New Delhi: A fire broke out at a timber and plywood factory in west Delhi’s Mundka in the early hours of Sunday, prompting the deployment of 25 fire tenders and more than 100 firefighters.According to Delhi Fire Services, the blaze was reported around 3am at a timber godown in Assam Timber Market near Rajdhani metro…
New Delhi: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has upheld a Rs 10 lakh environmental compensation imposed on a Delhi unit for carrying out denim cloth processing, washing and dyeing without the requisite regulatory clearances and discharging untreated trade effluent into the sewer.A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava and expert member Dr Afroz Ahmad…
New Delhi: Congress functionary Alka Lamba’s 88-year-old father’s house in west Delhi’s Tagore Garden was allegedly burgled in the early hours of Sunday by three masked men who fled with cash and jewellery, police said.The house in C-Block, Tagore Garden, is under the jurisdiction of Rajouri Garden police station. According to the FIR, a gold…
The deceased was identified as Sabila Khatoon, wife of Mohammad Lalbabu, with whom she had been living in Prahladpur Bangar (AI Image) NEW DELHI: A 22-year-old woman was found dead inside the bathroom of her house in Prahladpur Bangar village in outer north Delhi, following which police registered a case and launched a search for…
The incident took place at a play school in the Jaffrabad area of Delhi. (AI Image) NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Sunday registered a case against the administration of a playschool and one of its teachers following the alleged assault of a child in northeast Delhi’s Jaffrabad area.The case was filed after CCTV footage surfaced,…
Some protesters burned pages of the Manusmriti, which they deemed discriminatory NEW DELHI: Indian Youth Congress workers on Sunday staged a protest outside the RSS headquarters in Jhandewalan against what they alleged was the “discriminatory and casteist” ideology of the BJP-RSS, with some protesters burning pages of the Manusmriti during the demonstration.The protest was led…
With a new luxury collection recently opening in Khan Market, we explore how its floor-to-ceiling shelves of collectible editions and global classics are appealing to readers across NCR Remember the section of a bookstore lined with crisp coffee table books, gold-sprayed edges and clothbound classics? Now imagine an entire bookstore dedicated to them. With a…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only NEW DELHI: When the Census enumerator asks a Muslim weaver to state their caste, the answer could be Julaha, Ansari or Momin. Elsewhere, the same community may have another name.Caste is being recorded for the first time since 1931 in Census 2027, but the open-ended format poses a unique…
Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely at isolated places over Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Odisha and Uttarakhand. NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places in seven states on Monday, with Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Odisha and Uttarakhand likely to see…
New Delhi: With around 26 heads of states and govts expected in the capital for the BRICS Leaders’ Summit next month, Delhi Traffic Police have begun putting the final pieces in place for the high-security event, including detailed VVIP routes, road repairs and real-time traffic updates through navigation and ride-hailing platforms.The 18th BRICS Leaders’ Summit…
