New Delhi: Of the 2,524 electric poles identified for installing mist sprayers across the capital, work has begun at several locations, with multiple agencies together covering 1,160 poles so far, according to Delhi govt data.Public Works Department (PWD) has installed mist sprayers on 305 poles at identified pollution hotspots and plans to extend the system…
New Delhi: Making a dent in the Gogi-Dinesh Karala network, Delhi Police has recently raided multiple locations across three states and arrested five of its shooters, arms suppliers and financiers from northwest Delhi’s Rohini and Hapur in Uttar Pradesh.“A 9 mm Glock, an Italian Beretta and a Turkish zoraki procured in order to be used…
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday set aside a magistrate’s order taking cognisance of defamation charges against BJP MLA Karnail Singh in a complaint filed by former AAP MLA Satyendra Jain, holding that the trial court failed to examine the applicability of statutory exceptions at the pre-summoning stage.Special Judge Jitendra Singh of the Rouse…
New Delhi: An intense spell of rain accompanied by a thunderstorm and a dust storm hit parts of Delhi-NCR on Thursday, bringing relief from intense heat. Some areas, including east Delhi, Noida and Ghaziabad, were also lashed by a hailstorm.When the thunderstorm hit the region around noon, it instantly caused temperatures to crash. At Safdarjung,…
File Pic of deceased Rajkumar – The spot on Dabri flyover from where Rajkumar, 25-year-old delivery executive fell and died in a hit-and-run accident by a red swift car, in southwest Delhi early Thursday morning. Photo: Piyal Bhattacharjee (with Khushi’s story) – Police personnel inspect the killer car which hits Rajkumar, 25-year-old delivery executive who…
New Delhi: Two foreign nationals were arrested in south Delhi’s Maidan Garhi on Sunday night for allegedly trafficking narcotics, with police seizing a commercial quantity of cocaine along with other psychotropic substances.Police said the arrests were made after specific intelligence was received on April 27 about two men arriving in the area to supply drugs….
New Delhi: Delhi govt has constituted a five-member committee to review the functioning of self-financing colleges affiliated with Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, following repeated complaints over admission delays and alleged irregularities.In an order issued on April 27, Directorate of Higher Education said the committee would examine the admission and affiliation framework for these colleges…
TNNNew Delhi: Delhi’s newly elected mayor Pravesh Wahi on Thursday inspected the Bhalswa landfill site to review the progress of bio-mining and bioremediation operations. He later visited the CNG biogas plant at Ghoga.Wahi said the drive to rid Delhi of garbage mountains was ongoing, and regular site visits were being conducted to monitor the pace…
New Delhi: Delhi University colleges have proposed infrastructure projects worth over Rs 1,900 crore under Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA), with multiple proposals at different stages of approval. Ramanujan College has already secured a Rs 178.3-crore sanction for a major campus upgrade.According to official documents, Ramanujan College has been sanctioned a term loan for construction…
New Delhi: A pedestrian subway connecting the existing metro station of the Airport Express Line at Delhi airport’s Terminal 3 with Terminal 2 is likely to be ready by the end of the year. Once completed, the subway will significantly reduce the walking distance between the two terminals from nearly 750 metres to about 80…
