Delhi reports a critical lack of anti-malaria officers and other key health staff (Representative image) NEW DELHI: Despite 14 sanctioned posts, the national capital currently does not have a single anti-malaria officer (AMO), a recent report by Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on staff strength in the public health department has revealed.Till Aug 8 this…
Election officials said nearly 75% of the over 47 lakh voters are those who seem to have shifted (either within the city or outside). (Representative image) NEW DELHI: One in three registered voters in Delhi will not find their name in the draft electoral roll that will be published on Aug 24.The names of 47.6…
The AIIMS board reviewed available national and international scientific literature before arriving at its conclusion. NEW DELHI: An AIIMS medical board that conducted a court-ordered second postmortem of Twisha Sharma has concluded that she died by suicidal hanging and it did not find injuries of medico-legal importance suggestive of assault or struggle.“It is a clear…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court said Monday it will hold “comprehensive” hearings in the liquor policy discharge case from Oct and not “piecemeal”, noting that the matter is yet to start despite being first taken up this Feb.HC’s remarks came as it refused to first decide on the maintainability of CBI’s challenge against the discharge…
New Delhi: A 50-year-old security guard died after an iron sliding gate collapsed on him at an under-construction ministry of external affairs (MEA) hostel on KG Marg in central Delhi Sunday.Police have registered a case under Section 106 (causing death by negligence) of BNS.The victim, Dharampal, a contractual employee from Uttar Pradesh’s Hardoi district, was…
New Delhi: A 50-year-old security guard died after an iron sliding gate collapsed on him at an under-construction ministry of external affairs (MEA) hostel on KG Marg in central Delhi Sunday.Police have registered a case under Section 106 (causing death by negligence) of BNS.The victim, Dharampal, a contractual employee from Uttar Pradesh’s Hardoi district, was…
New Delhi: Delhi govt has overhauled the licensing process for cinema halls and multiplexes, scrapping the existing system of obtaining separate no-objection certificates (NOCs) from multiple departments and introducing a single-window, district-level mechanism with fixed timelines for approvals. The new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) removes police licensing powers and replaces the old system with a…
New Delhi: A Delhi court Monday dismissed the bail plea of Central Procurement Agency (CPA) official Vinod Kumar Ranga in the alleged Rs 700-crore medical procurement scam, with special judge Vidya Prakash citing the early stage of the investigation and the seriousness of the allegations.Ranga’s defence had argued he had been in custody for over…
New Delhi: A tiranga yatra organised by New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) in Connaught Place Monday drew sharp criticism from traders, who alleged that they were neither informed about the event beforehand nor consulted about its arrangements.Holding it on a working day disrupted businesses, they claimed, adding that road blockades and tents installed by the…
New Delhi: Police have arrested a labourer in north Delhi for allegedly killing his minor cousin, then stuffing her body in a suitcase and dumping it in the Burari area.The murder went undetected initially, but a police informer became suspicious about the labourer, Avinash, after he saw the man leaving with a suitcase and then…
