New Delhi: Souvenir shops offering curated merchandise inspired by India’s heritage have opened at five major monuments in the city, marking the first phase of a larger rollout across 55 sites nationwide under a public-private partnership (PPP) model.The stores, launched last week at Qutub Minar, Red Fort, Purana Qila, Safdarjung Tomb and Jantar Mantar, are…
New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday launched an attack in Delhi Assembly on opposition parties over the women’s reservation bill, which was recently defeated in Lok Sabha, stating that it was time for women to “stop pleading and start fighting” for their rights.Addressing a one-day special session of the assembly on the issue,…
New Delhi: A 60-year-old differently-abled, retired sanitation worker of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi died after being trapped inside his home during a fire in central Delhi’s Paharganj on Monday afternoon. His two sons suffered burn injuries while trying to rescue him but could not reach him in time.According to police, Ramesh Kumar was alone…
New Delhi: AAP on Tuesday stepped up its attack on BJP govt in Delhi, accusing it of failing to fulfil its poll promise of providing Rs 2,500 to women in the city even after more than a year of the assembly election.In a press conference on the assembly premises, leader of the opposition Atishi questioned…
New Delhi: Delhi witnessed an unusually warm night, with the minimum temperature settling at 28.4 degrees Celsius, 4.6 degrees above normal, at base station Safdarjung. It was the warmest April night in nine years when the temperature touched 29 degrees Celsius on April 22, 2017. On April 28, 2018, too, the city recorded the minimum…
New Delhi: The environment department has prepared a draft Delhi State Action Plan on Climate Change (SPACC) 2.0, which has been submitted to the Union ministry of environment, forests and climate change for approval. The last such plan came into force in 2019 and was based on the data up to 2011.Officials said the new…
New Delhi: Lieutenant governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Tuesday visited the New Delhi Municipal Council’s (NDMC) Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) at Palika Kendra to review its functioning and assess the civic body’s preparedness to deal with the ongoing heatwave in the capital.During the visit, LG said the prevailing extreme weather conditions posed both…
New Delhi: A seven-year-old girl waits at home with a school bag bought when she was four, the year her parents first applied under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) quota. Years of delays and repeated admission cycles have pushed her past the age she was meant to start school. There are many like her, and…
New Delhi: Commercial heavy vehicles are a menace on the capital’s roads, though their speed seems largely under control in high-security areas of Lutyens’ Delhi, where fatal accidents or hit-and-runs involving such vehicles have been rare.That a trucker managed to speed off after mowing down two people on central Delhi’s Ashoka Road on Monday raises…
New Delhi: With an aim to equip students with practical tools for mental well-being, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) has organised a lecture centred on mindfulness, self-awareness and social responsibility.The session brought together theory and lived experience, encouraging students to reflect on their emotional health in the context of everyday life.Delivered by mental health…
