NEW DELHI: “We were only four girls in the maths honours class. We were wanted everywhere — societies, sports, drama club — because there were hardly any women on campus.”When Nandita Narain walked into St Stephen’s College in 1976, women were still a novelty at the institution that had opened its doors to female students…
NEW DELHI: Simone Zoya Khan’s routine is set. She reaches Jawaharlal Nehru University’s administrative block at 9am, signs an attendance register, and picks up a booklet that outlines 2017 UGC regulations. After reading for a while, she sorts through files, traces documents and does other clerical work. Her work is done by 5pm.But Khan is…
Delhi braces for a volatile weather spell with thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds expected today (File Photo). NEW DELHI: Delhi is witnessing a change in weather conditions as light rain has begun over parts of the city, marking an early onset of the predicted thunderstorm activity along with lightning and gusty winds. The Regional Weather…
Accused Shubham Khairnar, who had earlier been arrested by Nashik Police in connection with the alleged leak. NEW DELHI: The alleged leak of the NEET-UG 2026 question paper has widened into a sprawling multi-state investigation, with Rajasthan Police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing a network that investigators say…
New Delhi: Ahead of the monsoon season, the Public Works Department (PWD) has stepped up its flood-preparedness efforts, assigning supervisory officers to hundreds of waterlogging-prone locations across the capital. The department has also warned that officers could face disciplinary action if flooding occurs in areas under their charge.According to an order, the PWD, in coordination…
New Delhi: Amid rapid expansion of artificial intelligence in healthcare, Vice President CP Radhakrishnan on Tuesday told graduating students at the 51st convocation of AIIMS that no technology could replace “the moral weight of a doctor’s presence at the patient’s bedside”.Addressing students at Bharat Mandapam, the Vice President said AIIMS Delhi was no longer merely…
New Delhi: Police have arrested a man accused of carrying out temple thefts across states. The accused, Mohit Sharma, a resident of Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, has been on the run for a prolonged period and was declared a proclaimed offender by a Punjab court in connection with a temple theft case in 2024.Investigators said…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has stayed a standard operating procedure (SOP) issued by Delhi govt allowing pruning of certain tree branches without prior approval, saying that the removal of the mandatory nod of a tree officer to carry out pruning is “in teeth of” an earlier ruling.HC acted on a contempt petition moved by…
New Delhi: Delhi Development Authority on Tuesday launched a single-window clearance system under its Online Building Permit System (OBPS), aimed at ensuring faster, transparent and citizen-centric building approvals in the Capital.The OBPS is an end-to-end digital platform designed to streamline approvals for building plans, plinth-level clearances and occupancy-cum-completion certificates, in line with the Centre’s ease…
New Delhi: Four men were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly manhandling two women in southeast Delhi’s Nehru Place, two days after the incident. Delhi Police said the accused—Mohammad Fahad, a computer operator; Mohammad Savej, a contract worker; Mohammad Arif, a worker at a mobile store and Aman—are residents of Jakir Nagar in Okhla. The incident…
