New Delhi: Teachers in Delhi continue to be roped in for duties related to Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls during school hours, educators complain, despite clear directions that poll-related work should not disrupt teaching in classes.A notice issued by electoral registration authorities in Seelampur directed all booth level officer (BLO) supervisors to attend…
New Delhi: Delhi Cabinet Wednesday approved Delhi Ease of Doing Business Bill, 2026, aimed at making it easier and faster for businesses to obtain licences and registrations. The proposed law seeks to reduce visits to govt offices, avoid repeated submission of information, and make several approvals time-bound.Under the proposed single-window system, businesses will be able…
New Delhi: All India Students’ Association (AISA) moved Delhi High Court Wednesday against Delhi University’s decision to seek a separate undertaking from parents of students contesting in its student union elections.AISA activists Ananya Raturi and Akshat Shikhar filed the petition challenging the undertaking sought by the election committee of Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU). The…
Times News NetworkNew Delhi: In action against tax evasion and the illegal trade in tobacco products, Delhi govt’s GST department has seized 4.2 lakh sticks of imported cigarettes worth around Rs 65 lakh, according to an official statement Wednesday.During a routine inspection, an anti-evasion branch team of GST department seized a vehicle carrying the imported…
New Delhi: Rakesh Khanna, a 60-year-old man, believed that the money he had got from a real estate deal would secure his twilight years. It instead snuffed out his life. A relative got wind of it and hatched a plot to rob him.What looked like a murder-and-robbery plot soon turned out to be one of…
New Delhi: Parts of the city saw very light to moderate rain as the Met issued a yellow alert, expecting the same at some places and heavy rain at isolated places.However, base station Safdarjung logged no rain; between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm, Chhatarpur logged 35.5 mm rainfall, Palam logged 31 mm, Lodhi Road 0.8…
New Delhi: An evening outing of three childhood friends ended in tragedy after the youths from Kalyanpuri, aged 22, drowned in Sanjay Jheel in east Delhi on Tuesday evening. Their families have alleged that the deaths were a result of negligence.The park area surrounding the lake, which has been developed by Delhi Development Authority (DDA),…
New Delhi: Delhi Police’s crime branch has apprehended a 27-year-old man allegedly linked to an interstate narcotics network suspected to have connections with an active cadre of United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I), a banned separatist outfit. Investigators alleged that he supplied psychotropic tablets from Delhi to the network.The accused, Apurba Thakur, was traced to…
New Delhi: Delhi’s roads are beginning to look like a map of monsoon scars. With the city seeing repeated spells of rain this season, potholes, broken bitumen, dusty patches and uneven surfaces have resurfaced across several key stretches, turning routine commutes into a test of caution and patience.Whether it’s Geeta Colony in east Delhi or…
New Delhi: Delhi Police’s crime branch has arrested a man wanted in a 2025 rioting and attempt-to-murder case in Alipur, nearly a year after he allegedly fled following a firing incident linked to a property dispute.DCP (Crime) Harsh Indora said, “The accused, Shantanu, a resident of Sonipat, Haryana, had been absconding since Oct 30 last…
