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Soft Loan regime for consumers all set to end soon

In what could be a precursor to curtains for a soft loan regime for the consumers, private sector lenders ICICI Bank Ltd and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd as well as the largest mortgage player, Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd (HDFC), withdrew special home loan schemes on Thursday. Apart from same, HDFC Bank Ltd, IDBI Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank have also raised interest rates on auto loans.

Hauz Khas Heritage Walk on 6th March 2010 at 5pm

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06/03/2010 - 17:00 - 19:00

Hauz Khas in Delhi is a composite site which consists of a tank and several monuments like mosque, madrasa and tomb. Hauz-i-Alai was a tank, built by Emperor Ala-ud-din Khilji in 1300, so that rainwater could be preserved in the tank and distributed across the city of Siri which served as the capital of Khilji dynasty.

Indian Hockey team wins both the match as well as millions of hearts!

India demolished Pakistan by 4-1 in their opening group match of World Cup. Being played in Delhi, Indian team got great moral support from thousands of people who came to see these two arch rivals compete. This was the biggest margin with which India has ever defeated Pakistan in a World Cup match.Match started with great spirits and players singing their respective national anthems.

Essential Commodities Act may be reworked to bring in effective price control

The Food and Civil Supplies department has started to plug the loopholes in price control mechanism of essential commodities in the city , following a directive from Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to either formulate a new law or to strengthen the Essential Commodities Act to have more grip over the wholesalers and retailers.

DIAL offsets Rs 1472 crore of project cost by lease of land

International Airport Pvt. Ltd (DIAL), the private operator of the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, has successfully raised Rs 1,472 crore from the sale of 45 acres of land to developers. This is well above the Rs 912 crore it had expected to raise from the sale last year.

Telecom Regulator working on norms for 4G services even before auction of 3G spectrum

Telecom regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has kicked off discussions on introducing fourth generation (4G) mobile wireless broadband services in India this week. TRAI on Wednesday sought the industry’s response on this issue and said it was examining the possibility of launching a consultation process on 4G technologies.

Shiv Sena & MNS-Champions of the non-issue

Twitter is once again abuzz with anti Shiv Sena outpouring. Many return tweets on this one: Amir & Shah Rukh are '2 Idiots' : Shiv Sena.

Did WHO Have Vested Interest in Swine Flu Pandemic?

So why has the swine flu scare been so hyped; why have we been made to feel so scared? Now the reason that is emerging is much like the conspiracy theories that the Americans are so fond of promulgating and the culpable party in all this appears to be officials of the World Health Organisation.

High Court ruling puts Consumer Court on backfoot

The Delhi High Court has set aside a three year old ruling of the Delhi Consumer Commission which allowed every consumer annoyed by unsolicited telemarketing calls and messages to be compensated Rs 25,000.

Farmers rushing to claim their land back from Reliance Power for Dadri project

As the Dadri power project from Reliance Power has failed to take off even after five years since the company acquired land from farmers for that purpose, famers have now got the choice to reclaim their land by filing their greviences in local court.

The Kumbh Mela in the 21st Century

If there is one image that foreign tourist probably think of as quintessentially part the Indian experience, it could be the one of the Kumbh Mela; the incredible sight of people in their multitudes gathered together for a common religious belief.  An age old tradition that was observed even by 7th century Chinese traveller, Huan Tsang, the festival is still observed with as much fervor, though now many modern systems are put in place for the safety of the pilgrims. 

Shashi Tharoor – India’s Mr. Controversy

Our politics is peopled with the illiterate, the uneducated, the crass, the criminal and all other manner of unsavoury characters. In all this it is rather strange that the one political voice should repeatedly come under the radar for making inappropriate statements is arguably the most urbane, sophisticated and articulate one; that of Shashi Tharoor

Wedding rush chokes the infrastructure of Delhi

As close to 40000 weddings were scheduled for Friday evening, a majority of roads in capital got choked with cars and other vehicles in late evening, reminding the government that even the recently taken initiatives for improving the infrastructure may not be sufficient to handle the rush at the time of Commonwealth Games 2010.

Draft for new Delhi Property Bill ready for review

As there are plenty of loopholes in the existing "Property Bill' in Delhi, the draft for revised 'Property Bill' with digital registration of properties right and a nodal authority for settling fraudulent transactions is up for review .

Low floor DTC buses playing key role in bringing down losses

As the state government is getting more aggresive in procuring low floor buses, Delhi Transport Corporation has realised that these buses are playing instrumental role in bringing down its operating losses.

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