The Leader of the Opposition in the Delhi Assembly, Jagdish Mukhi, on Tuesday termed the Delhi Budget presented by Finance Minister A. K. Walia on Monday as a document of announcements alone and not a budget in the real sense. Initiating a discussion in the House on the Budget, he …
India has added two more swanky symbols to make it part of the first-world grade: in Hyderabad and the gleaming Bengaluru international airport. But look behind the glitzy fa
Air quality crisis in cities is attributable mainly to vehicular emissions. Transportation systems are expanding everywhere. This paper examines the pollutant emissions from automobiles and identifies that the capacity of routine monitoring networks and impact assessment in India is usually limited to criteria pollutants.
The highly pathogenic avian influenza could reach new areas in the state after the state animal husbandry department officials received reports that poultry owners of the notified areas in Malda have transported their poultry products by taking advantage of slow culling operations during Holi. Officials said though nearly 45,000 chickens …
Bicholim Deputy Collector Arvind Bugde has threatened to penalize ore transport operators if they violated rules while transporting mining ore from Tivim to Bicholim. The deputy collector warned the ore transport operators of strict action at a meeting on Thursday to resolve differences between the residents and transport operators, following …
A distinctive red double-decker bus from London on loan to the city of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, was unveiled to the press Wednesday ahead of the start possibly this spring of its scheduled service. Shimonoseki will be the first Japanese city operating a Routemaster bus on a regular basis. Aimed at …
India's most hi-tech power turbine is finally expected to be liberated from a narrow hill road between Mumbai and Nashik on Tuesday, almost nine months after it got embarrassingly stuck on its way to Chhattisgarh as the National Highway here was not strong or wide enough to take the load. …
Chandigarh, Karnataka, Andhra keen on project Keen to spread the network of Metro rail across the country, the Centre has decided to enact a law aimed at addressing the legal hurdles in such an endeavour. The Bill to amend the Delhi Metro Operation and Maintenance Act, 2002, will be introduced …
A Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority has recently been set up in the city. All modes of public transportation, including Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) buses, the Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) and the proposed Chennai Metro will soon be brought under the purview of this body. Sometime ago, the first joint …
Reckless Tempo Drivers, Careless Pedestrians, Heavy Tonnage Vehicles Account For Accidents If you manage to reach home alive out of the traffic mayhem each day, especially Sunday, thank your stars. Reckless tempo drivers, a careless pedestrian doing an obstacle race between moving vehicles during peak hours, trucks jabbing a rickshaw, …
The dream of climate-friendly, petroleum-free motoring is creeping closer - thanks to a clutch of breakthroughs in nanotechnology. Several recently reported lab findings promise to vastly improve the safety and performance of the high-capacity batteries that electric cars will need, at last making them a viable alternative to today's petroleum-powered …
New models seen giving a boost to '08 vehicle sales Bloomberg Domestic vehicle sales may rise this year as carmakers introduce new models, the country's automobile dealers group said. Vehicle sales excluding minicars may be higher than the 3.43 million sold in 2007, Yoichi Amano, chairman of the Japan Automobile …
Of the seven broad development themes in the draft 10th plan document, which will be discussed and approved by the new parliament, the highest budget allocation, Nu 20.465 billion, is for building and maintenance of national highways, roads to hydropower projects, new power transmission lines and development of air and …
Foodstuffs are running low and the prices of fresh vegetables have shot up as deliveries were disrupted by the tarai banda which has entered its sixth day. Traders warn that if the supply situation worsens, the resulting acute shortage of food and vegetables would lead to further price rises. "Rice …
Chandigarh, February 17 Members of the People living with HIV AIDS, a centre for the AIDS infected people that is being managed by the State AIDS Control Society, Chandigarh, are fighting a lone battle for medical and other facilities that are quite expensive for the families enrolled with the centre. …
India will choke unless it modernises its city transport systems, and you can't blame the Nano for this. Tata's Nano has set the dovecotes aflutter and reactions are flying in all directions. Some people have hailed it, rightly, as the advent of mobility in India's frozen countryside. Others, wrongly, have …
The publication describes world trade trends,and focusing on trade in merchandise and trade in commercial services. It presents detailed analytical tables, and they are introduced with a small textual description highlighting recent trade developments and issues of particular interest for readers. It is also dedicated to Metadata (sources and definitions …
