A devastating fire in Delhi’s Govindpuri claimed three lives NEW DELHI: A 28-year-old entrepreneur who had taken charge of his family after losing his father to cancer two years ago was among three people killed in the devastating fire that swept through a residential building in southeast Delhi’s Govindpuri on Friday.The blaze also claimed the…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court Friday directed the removal of additional videos uploaded by Kapil Kakkar, in which he allegedly continued to blame a sitting high court judge for the death of six people in the May 30 building collapse in south Delhi’s Saket.A vacation bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna and Justice Madhu Jain…
New Delhi: A 30-year-old man accused of operating a multi-state marriage fraud racket through a network of fake call centres has been arrested from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, police said on Friday.The accused, Pradeep Singh, ran fraudulent call centres in Gwalior, Guna, Ayodhya and Azamgarh, targeting people seeking matrimonial alliances through advertisements on social media.DCP (Shahdara)…
New Delhi: Commercial vehicles entering Delhi may soon pass through border toll points smoothly as Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) plans to convert all 154 entry points into barrier-less multi-lane free-flow (MLFF) tolling corridors by Dec.The civic body has initiated the process of appointing an agency to implement the project and commission the system at…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court Friday declined to direct the reopening of the CBSE Class XII re-evaluation portal amid the controversy surrounding the board’s On-Screen Marking (OSM) system, observing that such a move could delay results and affect lakhs of students across the country.Hearing a petition alleging irregularities in the evaluation process, a vacation bench…
A fire broke out in a residential building at Tughlaqabad Extension in New Delhi on Friday New Delhi: Mumtaz (23) is in the ICU of Safdarjung Hospital with burns from the Tughlaqabad building fire. She saved her two younger sisters Friday, and went back in for her cat, Coco.“Meri Coco kahan hai (where is my…
New Delhi: Even as concerns persist among sections of Delhi govt school teachers that students passing Class X through National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) continue to face problems in getting admitted to science and commerce streams in govt schools, Directorate of Education (DoE) is increasingly positioning NIOS as a tool to prevent vulnerable students…
New Delhi: Intense rain and gusty winds of up to 67 kmph helped Delhi record its cleanest air day since Sept 5 last year. The Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 73 in the ‘satisfactory’ category Friday — the lowest since Sept 5, when it was 67. The same AQI level of 73 was recorded…
New Delhi: Lieutenant governor TS Sandhu Friday directed banks and govt agencies to expedite processing of applications under the Prime Minister Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) scheme, stressing that no eligible street vendor should face delays in accessing financial assistance.Reviewing the scheme’s implementation in the capital, which is administered by the Municipal Corporation of…
New Delhi: Coal continues to be widely used in brick kilns across Delhi-NCR despite a ban, according to a survey by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). With brick kilns being one of the contributors to Delhi’s air pollution, the report found widespread non-compliance, weak enforcement, poor transition support and limited adoption of cleaner fuels…
