New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Tuesday put on notice the owner of a pit bull which mauled a six-year-old boy last month, leaving him with “serious irreparable injuries”.It also directed Municipal Corporation of Delhi not to release the dog before putting “adequate safeguards” in place to ensure it does not attack anyone else.“The authorities…
New Delhi: Barely weeks after its inauguration, the Atal Asha Home in Narela has been pushed into urgent work after the Delhi fire department flagged the need for an additional external staircase before issuing a final fire safety NOC. Public Works Department (PWD) has started work on its construction, setting a 30-day deadline for completion….
New Delhi: In the upscale neighbourhood of Outram Lines in Mukherjee Nagar stands a four-storeyed house, its doors shuttered and curtains drawn, and a lone black Labrador keeping watch. A sign inviting good fortune — ‘Mangalam’ — hangs outside.It’s the family home of brothers Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, owners of the Goa nightclub where 25…
New Delhi: Delhi govt will repair 7,400 unused flats meant for the economically weaker section in Bhalswa-Jahangirpuri and give them to nearby slum dwellers. It will provide parking space, a market area, a charging station for e-rickshaws, an Ayushman Arogya Mandir, a primary school, anganwadi facilities and dedicated zones for children and senior citizens on…
New Delhi: With several infrastructure projects being executed at the same time, congestion is expected across multiple key junctions in northwest Delhi.The first major bottleneck is at Madhuban Chowk, where traffic has been slowing down. DMRC is constructing a foot overbridge connecting Pitampura Metro Station with the upcoming Madhuban Chowk station. Since the work is…
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Tuesday added 17 backhoe loaders and two super sucker machines to its fleet, which may bolster waste management and drainage cleaning.The new fleet is expected to accelerate sanitation work, reduce manual labour and improve cleanliness at the ward level, officials said.According to a statement from the civic…
New Delhi: Delhi govt will install 556 more mist points to curb dust pollution during the winter months, when air quality usually falls into the poor and severe categories. While 350 points will be installed across the city, 206 will come up in two industrial areas—Narela and Bawana.“Directions have been issued to road-owning agencies such…
New Delhi: A 30-year-old garment businessman has been arrested for allegedly speeding his car into a minivan, injuring five women in southwest Delhi’s Bhikaji Cama Place. Over two weeks after the incident, two of the injured women are still admitted to the ICU.Police said the incident occured on Nov 23 in front of Hanuman Mandir…
New Delhi: Nearly 100 high school girls completed an intensive, multi-phase STEM learning journey at IIT Delhi as part of the fourth edition of Manasvi, a flagship mentorship programme designed to introduce young women to the world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.Running from May to Dec, the programme guided students through summer, autumn and…
New Delhi: Delhi Police‘s Crime Branch has arrested three men allegedly involved in a fatal road-rage assault on a DTC bus driver in Aman Vihar. On Dec 6, 38-year-old Vikas, a DTC driver from Jhajjar, Haryana, was dragged out of his bus and beaten by a group of wedding guests near City Vatika, Shiv Chowk….
