The Delhi cabinet approved a new bill for time-bound public service delivery NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has approved a new legislation that seeks to make the time-bound service delivery of public services a legal entitlement, paving the way for a technology-driven system aimed at improving accountability and easing citizens’ access to government services.The decision…
A tragic incident unfolded as a security guard and his partner are believed to have committed the murder of a Najafgarh man NEW DELHI: The man who first appeared to be a trusted family friend turned out to be the alleged mastermind behind the murder of a 38-year-old man from Najafgarh, whose decomposed body was…
Wangchuk joined the protest on June 28 and has been on an indefinite fast since then. NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Wednesday said it will hear on Thursday a public interest litigation (PIL) raising concerns over the health of activist Sonam Wangchuk, who is on an indefinite fast at Jantar Mantar.The Cockroach Janta…
Heavy rain is also expected in parts of the Himalayan region, while thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds are likely across several states. NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast widespread rain across several parts of the country on Thursday, with heavy to very heavy rainfall likely over parts of east and…
Girl run over by city school bus that hit her erick | page 27A 12-year-old girl died under the wheels of a school bus after it rammed the e-rickshaw carrying her and threw her onto the road near Majlis Park Metro station in northwest Delhi on Tuesday morning. The bus driver has been arrested. Four…
Traffic slows on the Akshardham-Noida corridor despite its design for quick movement. The strange thing about the Akshardham-Noida evening jam is not that traffic slows. It is that the road appears designed to prevent exactly that.The corridor is wide, largely signalfree and meant to move vehicles quickly out of central Delhi towards east Delhi and…
New Delhi: A single backlog from an earlier semester will no longer force final-year students at Jamia Millia Islamia to lose an academic year, with the university amending its rules to let them clear pending papers through compartment examinations instead of having to wait until the next annual examination cycle.The amendment to Ordinance XV, approved…
New Delhi: In its order convicting former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain and four others, the special riots court has underlined the “brutality” with which Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma was “surrounded and dragged by a murderously armed mob towards Chand Bagh Pulia” before being killed “in a savage and relentless assault” on Feb 25,…
New Delhi: BJP Tuesday hailed former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain’s conviction in the murder of Intelligence Bureau officer Ankit Sharma in the 2020 Delhi riots. The party called the verdict historic. BJP also launched a fresh attack on AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and Sonia and Rahul Gandhi of Congress. AAP, however, said that it had…
New Delhi: An additional sessions court has set aside a trial court’s order summoning two corporate directors to face trial for alleged culpable homicide and criminal conspiracy in a patient’s death case. Criminal liability cannot be fastened on company directors solely because of their position, it observed.Additional sessions judge Ashish Rastogi of Karkardooma Courts allowed…
