New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia will now accept applications from foreign PhD scholars throughout the year, a facility that was not available earlier. However, while applications can be submitted on a rolling basis, selected candidates will be permitted to begin their research only from the next academic session.The provision, applicable exclusively to international students, was…
An elderly man urinated in a Delhi Metro lift at Kalkaji station, sparking outrage. NEW DELHI: A viral video showing an elderly man allegedly urinating inside a lift at Delhi Metro station in Kalkaji in front of two women has triggered outrage, prompting responses from both Delhi Police and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.The incident,…
New Delhi: What began as a seemingly harmless date with a woman met through a dating app spiralled into a nightmare for a man, who was allegedly ambushed in a staged “raid” by men posing as cops. It was only after the real police intervened that the victim realised he had walked into a carefully…
New Delhi: Delhi has secured the “Exemplary” rank — the highest category — in the Centre’s Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) 2025 index, chief minister Rekha Gupta said on Saturday, attributing the achievement to improvements in logistics infrastructure, multimodal connectivity, digital governance and ease of doing business.“This achievement is the result of Delhi govt’s…
CNG prices in Delhi-NCR have seen another increase, rising by Re 1 per kg to ₹80.09, following a Rs 2 hike just two days prior. NEW DELHI: Residents across Delhi-NCR are facing another fuel price hike as compressed natural gas (CNG) prices were increased again on Sunday, marking the second hike in just two days.With…
New Delhi: A large number of enumerators visited their assigned areas on Saturday to carry out ‘ground-truthing’ to physically verify locations and match them with houselisting block maps provided to them. The exercise involves verifying their houselisting block maps with field visits to ensure that no household is left out during the survey.“The enumerators have…
New Delhi: Observing that a bank account is the very essence of an individual’s economic existence, Delhi High Court has directed a private bank to immediately defreeze the account of a city resident, holding that its continued blocking without any FIR, accusation or judicial order was “wholly arbitrary and unsustainable in law”.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav…
New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday distributed bicycles to more than 500 meritorious girl students at an event in RK Puram. She also announced that all girls taking admission to Class IX in govt schools would soon receive bicycles under a new initiative aimed at promoting girls’ education.“The education of daughters is not…
New Delhi: Hypertension is increasingly affecting teenagers and young adults in India because of rising stress, obesity, poor sleep and unhealthy lifestyles, silently damaging the brain, heart and kidneys long before symptoms appear, doctors and public health experts warned on Thursday ahead of World Hypertension Day on May 17.Speaking at ‘Illness to Wellness Conference on…
NEW DELHI: Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has busted a major international drug trafficking network and seized captagon, a highly addictive psychotropic substance used by Islamic State operatives in West Asia, which gave it the name, ‘jihadi drug’. This is India’s first-ever seizure of captagon.The mega operation resulted in the arrest of a Syrian national, Alabras…
