New Delhi: Weeks into the new academic session, the absence of textbooks in several Delhi schools has forced teachers to improvise daily, redesigning lessons at short notice to keep classes running and prevent learning gaps.While private schools have managed the transition with relative ease, govt schools are grappling with limited resources and uneven access to…
New Delhi: A pall of gloom descended on west Delhi’s Khajan Basti on Friday as the locality mourned the loss of three members of a single family after a cruise boat sank in a dam on the Narmada in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur on Thursday.Three generations — 39-year-old Marina, her young son Trishan (4) and her…
New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta and lieutenant governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Friday completed their self-enumeration, marking the launch of the self-enumeration phase of Census 2027 across 250 municipal wards of the city.Senior officials overseeing census operations visited the residences of the CM and the LG as they filled in their details.“Today, I entered…
NEW DELHI: The truck that fatally hit two cousins on Ashoka Road in central Delhi had been granted “special permission” by Delhi Traffic Police to operate before no-entry hours for the collection of horticultural waste in the area. Such permissions are processed and approved by the DTP headquarters in west Delhi’s Todapur, a senior police…
New Delhi: A Delhi court has directed the joint commissioner of police (transport range) to conduct a fresh investigation into the disappearance of two community dogs from IGI Airport, describing the earlier police inquiry as “inadequate” and lacking “serious efforts”.The case relates to ‘Kaddu’ and ‘Brownie’, two community dogs that have remained untraceable for over…
New Delhi: More than 23,000 industries operating in 17 industrial areas are covered by 13 common effluent treatment plants (CETPs) in Delhi. While two CETPs in Narela and Bawana were upgraded in 2024, the remaining 11 are operating close to their assumed lifespan of 20 years, the Confederation of Delhi Industries and CETP Societies has…
– People uses water during the hot day New Delhi: The city is likely to receive more spells of light showers from Sunday to Friday with gusty winds of over 50kmph, keeping daytime temperatures below normal and extreme heat at bay.On Friday, the city saw clear skies, yet the temperatures were below normal as an…
New Delhi: Delhi is set to join states like Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Bengal in making leprosy a notifiable disease under the Delhi Epidemic Diseases Act. The health department has submitted a formal proposal for approval, a move aimed at strengthening tracking and treatment efforts across the capital.The notification will mandate all govt and…
New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Friday announced a series of welfare measures for construction workers, including the deployment of mobile health vans at labour chowks and construction sites across the capital.The announcements were made at a labour welfare event organised by Sant Nirankari Mandal in Dhirpur. The package also includes financial assistance for…
New Delhi: Delhi govt is planning to bring a borewell policy in the city to ease water shortage problems, chief minister Rekha Gupta said on Friday.Gupta took part in the ‘Catch the Rain’ event organised by Delhi Jal Board (DJB) as part of the rainwater harvesting programme.“Delhi govt is considering bringing in a borewell policy….
