Central Public Works Department

The Central Public Works Department (CPWD), the premier construction agency of the Union government, set up a zonal office in city's Pokhariput recently, a senior CPWD officer said.

It seems, Kochi corporation is more interested in the welfare of its contractors than providing better facilities to Kochiites.

Central Public Works Department (CPWD)'s erstwhile eastern region additional director general (supply) Chandra Shekhar Prasad has assumed office as director general, CPWD.

Thousands of junior engineers (JEs) of the Central Public Works Department held a rally in front of Nirman Bhawan to protest against bad administrative policies.

Cracking down on late comers, Central Public Works Department (CPWD) has threatened to take disciplinary action against those who are “habitually” late.

The move by Central University of Kerala (CUK) to install a network of surveillance cameras at a cost of around Rs 1 crore in the campus has earned the ire of faculty and students who consider it as an assault on academic freedom and privacy.

Now on, residents of the official quarters, constructed and owned by the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) can directly lodge their complaints relating to the maintenance of their houses through the e-service facility on computer and mail it to the department through mail. VK Sharma, chief engineer,

The National Green Tribunal has directed the municipal corporations and Central Public Works Department to clean all drains within three weeks from Tuesday.

By the end of next year, over 13,000 people will be able to see the daily ritual of the retreat ceremony by BSF and Pakistan Rangers at the Wagah border in Punjab.

The police have, till now, even failed to determine the motive behind Singh's killing - whether it was the fallout of some personal rivalry or any tender dispute.

Next time you visit world heritage site Humayun's Tomb, you will be greeted by a first-of-its-kind site exhibit at the principal entrance to the tomb that not only chronicles the conservation work undertaken in the tomb complex in the past several years but also explains the 16th century mausoleum's history.

The Union government wants to cancel the lease deeds of all salt pan owners in Mumbai and surrounding areas so that around 5,500 acres of land can be released for housing slumdwellers in the city.

Infrastructure major Tata Projects Ltd has emerged as the lowest bidder for the new Parliament House building project quoting Rs 861.9 crore, which is 8.4% less than the estimated cost. Larsen and Toubro Ltd quoted the second lowest bid amount of Rs 865 crore.

Contracts of the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) are under the scanner following detection of a case of fraud. Police say parties not enlisted with CPWD have been bagging the department's contracts over the years.

A coronavirus positive Central Public Works Department employee was found dead on roadside in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla on Tuesday, police said.

In a first such move, Central Public Works Department (CPWD), which is responsible for maintenance of 1.76 lakh government houses across 53 cities, has specified a time-frame for attending to different complaints.

In a first-of-its-kind survey of government buildings in Delhi, Central Public Works Department has identified structures that need rain water harvesting systems.

The Central Public Works Department (CPWD) is likely to construct the border fence between Oman and Yemen. Only two Indian agencies – CPWD and Engineering Projects India Ltd (EPIL) – were shortlisted in a secret bidding by the Oman government.

At the same time the illegal mosque in Jangpura was razed, the Central Public Works Department demolished a temple in south Delhi`s Pushp Vihar.

In a rare case that exposes how a government employee can take the system for a ride, a government employee remained absent “unauthorizedly” for 22 years – from June 1990 to June 2012 - and even retired.

A two-and-a-half-year old boy fell into a 15-foot deep uncovered hole, which was dug for installing an earth wire for electricity supply, in an under-construction housing colony of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) in Sector 32 on Tuesday.

A parliamentary panel wants government to issue an executive order to ensure availability of police and civic agencies' personnel for eviction of encroachers from public land.

A high profile 9-member delegation from Oman will visit to see security arrangements at international border adjoining Pakistan, including the fencing work.The delegation will be here between July 4 and 6.

With less than two months left to the Commonwealth Games, the organising committee (OC) seems to be facing an uphill task.