Delhi’s great vehicle exit NEW DELHI: Over eight lakh vehicles, mostly old and end-of-life (ELV) vehicles, have been issued the no objection certificate (NOC) by the transport department over the past four financial years to move out of the city. Delhi govt data shows that out of the total 8,30,086 vehicles, only 82,340 took NOC…
New Delhi: A 21-year-old man suffered leg injuries after jumping from the first floor of a residential building on Saturday, when a fire broke out in a readymade garment godown near the Rampal Chowk in Dwarka.The injured man has been identified as Abhishek, a worker at the building. According to DFS, a call about the…
Delhi Speaker Vijender Gupta announced a forensic examination found a controversial Atishi video was not tampered with, ordering a CBI probe. NEW DELHI: Speaker Vijender Gupta on Saturday said a forensic examination of the controversial Atishi video had found that the clip was not tampered with. He added that he would order a CBI probe…
New Delhi: Delhi University has increased the fees for institution-level facilities from the 2026-27 academic session, marking the second hike in the past six months and continuing a steady upward trend in its share of the consolidated student fee.With the latest revision, DU’s total share in the combined fee has risen to Rs 4,100, up…
NEW DELHI: Delhi continued to reel under a severe air pollution crisis on Sunday morning, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded at 439 at 7 am, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).The situation worsened overnight, with the AQI at 432 at 10 pm on Saturday, remaining in the ‘severe’ category,…
From GRAP-III To IV Within 24 Hrs As Delhi Air Quality Turns Severe NEW DELHI: The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Saturday imposed Stage-IV restrictions under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) as toxic smog thickened over the capital and pollution levels spiked further into the severe category, a day after Stage-III was…
Dr Shaheen Shahid, one of the Al-Falah University doctors arrested for the Delhi terror plot, had applied for a passport and was, according to investigators. NEW DELHI: Red Fort suicide bomber Dr Umar Nabi and two of his colleagues at Al-Falah University of Faridabad, Dr Muzammil and Dr Shaheen, were among several faculty and staff…
The day after labour ministry’s nudge to delivery platforms to drop the 10-minute branding, a breathless Sumit Singh appeared on the landing of my floor with my order. While I waited by the lift, seeing Singh emerge from the stairwell of my Noida apartment gave me a mild shock. “You climbed 17 floors?” I asked.“Ji,…
New Delhi: From segregating kitchen waste at home to deploying advanced chemical recycling technologies, India’s waste management story is increasingly being shaped by a mix of behaviour, policy and innovation. Experts say technology has advanced rapidly, but recycling and circular economy initiatives still depend on how people handle waste at the most basic level —…
New Delhi: Police have arrested the owner of a crockery manufacturing factory in northwest Delhi’s Samaypur Badli after two workers —-sole breadwinners of their families— died when a goods lift collapsed earlier this week.The factory’s original owner had died about four months ago, and his daughter, the legal heir who took over the unit thereafter,…
