. If something bad happens in Delhi, the multiplicity of agencies that run the Capital — […]

Politics of housing

Modi government has set up a committee for the regularisation of 1,797 unauthorised colonies. The move has been termed a political gimmick by Opposition The season of raking up old issues and making new promises has begun, after all the General Election is around the corner. The news of the regularisation of unauthorised colonies is […]

Bonanza for Dwarka

The residential township is getting some glamorous additions – a diplomatic enclave and a convention centre With a Diplomatic Enclave under construction and Asia’s second largest convention centre being constructed, Dwarka may become a big hub for entertainment and international events. Under clear blue skies, on barren land, a few construction workers are seen constructing […]

Hack that!

The Cyber Cell is struggling to ward off cyber crimes with their limitation in terms of manpower and training, which resulted in 80% of the cases remaining unsolved Throughout the year 2018, a number of states in India had been targeted with cyber frauds. And as it turns out, India ranks fourth in the list […]

Masterly ineptitude

Drafters of the Delhi master plan 2041 need to come out of their ivory tower and see how pathetic has been the implementation of the 2021 Plans Javed has wandered through the lanes of Chawri Bazaar since he was a child. Now a man in his 40s, he says there has been no improvement in […]

Sweeping away woes

The family of a sweeper, who lost both his legs to an injury he suffered while cleaning the drainage without any safety gear, is struggling to make ends meet Suman, 40, wakes up at 6 am every day, completes the household chores, prepares her dabba and leaves with her son Mohit to sweep the streets […]

A talk for the missing

A conference was recently held in the Capital to discuss the issue of missing children, child trafficking and the different measures that can be adopted to deal with the menace On a seemingly ordinary day, March 12, a discussion of mammoth importance took place. But there was a surprisingly small audience in attendance. A conference […]