New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the decision of Punjab National Bank and Bank of Maharashtra to offer one time settlement (OTS) to Asian Hotels, which owns Hyatt Regency five-star hotel in Delhi, and sought details of the attempts made to auction the property to realise the loan amount.On the allegation of advocate…
Proma refused to let the ‘patient’ identity define her NEW DELHI: The day after chemotherapy is usually lost to exhaustion and nausea. But for Proma Mukherjee, it was a day to put on ghungroos. Last year, at 34, the Faridabad-based dancer stood backstage, adjusting a wig she had begun wearing only days earlier. Just 2…
New Delhi: The names of the 12 zones of MCD are set to be aligned with the names of Delhi govt’s revenue districts. An official order on this is expected soon. The proposal has already received MCD’s approval. Sources said Delhi govt will finalise the names in consultation with district magistrates and then forward the…
New Delhi: A group of parents on Wednesday approached CBSE, seeking urgent intervention over the possibility that roll numbers, admit cards and other exam-related formalities of their wards studying in Class X and XII at Salwan Public School may be withheld because of non-payment of fees following an “arbitrary, exorbitant and unapproved 57% hike”. However,…
NEW DELHI: Eighteen-year-old Dhruv was eagerly waiting for his father to return home when a phone call from police turned his life upside down. His father, Ajit Sharma (51) had drowned after his autorickshaw fell into a waterlogged pothole in northeast Delhi’s Harsh Vihar, the cops said.That was on June 30, 2023. Nearly three years…
New Delhi: A Delhi court has sentenced a man to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment for dowry death, holding that the prosecution had successfully established all essential ingredients of Section 304B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and discharged the “initial onus” required to raise the statutory presumption against the accused. Additional sessions judge Shunali Gupta…
New Delhi: More than 1 in 5 doctor posts and over 13% of nursing positions are vacant across three major central govt hospitals in the capital, highlighting persistent staffing gaps in the country’s premier public health institutions. According to data tabled in the Rajya Sabha, the combined vacancy rate across Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and…
NEW DELHI: An expert panel set up by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to suggest a roadmap for reducing air pollution in Delhi-NCR is likely to propose the immediate exit of BS-I, BS-II and BS-III vehicles; phase out of BS-IV vehicles over the next five years; and the withdrawal of BS-VI two-wheelers and…
Sikhs for Justice founder Gurpatwant Singh Pannun NEW DELHI: Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested two men on Thrusday in connection with pro-Khalistan slogans found written at two locations in the capital ahead of Republic Day on January 26. The accused have been identified as Baljinder, an ambulance driver, and his associate Rohit alias Kirat.Police…
New Delhi: Considering the case of a “romantic relationship” based on consent, Delhi High Court has granted bail to a youth booked under Pocso Act for having sex with his minor girlfriend.The accused had already spent over two yea-rs behind bars while the girl’s bone ossificat-ion test revealed that she was on the verge of…
