The associations requested permission to stage a peaceful demonstration from 11am to 5pm at the designated protest site. (Representative Image) NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police Retired Officers’ Association has sought permission from the Delhi Police to hold a one-day dharna at Jantar Mantar on July 31 in solidarity with police and paramilitary personnel injured during…
Devotees walk on a road carrying Kanwars weighing 101 and 151 kg during the commencement of the annual ‘Kanwar Yatra’, in Haridwar on Saturday. (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Kanwar Yatra, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has directed all its zones to shut down illegal or unlicensed meat shops operating along Kanwar…
Waterlogging reported in several parts of Delhi-NCR NEW DELHI: Delhi-NCR woke up to heavy rain on Tuesday, bringing some relief from the humid weather but also triggering waterlogging and traffic snarls at several locations.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a ‘red’ alert for Delhi, forecasting moderate rain at many places and heavy rain at…
Many Indian cities lack dignified pet cremation and burial options. As pet ownership booms across urban India, most cities still have no dignified way to say a final goodbye — and the few facilities that exist are frequently overwhelmed, underfunded, or broken downFor hundreds of thousands of pet owners across India, the death of a…
IB staffer murder case: Prosecution seeks death sentence for Tahir Hussain, other convicts New Delhi: The prosecution Monday sought death penalty against former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain and four others convicted of the murder of Intelligence Bureau officer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.The court of additional sessions judge Parveen Singh was hearing…
Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely over Haryana, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Vidarbha and west Uttar Pradesh. NEW DELHI: Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to continue across several parts of the country on Wednesday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing rain warnings for parts of north, central, northeast…
New Delhi: A magisterial inquiry into the May 30 collapse of an unauthorised multi-storey building in south Delhi’s Saket has flagged serious lapses by MCD, questioning why illegal construction went undetected for months and alleging that some civic officials may have fabricated records after the tragedy to cover up their inaction.Delhi govt had ordered an…
New Delhi: Given that nearly half the city’s waste was not yet being segregated at source and about 50 per cent of the waste generated daily was being disposed of at the dump sites, lieutenant governor TS Sandhu, in a review meeting with the MCD commissioner and senior officials, took stock of the situation and…
Union minister Nitin Gadkari filed a civil suit seeking removal of deepfakes. NEW DELHI: Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari has claimed in a proposed civil suit before the Bombay high court that he had no role in the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) programme or the E20 initiative, alleging that AI-generated deepfakes and…
New Delhi: BJP councillor Satya Sharma from Gautampuri ward was unanimously re-elected as the chairperson of Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s standing committee for the second consecutive term Monday. BJP’s Satyapal Singh from Karawal Nagar West was also elected unopposed as the committee’s deputy chairperson.Following her election, Sharma said the councillors from both the party in…
