Along with bringing relief, the incessant rain also caused traffic snarls and waterlogging, and uprooted trees. NEW DELHI: Friday was the season’s wettest day in many parts of Delhi, and the fourth straight rainy day, testing the capital’s infrastructure to the maximum.There was familiar traffic chaos as many arterial stretches were flooded, particularly in south…
New Delhi: Women from different parts of Delhi Friday visited Delhi Legislative Assembly and tied rakhis to Chief Minister Rekha Gupta ahead of the festive occasion, expressing their appreciation for the govt’s women-centric initiatives.The women said that Delhi Lakshmi Yojana, providing financial support to eligible women and their families, had given a new meaning to…
New Delhi: Two months after a devastating fire at a bed and breakfast in south Delhi claimed 23 lives, tourism minister Kapil Mishra Friday introduced a Bill in assembly to withdraw a nearly two-decade-old law governing such set-ups in the city as Delhi govt seeks to bring in a more “flexible and facilitative policy”.Delhi Bed…
New Delhi: Delhi govt has proposed reserving 25% of seats for Delhi students in every course offered by private universities under the draft Delhi Private Universities Bill, while also putting in place a stringent regulatory framework to govern them.Approved by the cabinet Friday, it is a legislative proposal to establish a statutory framework allowing the…
New Delhi: No existing house in the O-zone, which is the Yamuna floodplain, will be demolished, Delhi minister Kapil Mishra said in the monsoon session of the assembly Friday, and alleged that AAP was politicising the issue.His remarks came after AAP MLA Sanjeev Jha said homes were being demolished in the O-zone areas. He mentioned…
New Delhi: At least nine incidents of house and wall collapses were reported Friday following heavy rain, prompting emergency responses from Delhi Fire Services (DFS). Fire officials said the calls began early morning and continued till the afternoon as rain lashed several parts of the capital. No injuries or fatalities were reported.In addition, DFS also…
New Delhi: Delhi Police has arrested four people, including a Nigerian national, for allegedly duping a man in a fake foreign parcel scam in which the victim was promised a consignment containing US dollars and gold.A Nigerian woman allegedly made calls posing as a US-based official to lure the victim. Police said the accused were…
New Delhi: A 42-year-old woman died after allegedly falling from a flyover near Haiderpur Metro Station Wednesday. Police are probing whether the incident was a case of suicide.The incident occurred while she was travelling on a motorcycle with her husband. According to police, the couple, along with their daughter, were returning from Kashmere Gate ISBT….
New Delhi: Delhi High Court Friday questioned the logic of keeping Jantar Mantar the designated site for protests and agitation, wondering why an entire city should be “put to ransom” due to demonstrations in the heart of the capital.“According to me, these things should not happen in the city. But it is govt’s call. Why…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court Friday sought the Election Commission (EC)’s stand on a plea by Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) president Devender Yadav claiming gaps in the rollout of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the city.The petition by Yadav, and the chairman, booth management committee of DPCC, assailed the mandate…
