New Delhi: Delhi Police has been allocated a budget of Rs 12,846 crore for 2026-27, a 4.6% increase compared with that of the previous financial year. According to budget estimates, the revenue expenditure for FY27 is Rs 11,881.5 crore, up from Rs 11,315.6 crore. The capital expenditure has been set at Rs 964.6 crore, as…
New Delhi: The allocation for Delhi under the Union Budget has remained unchanged at Rs 1,348 crore. The amount under revenue (Rs 968 crore) and capital (Rs 380 crore) heads are also the same as in the budget estimates for 2025-26. However, the allocation for FY26 was later reduced to Rs 1,242 crore in the…
New Delhi: Parts of DND Flyway, meant to be a fast route to the capital, has turned into a bumpy and frustrating ride for commuters from Mayur Vihar and Noida over the past few months. Driving from Mayur Vihar, you hit the first rough patch once you cross the now-defunct toll plaza. The surface of…
New Delhi: The city’s metro map is about to get a new pivot point. Delhi Aerocity station on Airport Express Line is on track to become one of the most significant interchange hubs in the city’s expanding public transport network.As part of Phase IV of Delhi Metro, Aerocity is being transformed to connect with Tughlaqabad-Aerocity…
New Delhi: With 1,578 fatal crashes recorded in 2025, the city’s roads are once again under the spotlight for a familiar reason: speed. While that’s a little up from 1,504 such crashes in 2024, the city continues to operate under a confusing patchwork of speed limits — 50kmph on some roads, 60kmph on others and…
NEW DELHI : Tanuja, a 23-yearold homemaker, and her threeyear-old son, Priyansh, were going to a weekly market on July 31, 2024, when they fell into a partially constructed drain in east Delhi’s Ghazipur. Both died. The tragedy left her husband, Govind Singh Bisht, traumatised and he left Delhi for his ancestral place in Uttarakhand.The…
New Delhi: An unnamed monument, next to Chaumukha Darwaza in the Mehrauli Archaeological Park (MAP), which has forever stood without any historical identification, is now drawing visitors because DDA has made a reading room there.The once dilapidated and now restored structure is open to all for free and houses a modest, yet engaging, collection of…
NEW DELHI: In an attempt to demonstrate their global reach and resolve, the Lawrence Bishnoi syndicate has claimed responsibility for a high-stakes operation targeting ISI henchman Shahzad Bhatti in Portugal. It is unclear if Bhatti, a Karachi-based gangster-turned terrorist, survived the assault. The local police there is yet to issue a statement. Bhatti is identified…
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday listed Feb 13 for hearing arguments on whether to take cognisance of the chargesheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against Al Falah Group chairman Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui in a money-laundering case. Additional sessions judge Sheetal Chaudhary Pradhan adjourned the matter after Siddiqui’s defence team sought more time…
New Delhi: An Action Taken Report by New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) says its jurisdiction has no identified air pollution hotspots, a status officials attribute to sustained upgrades in technology, strict enforcement and aggressive greening — measures that the civic body says will continue to be expanded.The report, dated Jan 22 and prepared by NDMC’s…
