New Delhi: At Pushta Road near Kailash Nagar, one of Delhi’s chronic traffic bottlenecks, the average monthly queue length has come down from 12.9 km during Sept to Nov last year to just 2.2 km between April and June this year — an 82.6% reduction, according to official data reviewed by Lieutenant Governor T S…
Vibha SharmaNew Delhi: Delhi Development Authority (DDA) will adopt the multi-tier Aranya planting model during the monsoon for large-scale afforestation to enhance the city’s green cover.Under the model, planting is done in three ecological layers—canopy trees, understory vegetation, and shrubs. This will create dense, self-sustaining urban forests that closely resemble natural ecosystems.The approach is designed…
New Delhi: College of Vocational Studies (CVS), a Delhi University college established to impart skill-based education, has discontinued six of its seven undergraduate vocational programmes and replaced them with regular multidisciplinary degree combinations from the 2026-27 academic session, a move that has triggered objections from a section of teachers and students.The college has retained only…
New Delhi: Pointing out that central govt was already in possession of the premises, Delhi High Court Monday declined to pass any stay order in connection with the use of the 15.2-acre Jaipur Polo Ground in the Race Course area.The court was hearing an urgent plea by Indian Polo Association raising apprehension of digging of…
New Delhi: Three people were rescued after a fire broke out in the electric meters of a residential building in northwest Delhi’s Keshav Puram in the early hours of Monday.Delhi Fire Service (DFS) got a call about the fire around 2.03 am from a house on Lawrence Road. Five fire tenders, around 25 firemen and…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court Monday, while cancelling the bail of a 57-year-old private school caretaker accused of raping the minor in a Janakpuri school, said it won’t be correct to doubt the version of a three-year-old child who is the victim at this stage.“The impugned order has missed the crux of the issue, as…
New Delhi: A new study on interstate truck emissions and freight movement patterns in the capital has revealed that nearly 16,900 heavy-duty trucks enter Delhi daily, contributing 23% of its everyday transport emissions, with this share shooting up to 61% at night and early morning.The study, ‘Towards Cleaner Freight in Delhi: Assessing Interstate Truck Emissions…
New Delhi: The city Monday continued to reel under heatwave conditions for the second straight day.However, after a thunderstorm hit Delhi in the evening, parts of the capital saw the mercury dip. India Meteorological Department has predicted the heatwave is likely to abate on Tuesday.The maximum temperature at Safdarjung, the city’s base station, was 42.2…
New Delhi: The city on Monday recorded its highest-ever peak power demand at 8,748 megawatts (MW), surpassing this season’s previous high of 8,647 MW, logged on June 18.Monday’s record electricity consumption was driven largely by the widespread use of air-conditioners and cooling appliances as the city continued to reel under sweltering heat with ‘feels-like’ temperatures…
New Delhi: Delhi Police has arrested a woman who, along with her sister’s friend, allegedly attempted to extort her husband — a businessman — amid an ongoing domestic dispute and plotted to eliminate her mother-in-law. Police have also arrested the friend, who was allegedly in contact with gang members and had sent threat messages to…
