New Delhi: Delhi cabinet Tuesday approved Delhi Lakshmi Yojana, under which every eligible woman in the city will receive financial assistance of Rs 2,500 a month.The scheme, which was one of BJP’s key promises ahead of last year’s assembly polls, is expected to benefit more than 17 lakh women. Govt aims to release the first…
New Delhi: Ahead of the kanwar yatra, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has directed all its zones to ensure that no illegal or unlicensed meat shop operates along the routes or near kanwariyas’ camps. Action will also be taken against licensed meat shops found violating licence conditions.The directions came as kanwar camps are going to…
New Delhi: Delhi govt has proposed an increase in financial assistance for large Kanwar camps from Rs 11 lakh to Rs 15 lakh and to continue free electricity up to 1,200 units. Chief minister Gupta chaired a cabinet meeting where a proposal to increase the financial assistance provided to Kanwar committees for Kanwar Yatra 2026…
New Delhi: Lieutenant governor TS Sandhu Tuesday laid the foundation stone for MCD’s first dog shelter in Dwarka’s Sector-29.Spread across approximately 6,050 square metres, the facility will provide shelter, care and rehabilitation to 1,500 strays.The project is estimated to cost over Rs 3.7 crore. “The project is financed by GMR and MCD won’t have to…
Times News NetworkNew Delhi: The monsoon session of Delhi Assembly will be held from Aug 7 to Aug 11. This decision was taken during a cabinet meeting chaired by CM Rekha Gupta at Delhi Secretariat Tuesday. Gupta said that serious and meaningful discussions regarding important issues related to Delhi’s development and public welfare schemes would…
New Delhi: Delhi University’s St Stephen’s College has prohibited students from wearing shorts in several parts of the campus, including classrooms, assembly hall, library, dining hall and chapel. The move sparked protests on Tuesday and several students turned up in shorts on the first day of the new academic session.In a notice circulated internally and…
New Delhi: A day after TOI reported that traffic at Sarai Kale Khan is set to worsen as two major expressway corridors converge at the already-choked interchange, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has initiated the preparation of a detailed project report (DPR) to identify long-term engineering solutions to decongest the critical loop connecting the…
New Delhi: Children of grievously wounded police personnel have approached Supreme Court, seeking accountability for those allegedly responsible for attacking law enforcement officers and directions to strengthen their protection while on duty.The impleadment application has been filed through advocate-on-record Venkata Raghuvamsy D by the son of ACP Kailash Singh Bisht, the daughter of sub-inspector Sandeep…
New Delhi: A truck filled with stones and other construction material, which was parked near Jantar Mantar hours before the Cockroach Janta Party-led Chalo Sansad march on July 20, had been in police custody since it was involved in an accident on July 16.Delhi Police issued a clarification Tuesday after a news portal questioned the…
New Delhi: A club member has no right to challenge leasehold rights between Delhi Gymkhana Club and govt, the Centre told Delhi High Court Tuesday. It also maintained that a court has no legal power to restrain govt from taking over the DGC land after the termination of the perpetual lease for the club and…
