New Delhi: Students from across Delhi began lining up outside Ambedkar International Centre on Thursday, bundled up in sweaters bearing their school names. Inside, rows of book-filled stalls, animated conversations, and a packed auditorium set the tone for the city’s youth-focused gathering, the maiden NAMO Book Festival. Inaugurated by Union minister of state Jitender Singh,…
New Delhi: A court made scathing remarks on an animal shelter, observing that the facility was “not a guardian of animals, but a custodian”. The case stems from the seizure of 10 dogs of petitioner Vishal by Sanjay Gandhi Animal Care Centre, which alleged that the animals were being subjected to cruelty. However, it later…
New Delhi: After months of anticipation, Public Works Department has released detailed plans for a Rs 325-crore project to expand and upgrade the flyovers at the congested Modi Mill and Savitri Cinema intersections on Delhi’s Outer Ring Road.Scheduled for completion within two years, the initiative aims to ease chronic congestion, improve road safety and save…
New Delhi: To fortify Delhi’s security apparatus ahead of Republic Day, police commissioner Satish Golchha chaired a high-level interstate coordination meeting on Thursday. The meeting brought together brass from 11 states and union territories, including Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir, alongside central intelligence agencies.The gathering signalled a shift towards a “borderless” policing…
NEW DELHI: As cold waves ease across the national capital, a dense layer of toxic smog continues to blanket the city, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) reaching hazardous levels. Visuals from the ITO area show the city engulfed in thick pollution. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the AQI in the area…
New Delhi: Campuses funded by Delhi govt may finally be on the brink of a reset that reimagines them as engines of innovation rather than mere spaces that hand out degrees. The proposed Delhi Startup & Incubation Policy 2026 seeks to overhaul how public universities, colleges and technical institutes support entrepreneurship, responding to an ecosystem…
This Sunday, when runners line up at the starting points for Tata Mumbai Marathon, India’s marquee long-distance event, so will Anchal Malhotra in Gurgaon, Sajan Lama in Darjeeling, Dipti Waghmare in Jalgaon and Shovan Padhy in Hyderabad.Thousands of miles from Mumbai, the four will be among nearly 5,000 participants who will run the marathon virtually…
New Delhi: AIIMS on Friday told Delhi High Court that it has provided land to Dusib to erect about 80 night shelters for families of patients forced to sleep on the streets amid the cold wave. It assured the court that it will construct a 3,000-bed rest house to house such people. Delhi Headlines Today…
New Delhi: Few venues could have provided a more fitting backdrop for a kite-flying festival in the city than Baansera Park in Sarai Kale Khan. Home to nearly 30,000 bamboo plants — an essential material for kite-making — the park lent both visual appeal and symbolic meaning to the three-day celebration that started on Friday.The…
New Delhi: Delhi govt has started the process of bringing unorganised workers, gig and platform workers, and construction workers under the social security net. The move, which aims to close long-pending gaps in social security coverage, will be fast-tracked by constituting welfare boards and rolling out schemes. In a meeting on Friday, labour minister Kapil…
