A court face-off

Advocate Vikram Singh Chauhan had filed a defamation case against then Times Now editor-in-chief for calling him a ‘goonda’ during a February 2016 primetime debate As difficult as it might be to believe, there have been a handful of times when Arnab Goswami, current managing director of Republic TV and former editor-in-chief of Times Now, […]

The common man strikes back – and scores

Entrepreneur Tarun Bhalla found a unique way to protest against a half-a-kilometer long puddle of filth in front of his office that had not been cleared for seven long months. And struck pay dirt! On March 2, on a small stretch of West Delhi’s Rama Road in Kirti Nagar, a huge ‘opening ceremony’ was organised. […]

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 […]