NEW DELHI: India’s bats, which are key to pollination, pest control and forest regeneration, remain widely understudied and increasingly threatened by human-driven change, according to a national assessment taking place after two decades.The report, State of India’s Bats (2024-2025), by Nature Conservation Foundation, Bat Conservation International, WWF and Centre For Wildlife Studies, shares insights of…
New Delhi: Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva and Union minister of State Harsh Malhotra on Wednesday participated in a foot march at Madhuvan Chowk to support the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam.Women from various parts of east Delhi expressed their support by marching from Nirman Vihar Metro Station to Laxmi Nagar Metro Station.Sachdeva said that the…
New Delhi: From April 16, govt enumerators will begin door-to-door visits in New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and Delhi Cantonment areas for ‘house-listing operations’ as part of Census 2027.During this exercise, they will verify entries made by residents during the self-enumeration process, which was open from April 1 to 15, and freeze the entries after…
New Delhi: The long-awaited underpasses at Mukarba Chowk in north Delhi are going to open within the next few days, with the construction nearly complete and the finishing work underway. The project, aimed at addressing one of the city’s most persistent traffic bottlenecks, is likely to improve connectivity along the Outer Ring Road corridor.The project…
A major Fire broke out in a cluster of shanties at Budh Vihar area, leaving a couple and their two-year-old child charred to death, in Delhi on Wednesday. 15-04-2026,Forensic team inspecting the spot of the fire at Buddh Vihar in Delhi on Wednesday. Photo by Rajesh Mehta A major fire broke out in a cluster…
New Delhi: Delhi govt will soon roll out 20 advanced geriatric ambulances to strengthen emergency medical care for senior citizens, said health minister Dr Pankaj Kumar Singh. These specialised ambulances will be equipped with modern life-support systems and tailored facilities to address the unique healthcare needs of elderly patients, improving response time and pre-hospital care…
New Delhi: Underlining the right to reproductive autonomy, Delhi high court has permitted the extraction and preservation of sperm of a comatose Army soldier, paving the way for his wife to undergo an IVF procedure to try for a child.The soldier is in a persistent vegetative state with no foreseeable scope of neurological recovery. In…
Arvind Kejriwal (File photo) NEW DELHI: A day after Delhi HC judge Swarana Kanta Sharma reserved orders on his recusal plea, former CM Arvind Kejriwal filed additional grounds to back his claim, arguing that the judge’s children are empanelled as lawyers with the Centre, and receive work through solicitor general Tushar Mehta, who appears for…
New Delhi: A court on Wednesday sent Sarabjeet Singh, accused of breaching security at Delhi Assembly by forcing his way into the complex in an SUV, to five days’ judicial custody.Singh was produced before chief judicial magistrate Harshita Mishra on the expiry of his eight-day police custody granted on April 7. Opposing any further police…
New Delhi: Lieutenant governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Wednesday reviewed key initiatives of New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), with a focus on advanced waste management systems, pedestrian-friendly infrastructure in high-footfall hubs such as Connaught Place and Khan Market, and the rationalisation of power tariff for residents.Sources said the discussion around pedestrianising CP and Khan Market…
