New Delhi: Delhi govt Thursday directed various agencies to expedite pending approvals, utility shifting and land-related clearances for several national highway and road infrastructure projects. The UT-level coordination committee on NHAI and GNCTD issues met to review the progress on key corridors and measures to address chronic waterlogging and traffic congestion. Among other issues, the…
New Delhi: An 18-year-old youth was allegedly stabbed outside a govt school in northwest Delhi’s Jahangir Puri Thursday after a Class VIII student mistook him for another student he had allegedly came to assault, police said.The victim, identified as Raahit, sustained a stab injury below the abdomen and was taken to BJRM Hospital before being…
A pilot study will test variable speed limits on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway. NEW DELHI: Imagine the exit gates of a packed stadium. If everyone rushes out at once, chaos is inevitable. But if the crowd is staggered and slowed down before reaching the gate, people get through faster. That is the idea behind a pilot…
The announcement followed a two-day meeting of the CJP core team, where the party also named chief spokesperson Saurav Das and spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka as co-conveners NEW DELHI: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has announced its National Working Committee as part of efforts to strengthen its organisational framework, with founder Abhijeet Dipke appointed as the…
Delhi government is preparing to table a Private Universities Bill soon (Image used for representational purpose only). NEW DELHI: Delhi may soon join the list of states that permit private universities, with govt preparing to table Private Universities Bill during the upcoming assembly session.The proposed legislation seeks to establish a statutory framework for private universities…
Justice Abha Nayar Patel, a Zambian Supreme Court judge, addressed the Indian Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association NEW DELHI: A seven-year-old girl from Delhi whose parents migrated to Zambia in 1973 for livelihood opportunities has gone on to become the first woman judge of Zambian Supreme Court and the first from there to sit on the…
New Delhi: It is the duty of a doctor to verify every claim by a patient, Delhi High Court has said, refusing to stay criminal proceedings against a medical practitioner for illegally terminating a 16-year-old girl’s six-week pregnancy and failing to report the matter to the authorities.While the doctor claimed that the minor’s age at…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court Thursday dismissed Olympian wrestler Sushil Kumar’s bail plea in the Sagar Dhankar murder case of 2021.Justice Purushaindra K Kaurav found no merit in the bail plea and dismissed the same. However, the detailed order is awaited.Kumar had approached HC and cited changed circumstances to seek bail. His counsel had highlighted…
New Delhi: Delhi govt‘s Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) project, aimed at overhauling and digitising its financial processes, has failed to attract any bidders despite receiving approval more than seven months ago.The proposal for the IFMS project was approved by Delhi govt in Dec last year, following which the finance department floated the request for…
New Delhi: After the defence counsel arrived late during the hearing in the NEET-UG paper leak case, a fast-track court Thursday remarked, “Understand my anxiety please. Every minute here is important.”CBI was arguing on the bail plea filed by Mangilal and Vikas Biwal, when special judge Ajay Gupta noted the absence of the defence counsel…
