New Delhi: Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has launched digital outreach measures to make the Master Plan for Delhi-2047 (MPD-2047) easier for residents and stakeholders to understand and participate in its implementation.The initiative has been undertaken on the directions of lieutenant governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu.Officials said that taking note of common queries related to new policies,…
New Delhi: Despite New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) intensifying its cleanliness and spruce-up drives ahead of the upcoming BRICS Summit, complaints about poorly maintained public and community toilets in Lutyens’ Delhi continue to surface.Several users on social media have flagged the condition of such toilets at prominent locations, prompting NDMC chairman Manoj Dwivedi to direct…
New Delhi: Police is preparing to recreate the crime scene with murder accused Imran alias Aquib after doctors declare him medically fit, as investigators seek to establish the sequence of events leading to the killing of Delhi University student and part-time model Muskan.Police will seek Aakib’s remand after he is medically fit and discharged. During…
New Delhi: Delhi has reclaimed 100 acres of landfill space — equal to nearly 60 football fields — by clearing 15 lakh truckloads of legacy waste at Bhalswa, Okhla and Ghazipur, as govt races against time to flatten these mountains of garbage.“So far, around 2.16 crore metric tonnes of waste have been processed across the…
New Delhi: Delhi’s tree pruning dilemma is growing along with its trees. While residents are worried about overgrown trees falling on people and cars, the authorities don’t want to touch the matter, fearing legal repercussions.Residents like Kalika Dhingra took the matter to the local councillor, but to no avail. Dhingra, an RWA member from D…
New Delhi: Delhi Police’s special cell has arrested four alleged associates of the Himanshu Bhau syndicate from Kota, Rajasthan, for the murder of dairy businessman Ratan in Aya Nagar last Dec, police said. Raman, 19, and Karan, 22, allegedly fired over 70 rounds and were also involved in other violent crimes. Brothers Shekher Tiwari, 23,…
New Delhi: Family members and friends of a 24-year-old youth who was killed in a suspected hit-and-run staged a protest outside Jahangirpuri police station Sunday, demanding that police identify the vehicle and driver involved in the accident. The family alleged that 28 days after the incident, police were yet to provide them with answers about…
New Delhi: The iPhone of a Supreme Court law officer, Deepika Deshwal, was stolen from her car in her presence near northwest Delhi’s Britannia Chowk last Wednesday.The phone contained critical documents from her tenure as a govt officer in Punjab, including forensic folders related to human trafficking networks and files linked to active multi-state scam…
New Delhi: An associate of the Nasir-Shahrukh gang and a proclaimed offender wanted in a 2022 gang rivalry murder case has been arrested by Delhi Police crime branch from a hotel in Ahmedabad, where he was staying under a false identity.According to police, Sumit Gupta was booked in a case at Ambedkar Nagar police station…
New Delhi: Students protesting the death of an IIT Delhi student have rejected the administration’s allegation that protesters used “unsavoury, humiliating and threatening” slogans outside faculty residences.The protesters also denied entering the faculty residential area, saying their march briefly paused outside the gate before continuing towards the main entrance. They alleged that the administration’s response…
