New Delhi: A 417-metre-long skywalk equipped with travelators will be constructed at Anand Vihar to provide seamless connectivity between the railway station and ISBT, Kaushambi. It will also offer integrated access to the Namo Bharat station, the Delhi Metro station and the existing foot overbridge (FOB).As the existing FOB, connecting with Delhi Metro and Namo…
New Delhi: The investigation into the inter-state child trafficking racket busted by Delhi Police is set to widen, with over two dozen couples now under the scanner for allegedly buying infants from a syndicate over several years, officers familiar with the probe said.Investigators suspect the gang may have trafficked about 30 infants across multiple states,…
Vibha SharmaNew Delhi: Taking note of increasingly erratic rainfall patterns in the capital this year, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has advanced its vector-control measures this year. On Friday, it launched an awareness campaign against vector-borne diseases as well as fogging operations. Traditionally, large-scale fogging and awareness drives begin after the onset of the monsoon.Civic…
New Delhi: The Centre told Delhi High Court Friday that social media posts and reports of over 75 judges and ministers travelling to London to participate in a badminton event are “completely false and misleading”.Its response came on a plea filed by the Badminton Association of India (BAI) seeking action against social media posts and…
New Delhi: Seventeen years after a minor was allegedly kidnapped and raped by a tailor employed at her mother’s boutique, police have arrested the accused from Bijnor in UP, after he evaded arrest since 2009. The accused, Irshad Ahmed, 42, fled the country and moved to Kuwait in 2011, where he remarried. He was held…
New Delhi: A 51-year-old man with a criminal record was shot at and critically injured by unidentified assailants in the Tughlaq Road area Thursday night, police said. Officers suspect personal enmity. The incident was reported around 9.45 pm; the victim, Mohammad Rafiq of Sunder Nursery’s JJ area, was taken to hospital. A case under BNS…
NEW DELHI: A fire broke out at a residential house in Gali No. 7 of Bihari Colony in Delhi’s Shahdara area on Saturday, prompting a swift response from the Delhi Fire Services (DFS).According to fire officials, a total of six fire tenders were rushed to the spot after information about the blaze was received. Firefighters…
New Delhi: For nearly 25 years, Meena used to leave her home early morning, commute to East of Kailash in southeast Delhi and work in other people’s homes till evening.Those who knew the 45-year-old house help said they were struggling to understand the circumstances that led to her murder, allegedly by Dr Manish Gupta at…
New Delhi: One of Delhi’s largest road bridge infrastructure projects, Barapullah Phase III, may miss its eighth deadline because a crucial 40-metre bridge deck on the Sarai Kale Khan-Mayur Vihar carriageway is yet to be cast.Eleven days before its June 30 deadline, TOI found at the construction site Friday that while the majority of the…
New Delhi: Delhi’s anti-corruption branch (ACB) has made its first arrest in connection with the alleged Rs 650-crore irregularities in the procurement of medicines and medical equipment.Dr Vinod Ranga, former head of office of Central Procurement Agency (CPA) under Directorate General of Health Services, was arrested on charges of corruption linked to the procurement of…
