New Delhi: Delhi govt has shared its waste management plan with the National Green Tribunal (NGT), stating that the capital will be able to process an additional 7,750 tonnes per day (TPD) of municipal solid waste by Dec 2028 through the expansion of four Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plants and two new biogas facilities. The additional capacity,…
New Delhi: Police examined a domestic help in connection with the murder of 85-year-old British national Pauline Crowther Ann, who was found dead at her Jantar Mantar Lane residence, popularly called White House, on July 30. According to sources, investigators are also expected to seek court permission to conduct a polygraph test.The help had gone…
New Delhi: Delhi govt has begun work on establishing a Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority, launching a 21-member task force to design the framework for a central body that will coordinate and streamline the capital’s fragmented transport network. Officials said the proposed Delhi Urban Metropolitan Transport Authority (DUMTA) is intended to bring together multiple agencies that…
New Delhi: Two friends died and six others were injured in a collision between a car and a motorcycle on Bawana Road in Outer Delhi late Friday night.The incident took place around 11.43pm. According to police, the car, which was travelling from the Bawana side, collided with the motorcycle carrying two riders.The motorcycle riders were…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has granted a 21-day furlough to Balwan Khokhar, a convict in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, noting that temporary release plays a crucial role in upholding the rehabilitative aims of criminal justice. Khokhar, who has been serving a life sentence since 2013, has spent about 11 years and 10 months…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has granted Indian Air Force station, Palam, additional time to complete the compensatory plantation of 470 saplings, paving way for the issuance of a conditional NOC. Justice Sachin Dutta observed “that the only impediment in issuance of the NOC”, as recorded in the Dec 2 order, was the incomplete compliance…
NEW DELHI: A 4-year-old girl was kidnapped and allegedly assaulted sexually in Narela on Wednesday. Police arrested the accused in the case. He was identified as Rizwan, 25, a resident of Bawana. Police received a PCR call around 5:34pm on Dec 3 regarding the sexual assault of a minor in Bawana. “The minor was found…
NEW DELHI: In a major setback to the Centre’s new rotation policy for heads of department (HODs) in central govt hospitals, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has stayed the implementation of key office memoranda that imposed fixed tenures and triggered administrative reshuffles across premier institutions. The interim order — passed in a case filed by…
NEW DELHI: An 11-year-old boy was allegedly sexually assaulted by four students inside the bathroom of a govt school in outer Delhi’s Rohini. Police have apprehended all the suspects, aged between 12 and 15, who are accused of recording a video of the assault. The case came to light after the principal, along with the…
NEW DELHI: BJP MP Kangana Ranaut, TMC MP Mahua Moitra and NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule were seen dancing during the wedding celebrations of industrialist-turned-politician Naveen Jindal’s daughter.The trio performed to a popular Bollywood song from movie ‘Om Shanti Om’.Videos of the performance have gone viral on social media, with many expressing surprise at the…
