New Delhi: A 12-year-old boy sustained a gunshot injury to his leg after being caught in firing allegedly carried out by three men in northeast Delhi’s New Usmanpur area on Monday.Police said they received information about the firing and rushed to the spot. Preliminary investigation revealed that three men had allegedly opened fire outside the…
New Delhi: With a few months remaining before the onset of winter when Delhi’s air quality worsens, lieutenant governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Monday asked agencies across National Capital Region to coordinate and implement a time-bound roadmap to curb pollution.During a meeting with Commission for Air Quality Management chairperson Rajesh Verma, Sandhu reviewed pollution-control measures…
New Delhi: Delhi Police has apprehended three people in connection with an alleged railway job scam and are probing the possible involvement of Railway Department employees.The case came to light after a complaint alleging that a man was cheated on the promise of securing a permanent job in the railways. DCP (Railways) B Bomma Reddy…
New Delhi: A court has convicted a man and his mother in a dowry death case after a decade, finding that the woman was subjected to sustained dowry-related harassment, including physical abuse and demands for an additional Rs 50,000, until days before she had killed herself within seven years of her marriage.Additional sessions judge Harvinder…
New Delhi: As the first-ever woman principal of St Stephen’s College, Susan Elias, assumed charge on Monday, Delhi University said it would move court and seek the Union education ministry’s intervention to stop funding over the college’s alleged non-compliance with regulatory and university norms.DU registrar Vikas Gupta told TOI that representations sent to University Grants…
New Delhi: Narrow lanes hemmed in by multi-storey buildings with as many as five floors, rooms with little ventilation, blocked balconies, a single staircase serving scores of residents and a maze of overhead wires — the conditions that preceded the Saidulajab building collapse are not unique.A reality check across Delhi’s major student hubs by TOI…
New Delhi: Delhi cabinet has approved around a 50% increase in compensation for crop losses caused by heavy rainfall and waterlogging, raising ex gratia assistance from about Rs 49,421 per hectare to Rs 75,000 per hectare. The enhanced package is expected to benefit nearly 10,000 farmers whose crops were damaged during Aug-Sept last year.Chief minister…
New Delhi: A fire broke out at the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA) near ITO on Monday morning. No injuries or casualties were reported.An employee of SPA called up police at 10 am after spotting smoke and flames in the faculty rooms at the administrative block on the second floor of the building. Cops…
New Delhi: For each victim’s family, the Saidulajab building collapse has brought to the fore a different set of challenges.The family of Dr Ravi Prakash Verma said they were contacted for Rs 5 lakh compensation from govt of UP, as he was from that state. However, Delhi or central govt has not checked on them.The…
New Delhi: Ground-level ozone emerged as one of Delhi’s most widespread air pollution challenges this May, with nearly half of the city’s air quality monitoring stations recording violations of national standards and several locations experiencing sustained exposure throughout the month.According to an analysis by Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), 24 of…
