As Delhi prepares to phase out new CNG autos, drivers say the EV ecosystem is still catching up New Delhi : Every morning, before Delhi’s roads fill with office-goers, school buses and delivery vans, Mamta waits patiently at her home in Burari. Just outside, her electric auto-rickshaw remains plugged into a charging point. For nearly…
Nishant Tomar’s leap from a stable government job as a sub-inspector in Delhi to the bustling real estate market of Australia NEW DELHI: Leaving behind the security of a government job, a former Delhi Police sub-inspector chose to start afresh in Australia, a decision he says many considered “crazy”.Years later, his journey from wearing the…
New Delhi: IIT Delhi has retained its position as the highest-ranked Indian institution in the QS World University Rankings 2027, improving its global standing from 123rd last year to 118th in the latest edition released Wednesday.Published annually by global higher education analytics firm Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), the rankings evaluate universities across a range of indicators…
New Delhi: A Parliamentary Standing Committee has questioned whether MCQ-based entrance tests are appropriate for humanities and social science disciplines, expressing concern that the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) may limit institutions such as Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in fulfilling their statutory mandate of ensuring socio-economic and regional diversity in admissions.The observations were made in…
New Delhi: After turning to Lok Adalats and evening courts to dispose of pending traffic challans, the judiciary and Delhi Traffic Police are now bringing hearings to weekends.As authorities seek to tackle the long-standing backlog of unresolved challans amid a continued surge in enforcement, special weekend courts will begin functioning likely from July 5 across…
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, MP, Punjab emerge as biggest subsidy spenders NEW DELHI: Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Punjab have emerged as the biggest dole givers, with subsidies accounting for over 13.5% of their total expenditure in 2024-25, Comptroller & Auditor General has said in its latest report on state finances.Subsidy spending by states has…
New Delhi: For many children, history lives in textbooks — confined to dates, chapters and exams. But Delhi govt is now attempting to take lessons beyond the classroom, turning the city itself into a living workbook through a new “Heritage Passport” programme for students of Classes IV to VI.Set to be rolled out after Aug…
New Delhi: The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was inducted at strategically vital Safdarjung Airport Wednesday, marking a key step in the home ministry’s push to standardise civil aviation security under a specialised federal force.Officials said the 213-acre airport in south Delhi, near Aurobindo Marg and surrounded by govt and military installations, is the capital’s…
New Delhi: Marking 12 years of the Narendra Modi-led govt, Delhi BJP Wednesday held a cleanliness drive across 256 organisational mandals in the capital. MPs, MLAs, councillors and functionaries cleaned markets, temples, parks and public spaces. Launching the campaign, Delhi BJP chief Harsh Malhotra urged citizens to avoid littering and praised MCD and private sanitation…
New Delhi: A week after shots were fired at a gym in outer Delhi’s Paschim Vihar, Delhi Police have arrested two men linked to Lawrence Bishnoi gang in connection with the incident.The two men detained in the case were identified as Arman (19) and Tushar (21), both residents of Gohana in Haryana.Special commissioner of police…
