New Delhi: A Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee has urged the apex court to order a fresh crackdown on non-conforming commercial activities operating from unsafe buildings across Delhi.In a report submitted to the court recently, the committee has sought an end to the policy allowing mixed-use and commercial activities in residential buildings under the Delhi Development…
New Delhi: Terming Delhi as the “nation’s laboratory for judicial innovation”, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant Monday inaugurated 13 dedicated special courts to try cases under anti-terror, narcotics and organised crime laws. Speaking at the Rouse Avenue Court complex, CJI Kant hoped the courts would help ensure timely justice and strengthen the criminal justice…
The house that collapsed in northeast Delhi’s Usmanpur Sunday night New Delhi: A 32-year-old man and his wife, who had been married for barely two-and-a-half months, were killed when the roof of their rented house collapsed in northeast Delhi’s Usmanpur Sunday night, while the woman’s 10-year-old son narrowly escaped as he was watching television in…
New Delhi: The city’s road digitisation survey kicked off with Ashoka Road Monday, marking the first on-ground step of Delhi govt’s collaboration with CSIR-Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) to make the capital’s roads greener and scientifically managed.A specialised network survey vehicle (NSV) has started digitising the road network to create a geo-referenced database that will…
New Delhi: Microplastics have been detected in all freshwater fish species examined from Yamuna. Fish from the Delhi stretch have significantly higher contamination than those from upstream areas, a study by researchers from University of Delhi has revealed.Microplastics are small plastic particles less than 5 mm in size. The study assessed 220 fish representing 12…
New Delhi: Lady Shri Ram College’s residence hall has reopened after four years of renovation, bringing 100 upgraded rooms back into use for around 150 students. the reopening has opened doors to students whose lives are shaped by financial hardship, disability and long commutes.The college, which receives around 700 hostel applications from first-year students each…
New Delhi: In another crackdown on private schools allegedly flouting norms, Delhi govt has issued a show-cause notice to a private school in Rohini, asking why its management should not be taken over under the Delhi School Education Act (DSEA), 1973.The directorate of education (DoE) said the action follows a joint surprise inspection by officials…
New Delhi: Two off-campus Delhi University colleges — Aditi Mahavidyalaya and Bhagini Nivedita College — have opened admissions based on Class 12 marks, even as the university’s undergraduate admissions are currently being conducted through Common University Entrance Test (CUET) scores, prompting criticism from a section of teachers who say the move has effectively created a…
New Delhi: Conversion of properties from leasehold to freehold in Delhi is an important right available to citizens, the high court has said, flagging the pendency of more than 1,300 such applications with Delhi Development Authority (DDA), for which the agency has collected over Rs 155 crore.Conversion enables citizens to freely deal with, transfer and…
New Delhi: As textile collection-cum-sale kiosks are being set up at select metro stations where people can donate usable old clothes, ‘Arpan Kendras’ were opened at five metro stations Monday. Five more such centres will come up in a week in addition to those at Shalimar Bagh, Punjabi Bagh West, Mayur Vihar Phase-1, Shahdara and…
