New Delhi: The protest by foreign medical graduates (FMGs) over Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) held this June entered its sixth day Tuesday, with candidates continuing their agitation in Delhi over their demand for relief to examinees, even as an expert committee set up by National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has recommended…
New Delhi: For decades, photos of half-submerged buses stranded in the flooded Minto Bridge underpass have been representative of Delhi’s monsoon woes.This monsoon, several roads around Connaught Place and parts of Lutyens’ Delhi appeared to be heading towards a similar infamy, with key stretches remaining waterlogged for hours following showers.Feroz Shah Road, Baba Kharak Singh…
New Delhi: Senior BJP functionary and former minister of state Vijay Goel Tuesday alleged that Municipal Corporation of Delhi and govt officials ignored requests from MPs, MLAs, and corporators for lifting garbage and other waste from their constituencies.In a post on social media platform X, Goel said, “What an irony that MCD and govt officers…
New Delhi: Zamir Khan (31), a resident of Thoubal district in Manipur, would make multiple trips from the northeastern state to Delhi and target motorcycles and scooters parked in different parts of the city. Once the two-wheelers were stolen, his accomplice allegedly arranged for them to be moved to Manipur and other states.The trail began…
New Delhi: “Wow, so this is Qutub Minar!” For a visitor with visual impairment, recognising one of Delhi’s most familiar monuments did not require seeing it. Running their hands over its form, feeling its tapering structure and architectural details was enough to turn something encountered in textbooks into something they could visualise.That experience lies at…
New Delhi: Motorists may soon be able to approach local sub-divisional magistrates (SDMs), tehsildars and other gazetted officers to get pending traffic challans disposed of, with Delhi govt planning to empower nearly 700 officials across departments to help clear a backlog of more than four crore challans.The move is aimed at giving people more options…
New Delhi: A Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) student has alleged the university administration pressured him to remove a social media video flagging discrepancies in the admission process and threatened him with a defamation case for allegedly “tarnishing the image” of the university. Faizan Ali Khan, an MA Gender Studies aspirant, said the entrance examination was…
New Delhi: Chief Minister Rekha Gupta will hand over approval letters to 4,000 women under Delhi Lakshmi Yojana Wednesday. The govt will begin disbursing the monthly assistance of Rs 2,500 to beneficiaries from Sept 1.“Every eligible woman in Delhi must receive what is rightfully hers… Your dignity, safety, financial independence and self-reliance are at the…
A 37-year-old man died after jumping from a five-star hotel’s fourth-floor poolside. NEW DELHI: A 37-year-old man died after he allegedly jumped from the fourth-floor poolside of a five-star hotel in Delhi on Tuesday, police said.The incident took place at Le Meridien Hotel in Lutyens’ Delhi.Delhi Police said information about a person having jumped from…
New Delhi: Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) Tuesday opposed former minister Satyendar Jain’s bail plea in the Delhi Jal Board sewage treatment plant (STP) tender case, alleging that he was “part and parcel” of the conspiracy and could influence witnesses and tamper with evidence if released on bail.Special judge Dig Vinay Singh reserved the order on Jain’s…
