NEW DELHI: One person died and two others were injured after part of an old building collapsed during demolition work in Outer North Delhi’s Swaroop Nagar on Saturday, police said.The deceased was identified as a 40-year-old labourer. The two other workers, aged 28 and 30, sustained minor injuries and are in a stable condition.Police said…
New Delhi: A magisterial inquiry into the June 3 fire at a Hauz Rani guest house that claimed 23 lives has found that the tragedy was the result of regulatory failures involving multiple govt agencies, and repeated opportunities to stop illegal construction and enforce safety norms were allegedly ignored over several years. The report submitted…
New Delhi: With more than half of the world’s migratory avian species declining, the dwindling number of birds crossing continents and oceans reflects a deepening biodiversity crisis, warns a study. The report stands relevant to Delhi-NCR, a major birding zone that attracts over 100 species of migratory birds from central Asia and beyond.Published in Nature…
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has removed the mandatory requirement of 90% property tax payment by all households for residents welfare associations (RWAs) to achieve zero waste tag and earn incentives. Under Zero Waste Colony Scheme, which was earlier known as Sahbhagita Scheme, the civic body has also increased the maximum incentive for…
New Delhi: The white-collar professionals who had been following and supporting the students’ movement between client calls and meetings, turned up in large numbers Saturday, using their day off to stand in solidarity with the movement.Coincidentally, the day the “corporate majdoors” — a term widely used on social media — came, was also the day…
New Delhi: Around 1.30 pm, an hour before Dharmendra Pradhan put out his post on X saying he had put his resignation before the Prime Minister, stone throwing started at Jantar Mantar.The flashpoint was the four-road intersection outside the NDMC building, which by then had become a heavily fortified zone. There were barricades on all…
New Delhi: Delhi Police Saturday released the names and CCTV images of several people with alleged criminal antecedents who, according to investigators, were involved in the violence that erupted during Sansad March on July 20.Sources said one of the suspects had been identified as Sahil, who was allegedly seen near police vehicles that were vandalised….
New Delhi: More than 30 people were injured in stone throwing in the Sansad Marg area Saturday, hours before the students’ protest by Cockroach Janta Party was dissolved.A senior police officer said the injured included over 20 police personnel, six people and three journalists.Delhi Police asked people to avoid going towards New Delhi “unless absolutely…
New Delhi: On Saturday a special judge took charge of the designated court to deal with criminal cases arising from paper leaks as well as the use of other unfair means in public examinations, court sources said.They said special Judge Anu Grover Baliga took charge of a specially designated Fast Track Court to try offences…
New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Saturday ended its agitation after central govt broadly accepted its three key demands.During the third round of talks that CJP’s representatives had with two Union ministers, it emerged that two demands — of withdrawing cases filed against protesters and compensating the families of the students who died by suicide…
