New Delhi: Delhi High Court has expressed concern over the “uninhabitable” condition of thousands of flats constructed in the capital under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) incurring an expenditure of Rs 2,000 crore.A bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia observed that although JNNURM was a scheme to alleviate…
New Delhi: Delhi airport has expanded its domestic footprint to 90 destinations with the launch of direct flights to Daman, becoming the only airport in the country with direct connectivity to 32 of India’s 36 states and Union territories, said Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), the airport operator, Tuesday.“IGI Airport now serves the highest destination…
New Delhi: A 16-year-old girl, allegedly trafficked from Jharkhand, forced into domestic labour and later forcibly married, has been rescued from a house in northwest Delhi’s Rani Bagh in a joint operation by Delhi Police and Jharkhand Police.According to the complaint filed by the girl’s mother, a woman had taken the teen and another minor…
New Delhi: Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has extended the application deadline for Nagrik Awas Yojana and Karmayogi Awas Yojana in Narela till Aug 31.Under Nagrik Awas Yojana, launched this Jan, 2,062 out of the 3,656 flats have been booked till Aug 4. “Taking note of the response, a proposal to add 1,287 flats of HIG…
New Delhi: Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has informed National Green Tribunal (NGT) that sewer work was completed in 11 colonies in south Delhi’s Sangam Vihar to the extent permitted outside forest land, while work in two colonies remains stalled due to public resistance and another set of projects has been delayed because of pending road-cutting…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court Tuesday gave four weeks to former CM Arvind Kejriwal and AAP functionaries Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh to respond to a criminal contempt case initiated against them for their “vilifying” social media posts against Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma.The senior counsel for Kejriwal told a bench of justices Navin Chawla and…
New Delhi: Noting that the accused was already convicted in one case for the same event, Delhi High Court has quashed two other FIRs against the then AAP MLA Kuldeep Kumar for organising a Tiranga Yatra in 2021 amid Covid-19 restrictions.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma observed that three FIRs were registered at three different police stations…
New Delhi: Under Child Safety month, Delhi Police registered 160 cases in July for the circulation and sharing of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Police said they received 1,099 CyberTipline complaints during the month, which were forwarded to district police units for verification and action. The complaints led to the registration of 160 cases under…
New Delhi: A 25-year-old man was killed and another critically injured after the sports bike they were riding crashed into the rear of a parked car on the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway Tuesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Sayyad Aman Ali, while the injured pillion rider was identified as Mohammad Faiz, his friend. They reportedly sold books…
New Delhi: The fast-track court hearing the NEET paper leak case Tuesday sought CBI’s response, including on the maintainability of a plea filed by three accused seeking permission to voluntarily undergo a lie detector test and brain mapping.Special judge Ajay Gupta directed CBI to file its response by Aug 6. The court also deferred the…
