Abhinav RajputNew Delhi: Delhi govt Wednesday approved road strengthening projects worth Rs 657.9 crore, covering more than 270 km across east, north and south Delhi.The decision was taken at a meeting of the expenditure finance committee (EFC) in which chief minister Rekha Gupta, minister Parvesh Verma and other senior officials were present.According to the CMO,…
New Delhi: Delhi LG Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Wednesday directed Delhi Police to adopt a proactive, citizen-centric and technology-driven policing model while emphasizing that the safety of women, children and senior citizens was “completely non-negotiable”.The directions were issued during a review meeting chaired by LG at Police Headquarters which was attended by the commissioner of…
New Delhi: A fire gutted around 200 sheds used as accommodation for migrant labourers at a construction camp near Nirman Bhavan and Udyog Bhavan in central Delhi in the early hours of Wednesday, leaving hundreds displaced. No casualties were reported.Delhi Fire Service (DFS) received a call at 3.02am about the fire that allegedly started in…
New Delhi: As Delhi ramps up preparations for the monsoon, PWD minister Parvesh Verma inspected desilting works in the Moti Nagar assembly constituency and reviewed the progress of drainage and flood-prevention measures across the city.The inspection is part of a wider campaign under which senior officers, chief engineers and field teams are carrying out physical…
New Delhi: Recognising the right to life of a minor rape survivor, Delhi High Court on Wednesday allowed a 15-year-old girl to undergo medical termination of pregnancy with over 26 weeks of gestational period, noting that she would suffer grave mental injury if forced to give birth to the child. The court also factored in…
New Delhi: A Delhi court dismissed a man’s appeal to preserve his wife’s call detail records and upheld her right to privacy. It said that “talking to any person even at odd hours of the day cannot by itself put a question mark on the character of the woman.”“Indian society no longer remains a primitive…
New Delhi: Ahead of the monsoon, Delhi govt has zeroed in on 169 locations across the city where waterlogging occurred last year. In 2024, 165 such locations were identified. Of these, 30 spots are located along Ring Road, stated Delhi govt’s flood control order published recently.Nine underpasses have been flagged as particularly vulnerable, including Minto…
New Delhi: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) commenced construction work at Central Secretariat Metro Station for Central Vista corridor Wednesday. The station is being developed under Phase V(A) as an extension of existing Magenta Line from Janakpuri West to RK Ashram Marg.Central Secretariat station will become a triple interchange station, where new Magenta Line station…
New Delhi: Door-to-door visits will start in Delhi from June 30 as part of a special intensive revision (SIR) of voters’ lists to cleanse and update the electoral rolls which includes nearly 1.5 crore voters.The booth-level officers (BLOs) will do the door-to-door enumeration till July 29, distributing pre-printed enumeration forms to all existing voters who…
New Delhi A bus, which was allegedly speeding, hit a taxi and three motorbikes, dragging some of the vehicles and a biker under it, in northeast Delhi’s Nand Nagri Wednesday.One of the motorcyclists was killed. The driver of the bus fled the scene.The bus was coming from the Uttar Pradesh side and travelling from the…
