Chilling Reality: People walk past an ice Block shop on the footpath during hot summer day in Delhi. New Delhi: The city continued to reel under an intense and prolonged heatwave on Thursday, with thermal stress now at night too. The city recorded the season’s first “warm night”, a condition likely to persist in the…
Dowry deaths persist in India despite being outlawed, with women facing relentless demands for cash and property, often leading to violence and suicide. India outlawed dowry in 1961. More than six decades later, thousands of women still die every year in marriages shaped by money, status and coercion.One bride pleads with her father over the…
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday announced a hike in the income limit to Rs 2.5 lakh per annum for ration card eligibility in the national capital.Addressing a press conference, chief minister said the government had cancelled around 7.72 lakh “invalid” ration cards and invited fresh online applications.She also said that no…
NEW DELHI: Indira Gandhi International Airport has issued a health advisory on Thursday for passengers travelling from or transiting through Ebola-affected countries, directing those showing symptoms to immediately report to airport health authorities for screening.According to the advisory issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) under the Union Health Ministry, travellers arriving from…
NEW DELHI: A 38-year-old woman and her teenage son were allegedly stabbed to death during a robbery in southeast Delhi’s Govindpuri in the early hours of Thursday.The deceased were identified as Sharda Sahu, a homemaker, and her 13-year-old son, a Class 7 student.According to police, a PCR call regarding the double murder was received at…
New Delhi: National Green Tribunal has directed that the Delhi Ridge Management Board be constituted and begin carrying out its assigned responsibilities. Last year, the Supreme Court granted statutory powers to the board, but the body has yet to appoint two mandatory members from the civil society.A bench comprising chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava and expert…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only NEW DELHI: Commercial vehicle drivers’ unions in Delhi-NCR began a three-day strike on Thursday, demanding a hike in taxi and auto fares amid rising fuel prices, though several auto and taxi unions distanced themselves from the protest, saying services would continue as usual.The strike, called from May 21 to…
Delhi continues to endure scorching heat, with temperatures soaring to 46.5°C in some areas. NEW DELHI: The city continued to sizzle on Wednesday, with isolated heatwave conditions recorded in parts. The mercury touched 46.5°C in North Delhi’s Ridge, 46.3°C in northwest Delhi’s Mungeshpur and 44.5°C — 4.1 notches above normal — at Safdarjung, the city’s…
New Delhi: Two hydrogen-powered shuttle buses recently became operational in Central Vista area, making it the first such service for the city. Each hydrogen bus is equipped with four cylinders mounted on the roof, taking the total capacity to about 30 kg.On a single refill, a hydrogen bus can travel nearly 250 km. Currently, the…
New Delhi: On the iron bridge close to ITO, the missing railings unfold almost like a disappearing act in plain sight, spotlighting an eyesore on Delhi’s roads that simply refuses to go away.As vehicles move from ITO towards Vikas Marg, the bridge begins with four silver GI pipes lining the parapet above the Yamuna. Then…
