New Delhi: To curb wastage, ensure equitable distribution and improve the quality of electricity and water supplies, New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has prepared a series of revamp proposals, including replacing 1,440 high-tension panels of 11kV capacity, many of which date back to the British era. The plan also covers the installation of a supervisory…
NEW DELHI: A Blinkit delivery partner whose video highlighting meagre daily earnings went viral recently met Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha, days after the lawmaker raised concerns in Parliament over the working conditions of gig workers.Chadha invited the delivery executive, Thapliyal Ji, a native of Uttarakhand, to his residence for lunch. The meeting followed the…
NEW DELHI: Delhi’s air quality worsened again on Saturday after a brief improvement earlier in the week, with several parts of the city recording pollution levels in the ‘very poor’ and ‘severe’ categories. Residents across the capital woke up to thick smog, which reduced visibility in many areas. According to data from the Central Pollution…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court has quashed a 20-year-old official order to compulsorily retire a CISF officer, now 72, over sexual harassment, ruling that the allegations made in 1998 by a woman constable “reek of vengeance rather than genuine harassment”. HC also found that even after being cleared three times, senior officers constituted yet…
NEW DELHI: As the wind speed dropped, the city’s air quality deteriorated sharply on Friday, turning very poor from poor a day earlier. The 24-hour average air quality index at 4pm was 332 compared to 234 on Thursday.AQI, on a scale of 0 to 500, was 320 at 11am compared to 218 at the same…
New Delhi: Any immediate move to reduce the 18% GST on air purifiers appears unlikely after the central govt Friday opposed a PIL before Delhi high court seeking to make these devices more affordable.“We can’t give a committed date; it requires voting. Convening the GST Council in virtual mode is not possible as it can…
New Delhi: Criticising the proposed budget for the financial year 2026-27 and questioning the outcomes of policies adopted in previous years, leader of the opposition Ankush Narang on Friday termed the BJP-led Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s budget a “paper exercise”.The AAP councillor claimed that despite budgetary provisions, the spending on scholarships in 2024-25 was zero….
New Delhi: A protest was held on Friday morning outside Delhi High Court against its decision to grant conditional bail to former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, a convict in the Unnao rape case.Around 30 people, including women’s rights activist Yogita Bhayana, attended the protest, which started outside gate number 5 around 11am. The rape…
New Delhi: Delhi Police‘s crime branch has filed a chargesheet against a key member of the gang headed by fugitive gangster Kapil Sangwan alias Nandu.The accused has been identified as Manoj Yadav alias Kaira. He was earlier arrested under MCOCA and is in judicial custody. He was found to have been a close aide of…
New Delhi: On Friday, the longest queue at Meharchand Market was no longer outside a tailor’s shop but a cafe. People now patiently wait for tables where they once used to wait for their shirts and trousers to be stitched. This shift captures the market’s ‘third life’.Long before today’s glass façades and menu boards entered…
