New Delhi: For an Israeli tourist, it was a distressing start to her India visit when she left her purse containing cash, ATM cards and other valuables in an auto in central Delhi’s Paharganj early on Tuesday morning. However, Delhi Police managed to trace the auto and recover the purse within a few hours.She took…
New Delhi: Every day in Delhi-NCR, lakhs of milk pouches are emptied, discarded and replaced. While many enter recycling streams, a significant number do not. They end up in landfills, clog drains and litter open spaces, adding steadily to the capital’s plastic pollution burden.Experts describe such waste as “fugitive plastic” — material that escapes formal…
New Delhi: Commuters travelling through East Delhi are likely to face traffic congestion over the next few weeks as desilting work in the canal drain stretch between LM Bundh, Shastri Nagar and Karkari Mor/Khureji Red Light gets underway.According to a traffic advisory issued, one carriageway on the Geeta Colony side will remain closed till June…
File photo for representation New Delhi: A three-year-old Delhi girl suffering from a rare genetic disorder has approached the Delhi High Court seeking urgent financial assistance for a life-saving bone marrow transplant, saying the treatment costs up to Rs 40 lakh and is not available at govt hospitals.The petition, filed on behalf of Baby Sanskriti…
New Delhi: Amid complaints from applicants about receiving calls offering “guaranteed admissions” in exchange for lakhs of rupees, raising concerns over a possible leak of candidate data, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (IPU) has issued a public warning asking students not to fall prey to touts and to rely only on the university’s official admission…
New Delhi: The avian story involving an adult female Oriental Pied Hornbill and Grey Hornbills that has recently gripped birders at Lodhi Garden on Tuesday took an interesting turn. The Oriental Pied Hornbill, which has been feeding a Grey Hornbill family that is not her own, has been taking care of at least two such…
Delhi Model Passes Away After Drowning In Kerala Quarry The death of Delhi-based model Divyanshu Joshi during a location recce, for fashion label Kartik Research, at an abandoned quarry in Kerala has sparked fresh questions about safety oversight on production shoots. According to local officials, the quarry had been shut for more than 20 years…
New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday conducted a surprise inspection of Transport Department facilities in Burari and directed officials to improve public amenities, infrastructure and service delivery.Gupta also inspected the under-construction Automated Testing Station (ATS), District Transport Office (DTO), Vehicle Inspection Unit and Heavy Motor Vehicle Training Institute.At the ATS site, the chief…
New Delhi: Products sold in the market should be required to display their carbon footprint on packaging, just as they carry information about ingredients and manufacturing and expiry dates. This was voiced during a conference of Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) in collaboration with Himalayan Environmental Studies and Conservation Organisation (HESCO), where…
New Delhi: Lieutenant governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu has approved the nomination of BJP functionary Satish Upadhyay as vice-chairman of the Delhi Jal Board, along with MLAs Manoj Kumar Shokeen and Ajay Mahawar, and Delhi Cantonment Board representative Rajesh Kumar Goel as members of the DJB governing body. The appointments were approved following a proposal submitted…
