New Delhi: CBI has arrested a Delhi Jal Board employee and another individual in a bribery case linked to the alleged settlement of a pending water bill. According to an official statement, the agency registered a case on Feb 8 following a complaint againstVinod Kumar, a peon-cum-assistant meter reader posted with the Board’s Zone-VI in…
NEW DELHI: CM Rekha Gupta outlined Wednesday a series of measures taken by her govt over the past one year to curb dust and vehicular pollution in the capital, while rejecting allegations that air quality data was, in any way, manipulated or deliberately concealed. In a free-wheeling interview with TOI, Gupta said dust and smoke…
New Delhi: A four-year-old boy died after a rashly driven e-rickshaw hit him outside a school in southwest Delhi’s Chhawla on Feb 3. Police arrested the e-rickshaw operator.The boy, Aarav, who was set to be enrolled in school soon, was rushed to hospital where he was declared dead.At least three children had lost their lives…
New Delhi: A Delhi court has acquitted two men accused of murdering a 33-year-old Indian Air Force (IAF) staffer in 2014, holding that the circumstantial evidence was inadequate and failed to form a complete chain pointing to their guilt. Additional sessions judge Gurmohina Kaur was hearing the case against Brahm Prakash and Khajaan Singh, accused…
New Delhi: Board exams are stressful on their own. This year, for many students, traffic diversions in central Delhi may add to that pressure.As the capital prepares for extensive VVIP movement around Bharat Mandapam from Feb 17 to 19 for the AI summit, authorities have rolled out a traffic management plan for key parts of…
New Delhi: Courts must ensure that the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the justice system supplements — and does not replace — human decision-making, a Supreme Court judge said on Thursday. “The challenge for institutions, including courts, is not whether to use AI but how to use it. Any use of AI within the…
New Delhi: Magenta Line, which is set to become the longest metro corridor, will feature the highest number of interchange stations at 21, significantly enhancing cross-city connectivity across National Capital Region, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation stated on Wednesday. The line will run from Botanical Garden to Inderlok via Central Vista and function entirely as a…
New Delhi: After a six-day breather, the city’s air quality slipped back to the very poor category on Wednesday. The Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 305 at 4pm, up from 271 (poor) at the same time on Tuesday. The last time the city recorded very poor air was on Feb 4, when the AQI…
New Delhi: Delhi Police‘s Crime Branch has nabbed three men, including an LLB graduate, for their alleged role in a Rs 31 lakh investment fraud targeting an employee of a multinational technology firm. They allegedly posed as representatives of a leading investment firm and lured victims with promises of high returns on IPO through self-designed…
New Delhi: In a major push to secure India’s digital financial landscape, Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday called for the universal adoption of the ‘Mule Account Hunter’ software to dismantle the evolving ecosystem of cyber-enabled frauds. Speaking at a conference in the city, Shah revealed that India had frozen Rs 8,189 crore of…
