Good news for rain-starved north and central India as the monsoon is set to advance, bringing widespread showers over the next few days. NEW DELHI: After a sharply deficient June, the southwest monsoon is set to make further progress across north and central India over the next 2–3 days, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD)…
New Delhi: Three men— including a B.Tech graduate, a diploma holder and a graduate preparing for competitive examinations— have been arrested by Delhi Police for allegedly running an interstate racket that pirated copyrighted UPSC coaching material using a bot and sold over 2,400 stolen educational videos on social media through a network of fake accounts,…
Voter roll revision begins in Delhi; 1.68 lakh forms distributed on first day. NEW DELHI: Over 1.6 lakh enumeration forms were distributed among voters across Delhi’s 70 assembly constituencies on the first day of the month-long special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral roll, with around 13,000 booth-level officers (BLOs) launching the door-to-door exercise Tuesday.Chief…
Fire breaks out in four-storey Delhi building; blaze under control. NEW DELHI: A fire broke out in the basement of a ground-plus-three-storey building in Delhi’s Uttam Nagar on Wednesday morning, damaging electronic goods, electrical goods, furniture and fixtures on all floors, officials said.According to the Delhi Fire Service, the blaze was brought under control at…
LPG gets cheaper by Rs 183.50 from July 1; relief for restaurants, hotels (File Photo). NEW DELHI: Commercial LPG cylinder prices cut by Rs 183.50 from today, July 1, bringing relief to restaurants, hotels, dhabas and other businesses.In Delhi, a 19-kg commercial LPG cylinder will now cost Rs 2,930, down from Rs 3,113 earlier.The reduction…
Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting vulnerable groups, weaponizing age and innocence (Representative image enhanced with AI) NEW DELHI: Behind the glowing screens of everyday devices lies a rapidly evolving digital battlefield, where age, gender and innocence are increasingly being weaponised by cybercriminals. From financially draining senior citizens to exploiting women through intimate data and targeting children…
New Delhi: A Delhi court has denied bail to an alleged mastermind accused of operating over 200 shell companies to launder nearly Rs 150 crore and evade taxes, observing that, “tax evasion through the creation of fake firms adversely affect the economy of the country.”Holding the alleged Rs48 crore loss to the govt as a…
New Delhi: From Mutiny Memorial on Northern Ridge and Bhuli Bhatiyari Ka Mahal near Karol Bagh to Malcha Mahal and Dara Shikoh Library Building at Kashmere Gate, some of Delhi’s lesser-known but historically significant monuments will soon be open for adoption by private organisations, public sector undertakings (PSUs), NGOs and institutes as Delhi govt seeks…
New Delhi: A recent visit by two environmentalists to Delhi’s Central Ridge has led to the likely discovery of petroglyphs (images etched or carved into stone surfaces) and cupules — a type of petroglyph considered the oldest known prehistoric rock art — on a large rock near the Polo Ground.The environmentalists, Pradip Krishen and Chetan…
New Delhi: Delhi metro train service between Anand Vihar and Vaishali sections of the blue line was impacted for nearly one-and-a-half-hour Tuesday evening due to technical snag.While the service was temporarily impacted on a section, it led to cascading effect with commuters on other sections of blue line complaining about the delay during peak evening…
