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Janakpuri
Janak Puri is an affluent neighborhood in the South West district of Delhi, India. It is located near the Delhi Cantonment area and is accessible by road and Delhi Metro via multiple lines as well as train because of its nearest railway station at Delhi Cantonment. Locality Janak Puri was planned as the largest residential colony Asia in late 1960s and has a large number of parks in each pocket of the locality and is a well structured city. The Janak Puri District Park, in the middle of the Colony, is a managed green land-mass. The present geographical structure of the Janak Puri constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002. The main commercial centre is the Janak Puri District Centre, which houses regional offices of companies and firms as well as shops selling food, apparel, handicrafts and jewellery. A "crafts bazaar" within the complex sells handicrafts and hom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janakpuri West Metro Station
The Janakpuri West metro station is an interchange station between the Blue Line and Magenta Line of Delhi Metro. History Phase III Under Phase III, Janakpuri West station has become an interchange station with the Magenta line (Janakpuri West – Botanical Garden). From here, passengers can connect to South Delhi and Noida via. Indira Gandhi International Airport Terminal 1, Hauz Khas and Kalkaji Mandir. The section was inaugurated on 28 May 2018 by Honorable Chief Minister, Mr. Arvind Kejriwal & Union Minister, Mr. Hardeep Singh Puri. Commercial operations began started 29 May 2018. India's Highest Escalators The escalators installed at the new Janakpuri West Metro station have the highest elevation for any escalator in India. These escalators have a height of 15.65 meters, equal to a five-story building, that surpasses the height of the escalators installed at the Kashmere Gate metro station, which are 14.575 meters tall. The horizontal length of the escalators is 35.32 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magenta Line (Delhi Metro)
The Magenta Line is a metro rail line of the Delhi Metro, a rapid transit system in Delhi, India and the first driverless metro in India. The line, which trundles across South Delhi and is majorly underground, spans and consists of 26 metro stations: 10 are elevated and the rest are underground. Unlike the Airport Metro Express, this line directly serves Terminal 1 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport. The Janakpuri West metro station on the line contains India's tallest escalator with a vertical height of . The Magenta Line has interchanges with the Yellow Line at Hauz Khas, Blue Line at Janakpuri West and Botanical Garden and the Violet Line at Kalkaji Mandir of the Delhi Metro network. Shankar Vihar metro station is unique within the network as it is the only station where civilian movement is restricted by the military. Located within the Delhi Cantonment, it primarily serves defence personnel due to its position in the heart of the defence zone. The Hauz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashish Sood
Ashish Sood (born 2 September 1966) is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party from Delhi. He is currently serving as the home, power and education minister of Delhi. He was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in the 8th Delhi Assembly The Eighth Delhi Legislative Assembly was constituted on 20 February 2025 after the 2025 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections were concluded earlier on 5 February 2025 and the results were announced on 8 February 2025. It is the legislative ... from Janakpuri Assembly constituency. He is also serving as Prabhari Goa and Seh Prabhari Jammu & Kashmir- BJP. Early life and education Ashish Sood’s political journey began during his college days at Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College (DU). He pursued a degree in Commerce and actively took part in student politics. Sood was associated with ABVP, the nationalist student organisation in India. He was first elected Secretary of the college, after which he rose to the post of J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delhi Metro
The Delhi Metro is a rapid transit system that serves Delhi and the adjoining satellite cities of Faridabad, Gurugram, Noida, Bahadurgarh, and Ballabhgarh in the National Capital Region (India), National Capital Region of India. The system consists of #Network, 10 colour-coded lines serving List of Delhi Metro stations, 289 stations, with a total length of 395 km (245 mi). It is India's Urban rail transit in India#List of systems, largest and busiest Urban rail transit in India, metro rail system and the second-oldest, after the Kolkata Metro. The metro has a mix of underground, at-grade, and elevated stations using 5 ft 6 in gauge railway, broad-gauge and standard-gauge tracks. The metro makes over 4,300 trips daily. Construction began in 1998, and the first elevated section (Shahdara metro station, Shahdara to Tis Hazari metro station, Tis Hazari) on the Red Line (Delhi Metro), Red Line opened on 25 December 2002. The first underground section (Vishwa Vidyalaya metro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janakpuri District Center
Janak Puri is an affluent neighborhood in the South West Delhi district, South West district of Delhi, India. It is located near the Delhi Cantonment area and is accessible by road and Delhi Metro via multiple lines as well as train because of its nearest railway station at Delhi Cantonment. Locality Janak Puri was planned as the largest residential colony Asia in late 1960s and has a large number of parks in each pocket of the locality and is a well structured city. The Janak Puri District Park, in the middle of the Colony, is a managed green land-mass. The present geographical structure of the Janak Puri constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002. The main commercial centre is the Janak Puri District Centre, which houses regional offices of companies and firms as well as shops selling food, apparel, handicrafts and jewellery. A "crafts bazaar" within the complex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outer Ring Road, Delhi
