New Delhi: New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) is unlikely to implement the unit area method (UAM) for property tax collection during the current financial year, amid growing discontent among traders in Lutyens’ Delhi markets.Traders have reported receiving property tax bills running into lakhs, calculated on the basis of the annual expected rental value of their…
New Delhi: National Green Tribunal has directed the authorities to ensure regular monitoring of the sewage treatment plants (STPs) at New Kondli, Mayur Vihar Phase-III, so that they continue to operate in accordance with the prescribed environmental norms and do not cause inconvenience to residents through foul odour or other impacts.The tribunal was hearing pleas…
New Delhi: The proposed Master Plan of Delhi (MPD) 2047 marks a significant shift in the approach to traffic management in the city, seeking to actively discourage the use of private vehicles through congestion pricing, parking demand management and stronger transport governance.Unlike MPD 2021, which merely acknowledged the need to reduce dependence on such vehicles,…
New Delhi: It is “high time” the authorities decide the fate of residents of Sainik Farm, Delhi High Court said Tuesday, asking Centre to take a call on regularising the south Delhi area tagged as an “affluent colony” by Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and govt.“We are not concerned as to what kind of decision you…
New Delhi: Delhi Police commissioner Anurag Kumar Tuesday appointed 1996-batch IPS officer Ajay Chaudhary as the city’s new traffic chief as part of an overhaul of the force’s senior leadership.Forty-three officers were reshuffled, restructuring core divisions including crime, traffic, special branch, vigilance, intelligence, operations and district policing.Outgoing traffic chief Manish Agrawal has been posted as…
New Delhi: Police Tuesday claimed to have detained AAP’s Kondli MLA Kuldeep Kumar for allegedly creating a ruckus and attempting to disrupt law and order in east Delhi’s Kalyanpuri over the murder of an on-duty sanitation worker Sunday.However, AAP alleged that cops in plain clothes “kidnapped” Kumar from his residence at 4am and took him…
New Delhi: Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) has taken cognisance of alleged lapses and misconduct by police personnel while handling the case of a 15-year-old girl rescued at Kashmere Gate after she ran away from her home in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur.In proceedings dated Aug 14, 2026, the commission said it had received…
New Delhi: The cousin of the 17-year-old girl, who was murdered in north Delhi’s Burari, had bought a suitcase a day earlier just to stuff her body and dump it. He allegedly took her to his friend’s shop, where he killed her, police said.The friend allegedly helped him get rid of the body, police have…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court Tuesday permitted Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to continue with the admission process for its postgraduate courses, which was earlier halted by a single-judge bench over a challenge to the award of ‘deprivation points’ to certain candidates.Deprivation points are awarded to candidates belonging to certain geographical locations considered disadvantageous so that…
New Delhi: AAP Tuesday alleged former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain was arrested by ACB “at the behest of BJP” in another “fake case”. BJP dismissed the charges, saying Delhi govt’s Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) had established the money trail of the alleged embezzlement before arresting Jain and others.Jain, who is currently the co-in-charge of AAP in…
