New Delhi: Delhi Development Authority (DDA) claimed to have completed around 70% of its desilting work and is aiming to finish the exercise by June 15 to minimise the risk of waterlogging during the monsoon.Reviewing the progress on Tuesday, lieutenant governor TS Sandhu stressed that delays won’t be tolerated. An extensive desilting drive of stormwater…
New Delhi: The city saw a sweltering noon, followed by a squall when winds gusted up to 120 kmph and some areas got a drizzle of rain. The heat, however, went nowhere.By Friday though, the temperature is expected to dip significantly after a western disturbance hits Delhi, IMD has said.The strong winds on Tuesday impacted…
New Delhi: Delhi Police has arrested a builder and a contractor in connection with the collapse of a multi-storey building in south Delhi’s Saidulajab that claimed the lives of six people and left eight others injured on May 30, officials said on Tuesday.The accused have been identified as Avinash Gupta and Manish Khatri, who were…
New Delhi: Radheshyam Aggarwal, the 76-year-old man who lost eight of his relatives in the devastating fire in Hauz Rani B&B, has passed away.His family had chosen to stay in that B&B to remain close to Aggarwal, who was in a private hospital in Saket with an acute lung infection. He was in the ICU.As…
New Delhi: A seven-month-old baby from Trinidad and Tobago, weighing less than 4 kg and suffering from a rare genetic liver disorder, has undergone a life-saving liver transplant in Delhi.The infant, Erik Ramsook, was brought to Apollo Hospital after developing severe liver disease within months of birth. Doctors found him suffering from end-stage liver failure,…
New Delhi: Two businessmen from Haryana have been arrested for posing as members of the Kala Jathedi gang and allegedly extorting a Delhi businessman through threatening calls made using an international number.The accused, Rajan Kalra, 26, from Yamunanagar and Sahil Garg, 38, a medical equipment trader from Jagadhari, had no links with the gang and…
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it has carried out seven drives against encroachments in Mayapuri since March this year. Encroachments along 7.2 km of roads — mainly automobile repair and scrap units — were removed, and over 100 machines and equipment seized.The NGT had taken suo…
New Delhi: The capital’s highrise fire woes may finally find a resolution, as the fire department plans to procure tenders and ladders to strengthen its response to blazes in tall buildings with 50-plus floors.Two specialised fire tenders designed for firefighting in highrises and skyscrapers, equipped with long-range systems capable of reaching heights of up to…
New Delhi: Delhi University (DU) has been offering undergraduate students the option to exit their courses at multiple stages and return later without losing academic credits in cases of financial, health or personal difficulties. But four years after the provision was introduced under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, most students continue to prefer the…
New Delhi: Amid a fresh heatwave in the capital, lieutenant governor TS Sandhu and chief minister Rekha Gupta on Monday directed departments to intensify relief measures, including deploying mobile vans, expanding cooling centres and strengthening hydration facilities in high-footfall areas, markets and labour hubs.The directions were issued at a Delhi Disaster Management Authority review meeting…
