New Delhi: A Delhi court recently discharged gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and two others in a case related to an alleged Rs 1 crore extortion attempt, holding that the prosecution failed to establish the essential ingredients of the offence. Chief judicial magistrate Nupur Gupta, in an order dated Feb 20, observed that the allegations did not…
New Delhi: With the city brimming with vehicles of various types, multi-level parking facilities are supposed to decongest its crowded areas. However, TOI found that while some multi-level parking facilities, run by Municipal Corporation of Delhi across the city, are mostly packed, many also remain underutilised and nearby roads stay choked with vehicles.The utilisation pattern…
New Delhi: A 22-year-old man was crushed under a train while chasing a snatcher who stole his phone at Shahdara railway station on Friday afternoon, police said.The man who died was identified as Rohit Kumar of Baroth village in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district. He worked as a security guard at Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital and…
New Delhi: Garbage collected across Delhi may soon stop touching the ground. Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is planning to set up modern transfer stations in all 12 zones to ensure that waste is directly transferred into trucks and transported for processing.Under the proposed system, the waste will be directly loaded on to trucks and…
New Delhi: Delhi govt has approved 3,812 projects worth Rs 1,798 crore under Chief Minister Development Fund to strengthen basic infrastructure across the city. The fund is designed to enable small but high-impact local development works.At a review meeting held at Delhi Secretariat on Friday, chief minister Rekha Gupta directed officials to expedite tendering and…
NEW DELHI: An increase in domestic LPG cylinder prices by Rs 60 on Saturday has sparked concerns among the public, with many expressing concerns about the difficulty of managing household budgets. Domestic LPG cylinder prices have been increased with effect from Saturday, March 7, with the cost of a 14.2-kg household cooking gas cylinder rising…
A minor Holi water balloon incident in Uttam Nagar escalated into a fatal mob attack, resulting in the death of 26-year-old Tarun Butolia NEW DELHI: A seemingly minor splash of Holi water turned deadly in Uttam Nagar on March 4, leaving 26-year-old Tarun Butolia dead and the southwest Delhi neighbourhood on edge. What began as…
NEW DELHI: The father of 25-year-old Tarun, who was killed in a brutal attack, has demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the matter on Saturday. The family alleged that local police have neither shared details of the arrests made so far nor conducted a proper inquiry into the incident in the national…
Dal Lake to French Riviera: Tracing light across terrains Paresh Maity was seven when he realised that he wanted to capture light in his art. Now, his ongoing exhibition at Bikaner House, Luminous Terrains, is a visual diary of that lifelong pursuit – tracing how light transforms landscapes across geographies. Marking 25 years of Art…
Students of Ramjas College, University of Delhi have secured impressive ranks in the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2025, the results of which were announced on March 6, continuing the college’s strong showing in the prestigious exam.Aniket Ranjan, a student from the Batch of 2022, has secured an exceptional All India Rank 48 in the Civil…
