NEW DELHI: Panic unfolded near the Rajghat traffic signal in central Delhi after the brakes of a Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus allegedly failed, forcing the driver to take a split-second decision and deliberately ram the vehicle into a road divider to avert a possible tragedy. According to police, a PCR call reporting an accident…
NEW DELHI: Under the “Mera Bharat Mera Yogdan” campaign aimed at promoting fuel conservation, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, along with her cabinet ministers and senior government officials, travelled by Metro to office on Monday.Gupta boarded the Metro from Kashmere Gate station on the Violet Line near her Jan Sewa Sadan residence on Raj Niwas…
NEW DELHI: India’s major cities continue to show alarming signs of mental health strain and socio-economic distress, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) 2024 data. The report highlights rising suicides, high crime rates, and growing emotional pressures across urban centres, with Delhi, Bengaluru, and Mumbai emerging as the most affected cities.Delhi recorded the…
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday carried out searches at premises linked to AAP leader Deepak Singla and several others in connection with an alleged money laundering case tied to an alleged bank loan fraud, officials said.According to officials, the raids were conducted at multiple locations in Delhi and Goa. Singla had contested…
New Delhi: The Directorate of Education (DoE) has made geo-tagging mandatory as part of a mega plantation drive aimed at increasing greenery across schools in the capital, directing institutions to upload location-based photographs of plantation sites before and after sapling drives.In a circular issued by DoE, all govt, aided and private recognised schools in Delhi…
NEW DELHI: The mercury rose to 43 degrees Celsius in parts of Delhi on Sunday and is likely to rise further. As the day temperature is expected to reach 45 degrees Celsius in isolated areas, the India Meteorological Department has issued a yellow alert for heatwave conditions for Tuesday and Wednesday. Apart from Delhi, heatwave…
New Delhi: The forest department will roll out a Vriksh Rath to deliver saplings for free during the monsoon and provide assistance for planting.Delhi environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said a tender has been floated to procure 13 vehicles, one for each district. The vehicles will have saplings, manure, water and other materials to facilitate…
New Delhi: An MBA graduate posing as an immigration and overseas investment consultant has been arrested for allegedly cheating a woman of nearly Rs 1.8 crore on the false promise of securing immigration to Canada. The accused duped the woman through a fake business investment programme and continued misleading her despite repeated rejection of her…
New Delhi: A fire broke out in a five-storey residential building at Mansarovar Park in east Delhi’s Shahdara early on Sunday. Firemen rescued nine trapped residents, including women and children, by placing ladders against their balconies on different floors.All nine suffered breathing-related problems due to smoke inhalation and were admitted to Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB)…
Let’s D-Stress at Dakshinayan Apartments in Dwarka. New Delhi: How often do you check your phone in a day? And more importantly, why? Residents of Dakshinayan Apartments in Dwarka found themselves grappling with these questions as they gathered for The Times of India’s ‘Let’s D-Stress‘ initiative on Saturday evening.The session on digital wellbeing began with…
