New Delhi: Delhi Police has arrested three men in two separate cheating cases involving a garment supplier and a medical equipment dealer, with the alleged fraud amounting to over Rs 62 lakh. Two accused were arrested from Delhi-NCR, while the third was apprehended from Rajasthan’s Alwar.In the first case, police said they received multiple complaints…
New Delhi: A 16-year-old girl was apprehended for allegedly sending a bomb threat email to her school in southwest Delhi. Investigation revealed that she wanted the school to remain closed for the day.According to police, the school received an email on Oct 23 with the subject line, “Bombs Placed in Your Building”. Given the recent…
New Delhi: Vehicles were the single largest contributor to Delhi’s PM2.5 pollution Saturday, accounting for 25%, according to data generated by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology’s (IITM) newly inaugurated Integrated Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosol Toxicity Analysis Laboratory (AATAL). Secondary organic aerosols contributed 18.4%, followed by secondary inorganic aerosols (16.5%), road dust (10.9%) and waste…
New Delhi: The three-day streak of poor air quality ended Saturday, with the AQI marginally improving to 191 in the higher end of the ‘moderate’ category. The improvement was due to a change in wind direction to easterly and an increase in wind speed. However, air quality is likely to deteriorate to ‘poor’ again Sunday.Delhi’s…
New Delhi: ‘VIP culture’ in hospitals can compromise patient safety and equitable access to care, with pressure to accommodate influential patients sometimes leading to medical decisions that depart from standard protocols, AIIMS Delhi doctors have warned.In an opinion paper published in Oncology Reviews, surgical oncologists Prof. M D Ray and his MCh student Dr Hema…
New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta Saturday inspected the construction of Chhatt ghats along the Munak Canal near Prem Bari Bridge in Singalpur, directing officials to finish all work before the festival to ensure devotees face no inconvenience.Gupta directed officials to finish work on the ghat walls, roads and pathways before deadline. She also ordered…
New Delhi: A Delhi court has dismissed Indian Youth Congress president Uday Bhanu Chib’s plea for permanent return of his passport, holding that the request sought deletion of a bail condition under the garb of modification.Chib was granted bail on Feb 28 in a case related to a protest at India AI Impact Summit. The…
Let’s D-Stress event at Starbucks, Aerocity in New Delhi on Saturday New Delhi: What if Vincent van Gogh’s iconic ‘The Starry Night’ had a yellow sky instead of its swirling blues, or its familiar landscape gave way to a green grassland? At a sip-and-paint session in Aerocity Saturday, participants were encouraged to set aside the…
New Delhi: A Class XII student allegedly set herself ablaze behind the guard room of a govt school in east Delhi’s Shahdara Saturday, with police suspecting suicide. Police sources said an alleged note had been found at the spot.Police received a PCR call about a fire at the school and rushed to the spot, where…
New Delhi: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Saturday received ‘Award of Excellence’ in ‘Excellence in Innovation and Smart Mobility Solutions’ category at 19th Urban Mobility India Conference and Expo which concluded in Bhubaneswar.DMRC’s Managing Director Vikas Kumar received the award from Union minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal. “DMRC has worked extensively on…
