New Delhi: Barely a month after a comprehensive cleaning and maintenance drive, the 1.3km Chandni Chowk stretch facing Red Fort has once again slipped into civic neglect after the specialised agency engaged for the task had stopped working due to the alleged lack of funds.Public Works Department (PWD) hired the agency in mid-Nov to carry…
New Delhi: The Friday morning rush-hour traffic slammed straight into a wall of red signals and a sea of brake lights near ITO as Martyr’s Day restrictions brought vehicles on Vikas Marg and roads leading to Rajghat to a grinding halt. Commuters were stuck for hours with little information on diversions or relief.Shreedhar, who travels…
New Delhi: A Delhi court has recently refused to cancel the bail granted to an illegal Bangladeshi immigrant, Bilal Hosen, holding that an accused “cannot be kept in custody indefinitely” merely for being an illegal immigrant. Additional sessions judge Gaurav Gupta dismissed Delhi Police’s plea challenging the bail granted to Hosen by a magistrate court,…
New Delhi: A Delhi court has acquitted a man accused of torching a senior secondary school in northeast Delhi’s Brijpuri during the Feb 2020 riots.The court held that the prosecution’s case suffered from serious infirmities, including an unexplained “delay in registering the FIR” and “inconsistent” testimony of the sole eyewitness, who happens to be a…
New Delhi: The National Medical Commission has ordered disciplinary and criminal action and sweeping corrective measures after an inquiry found serious irregularities and institutional failure in the conduct of super-speciality courses at Lok Nayak Hospital, associated with Maulana Azad Medical College.The matter was earlier highlighted by The Times of India in these columns.In a detailed…
New Delhi: National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed DCP (northeast) to appear on the next date of hearing and explain why adequate protective and enforcement measures were not taken when a joint committee went to a village in east Delhi to inspect illegal air and water industries.The joint committee, in its report, told the tribunal that,…
The Romanian ambassador’s residence in Delhi became a vibrant hub of cultural synergy as diplomats and artists came together in an inspiring celebration of music’s ability to connect. Featuring a spellbinding fusion performance by Stephen Devassy and Ustad Kamal Sabri, the event illuminated the idea that music is a universal language A gathering at the…
New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Friday inaugurated a new Electric Receiving Sub-Station (RSS) at Park Street near the Central Vista, a key infrastructure addition aimed at ensuring uninterrupted power supply to Delhi Metro. “Today, the Park Street Electric Receiving Sub-Station (RSS) was inaugurated, which will ensure uninterrupted power supply in the major metro…
New Delhi: After nine years on the run, Delhi Police’s Crime Branch arrested a man for posing as an IPS officer with the Intelligence Bureau to cheat and intimidate people. The man, identified as Vimal Bhat, was apprehended from the Patparganj Industrial Area in east Delhi on Thursday. Bhat, a resident of Raj Nagar Extension…
NEW DELHI: Kajal Chaudhary, 27, a SWAT commando with Delhi Police’s Special Cell, died on January 27 at a hospital in Ghaziabad, five days after she was allegedly attacked by her husband at their home in west Delhi’s Mohan Garden. She was four months pregnant.Part of an elite force trained to handle challenges unique to…
