NEW DELHI: Urban flooding is becoming a fixture in India’s monsoon reality and many drivers assume that electric vehicles are the first to fail because of their batteries. But automotive engineers say it’s the reverse.Every monsoon, the story is the same. Sheets of water swallow up roads, underpasses become lakes and motorists nervously pick their…
NEW DELHI: Every weekday at 5am, Manish (31) leaves his home in Bahadurgarh for a twohour commute to Vikas Bhawan. His journey involves a motorcycle ride to the Delhi border, a bus to Madhuban Chowk, the metro to ITO and a final walk.For the past seven years, he has followed the same routine, returning home…
A fallen fan with students around can be seen. (AI-generated image used for representational purpose) NEW DELHI: Viral videos of a ceiling fan crashing inside a classroom and waterlogging outside a govt school in Delhi’s Kadipur have brought the school’s infrastructure and maintenance under scrutiny. The school, however, alleged that longstanding civic issues around the…
BJP workers staged a protest outside the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) headquarters in Delhi NEW DELHI: BJP workers staged a protest outside the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) headquarters in Delhi on Thursday, demanding the resignation of Punjab education minister Harjot Singh Bains over alleged examination irregularities in the state. Heavy security was deployed outside the…
NEW DELHI: Heavy rainfall is likely to continue across several parts of the country on Friday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing rain warnings for north, central, east, northeast, west and southern India.Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds are also likely in several regions, while active monsoon conditions are expected to persist across…
Heavy security deployed outside the AAP office as BJP workers are likely to hold the protest over the alleged paper leak in Punjab. NEW DELHI: Heavy security has been deployed outside the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) headquarters in Delhi ahead of a possible BJP protest over alleged examination paper leaks in Punjab.RAF personnel, Delhi Police…
CJP spokesperson Saurav Das on Wednesday demanded ‘answers’ from Amit Shah , citing allegations made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha. NEW DELHI: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Wednesday demanded ‘answers’ from Union home minister Amit Shah over the July 20 police action against student protesters, citing allegations made by Congress…
New Delhi: Over 30 lakh households, or over 40% of Delhi Jal Board’s 73 lakh consumer base, have been using its piped water supply but not receiving bills, prompting Delhi govt to launch a six-month e-KYC drive to regularise these connections.Water minister Parvesh Verma on Wednesday said three agencies have been engaged to identify such…
New Delhi: A Delhi court has granted bail to two suspended Lucknow University law students arrested for allegedly disrupting proceedings inside the Supreme Court, observing that while their conduct deserved “unequivocal condemnation”, continued pre-trial detention was not warranted after the investigation had been completed.Judicial magistrate Ravi of Patiala House courts granted bail to third-year law…
(PTI Photo Used For Only Representational Purpose): Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) supporters raise slogans during a protest at the Jantar Mantar. NEW DELHI: Students from several Left-affiliated organisations held a protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Wednesday, demanding the release of students detained during recent demonstrations and calling for an end to what they described…
