Many Indian cities lack dignified pet cremation and burial options. As pet ownership booms across urban India, most cities still have no dignified way to say a final goodbye — and the few facilities that exist are frequently overwhelmed, underfunded, or broken downFor hundreds of thousands of pet owners across India, the death of a…
IB staffer murder case: Prosecution seeks death sentence for Tahir Hussain, other convicts New Delhi: The prosecution Monday sought death penalty against former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain and four others convicted of the murder of Intelligence Bureau officer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.The court of additional sessions judge Parveen Singh was hearing…
Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely over Haryana, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Vidarbha and west Uttar Pradesh. NEW DELHI: Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to continue across several parts of the country on Wednesday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing rain warnings for parts of north, central, northeast…
New Delhi: A magisterial inquiry into the May 30 collapse of an unauthorised multi-storey building in south Delhi’s Saket has flagged serious lapses by MCD, questioning why illegal construction went undetected for months and alleging that some civic officials may have fabricated records after the tragedy to cover up their inaction.Delhi govt had ordered an…
New Delhi: Given that nearly half the city’s waste was not yet being segregated at source and about 50 per cent of the waste generated daily was being disposed of at the dump sites, lieutenant governor TS Sandhu, in a review meeting with the MCD commissioner and senior officials, took stock of the situation and…
Union minister Nitin Gadkari filed a civil suit seeking removal of deepfakes. NEW DELHI: Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari has claimed in a proposed civil suit before the Bombay high court that he had no role in the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) programme or the E20 initiative, alleging that AI-generated deepfakes and…
New Delhi: BJP councillor Satya Sharma from Gautampuri ward was unanimously re-elected as the chairperson of Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s standing committee for the second consecutive term Monday. BJP’s Satyapal Singh from Karawal Nagar West was also elected unopposed as the committee’s deputy chairperson.Following her election, Sharma said the councillors from both the party in…
New Delhi: Taking a grim view of alleged extortion attempts by two lawyers, Delhi High Court has ordered a probe.The court recently asked Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) to conduct an inquiry against the lawyers to examine their conduct and take disciplinary action, if required. The court also ordered police to investigate, including lodging an…
Protest site empties, but efforts continue to echo NEW DELHI: Nearly two days after protesters vacated Jantar Mantar, the designated site of the students’ movement from June 20 to July 25, Delhi Police personnel Monday were seen scraping newspaper sheets pasted across the glass walls of Jantar Mantar Metro station, trying to erase the traces…
The Supreme Court will establish nationwide guidelines for peaceful protests New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday said it is duty bound to protect the constitutional guarantees for right to peaceful protest but said it will examine PILs alleging both excesses by police on student protesters and violent attacks on policemen and journalists before laying down…
