New Delhi: On the occasion of ‘Partition Horrors Remembrance Day’, observed annually on Aug 14, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has set up exhibitions at Rajiv Chowk and Kashmere Gate metro stations. The exhibitions will be available for public viewing till Aug 21.The exhibition portrays the horrors of partition and its impact on history. “The…
New Delhi: Vice-President C P Radhakrishnan on Friday said “no caste, language or region is more important than the nation” and urged Indians to place their national identity above “narrower identities”.Radhakrishnan was addressing a Partition Horrors Remembrance Day event organised by Delhi University’s Centre for Independence and Partition Studies and Indian Council of Historical Research….
New Delhi: Around 4,400 Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS/DBC) employees of Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s health department will receive the benefit of equal pay, with their salaries set to increase by up to approximately Rs 10,000 per month, Mayor Pravesh Wahi announced Friday.The decision, described by the mayor as an Independence Day gift to the employees, received…
New Delhi: For 86-year-old Shyamji Slawan, Partition is not merely a chapter in history. It still haunts him as a vivid nightmare that he, as an eight-year-old child, endured on a train his family took from Lahore to Jalandhar.Shyamji can still feel the panic in the air, hear the screams of people being hunted down…
New Delhi: A 12-year-old girl died after a DTC bus hit her in east Delhi’s New Ashok Nagar on Friday. Police have apprehended the bus driver.The accident triggered commotion at the spot for a brief while when residents and commuters allegedly vandalised the bus. Visuals of the spot showed the windscreen was damaged.The girl, Kayna…
New Delhi: On the eve of Independence Day, 21 CBI and 17 Delhi Police officers were awarded police medals for distinguished and meritorious service.President’s Medal for Distinguished Service (PSM) is awarded for a special distinguished record in service and Medal for Meritorious Service (MSM) is awarded for valuable service characterised by resource and devotion to…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has upheld the conviction of a man accused of sodomising an 11-year-old homeless boy, asserting that a child surviving on the street cannot be expected to give precise details about date, time or clothing with the same accuracy as a witness living in a settled environment.Dismissing the appeal of the…
New Delhi: Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has secured the extradition of fugitive drug kingpin Virender Singh Basoya from UAE under Operation Global Hunt, marking a major victory in India’s crackdown on transnational drug cartels. Detained in June via an Interpol Red Notice, Basoya was linked to Delhi’s biggest cocaine seizure of Rs 13,000 crore, besides…
New Delhi: The overarching vision of Master Plan of Delhi 2047 (MPD 2047), passed by Delhi Development Authority (DDA) in its meeting earlier this week, is a push towards vertical growth.Considering there is limited scope for horizontal expansion in the landlocked city, the plan focuses on ways to incorporate vertical expansion across residential, commercial and…
Lucky Rawat reached North Pole aboard the 50 Let Pobedy, the world’s largest, most powerful nuclear-powered icebreaker ship on Aug 4. NEW DELHI: When Lucky Rawat looks out from his Moscow hotel window, the Arctic already feels almost like a dream. Outside are trees, an open stretch of road, a parking lot lined with cars,…