The Outer Ring Road is a six-lane ring road that encircles the city of Delhi. It has three lanes in each direction, with a total length of 47 km. Although it used to have traffic lights and at-grade intersections, mushrooming interchanges have reduced the number of lights to just two, and traffic now flows much more smoothly. Several stretches of the Outer Ring Road have been notified as National Highways. Delhi features 3 ring roads, inner, outer and UER-II. Areas on Outer Ring Road List of places on Delhi Outer Ring road in anti-clockwise direction is as follows: * Civil Lines * Majnu Ka Tila / New Aruna Nagar * Gopalpur Village * Nirankari Park * Burari Crossing * Mukundupur * Bhalswa Lake * Mukarba Chowk * Haiderpur, Shalimar Bagh * Badli Village, Rohini * Rohini * Pitampura * Mangolpuri * Peeragarhi, Paschim Vihar * Paschim Vihar * Keshopur * Vikaspuri * Janakpuri * Dabri * Dashrathpuri * Mahavir Enclave * Palam * Delhi Cantonment * Vasant Vihar * RK Pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Delhi (Lok Sabha Constituency)
West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the seven Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the National Capital Territory of Delhi. This constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002. Earlier some parts of the constituency were included in Outer Delhi constituency and some parts were included in the erstwhile South Delhi constituency. Assembly segments West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following ten Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies: Members of Parliament The West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency was created in 2009. The list of Member of Parliament (MP) is as follows: Election results 2024 2019 2014 2009 See also * List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, the Lower House of the Parliament of India, is made up of Members of Parliament ( MPs). Each membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maharaja Surajmal Institute
Maharaja Surajmal Institute (MSI) is a private institution of higher education located in Janakpuri, New Delhi, India. Established in 1979 by the Surajmal Memorial Education Society, MSI is affiliated with Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) and offers undergraduate courses. These include degrees in management (such as BBA with specialised tracks like Banking & Insurance), computer applications, engineering ( B.Tech), commerce ( B.Com), and education ( B.Ed), delivered through both morning and evening shifts. See also * Maharaja Suraj Mal * Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology is a private engineering college located in Janakpuri, Delhi. The college is affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. Administration Maharaja Surajmal Institute is a self-financing pr ... References Colleges in India {{Delhi-university-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tihar Jail
Tihar Prisons, popularly known as Tihar Jail, are a prison complex in India and are one of the largest complexes of prisons in India. There are 9 functional prisons spread over more than 400 acres. Run by Department of Delhi Prisons, the prison contains nine central prisons, and is one of the three prison complexes in Delhi. The other two prison complexes are at Rohini Sub City, Rohini and Mandoli, Delhi, Mandoli with one and six central prisons respectively. Tihar prison complex is located in Janakpuri, approximately 3 km from Tihar Village, Tihar village in West Delhi. The prison is styled as a correctional institution. Its main objective is to convert its inmates into ordinary members of society by providing them with useful skills, education, and respect for the law. It aims to improve the inmates' self-esteem and strengthen their desire to improve. To engage, rehabilitate, and reform its inmates, Tihar uses music therapy, which involves music training sessions and conc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South West Delhi District
South West Delhi (ISO: ''Dakṣinṇa Paścima Dillī'') is one of the eleven administrative districts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India. Kapashera serves as the administrative headquarters of South West Delhi. South West Delhi is bounded by the districts of West Delhi to the north, Central Delhi to the northeast, New Delhi and South Delhi to the east, Gurgaon District of Haryana state to the south, and Jhajjar District of Haryana to the west. South West Delhi has a population of 2,292,958 (2011 census), and an area of 420 km², with a population density of 5,445 inhabitants per square kilometre. It is the fourth most populous district in Delhi. The district court that functions under the Delhi High Court for South West Delhi is also located in Dwarka Sector 10. Administratively, the district is divided into three subdivisions, Dwarka, Najafgarh and Kapashera. History South West Delhi is one of the old nine districts that came into existence in Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delhi Cantonment
Delhi Cantonment (ISO: ''Dillī Chāvanī''; popularly referred to as Delhi Cantt) is a Class I Cantonment Board established in 1914. The area of the Cantonment is and the population of the Cantonment as per the 2011 census is 110,351. The Cantonment is governed by the Cantonments Act, 2006 while various policy letters and instructions from the Ministry of Defence pertaining to the area are issued from time to time. Although the board functions as a local municipal body, it remains under the administrative control of the Directorate General Defence Estates, New Delhi and Principal Director, Defence Estates, Western Command, Chandigarh. It is one of three local bodies in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, the others being Municipal Corporation of Delhi and New Delhi Municipal Council. History Cantonments in Delhi and Ahmedabad were originally established by the British. The Delhi Cantonment houses the Indian Army Headquarters, Delhi Area; the Army Golf Course; the De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South West Delhi
South West Delhi (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Dakṣinṇa Paścima Dillī'') is one of the eleven administrative districts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India. Kapashera serves as the administrative headquarters of South West Delhi. South West Delhi is bounded by the districts of West Delhi to the north, Central Delhi to the northeast, New Delhi and South Delhi to the east, Gurgaon District of Haryana state to the south, and Jhajjar District of Haryana to the west. South West Delhi has a population of 2,292,958 (2011 census), and an area of 420 km², with a population density of 5,445 inhabitants per square kilometre. It is the fourth most populous district in Delhi. The district court that functions under the Delhi High Court for South West Delhi is also located in Dwarka Sector 10. Administratively, the district is divided into three subdivisions, Dwarka, Delhi, Dwarka, Najafgarh and Kapashera. History South West Delhi is one of the old nine districts that came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
