New Delhi: The city’s skyline is set for a lift this weekend as tethered hot air balloons begin offering a brief aerial escape to Delhiites over the Yamuna floodplain. On Tuesday morning, Delhi Development Authority completed its final trial run at Baansera and the city’s first such service will be available from Saturday.Lieutenant governor VK…
New Delhi: In a major push to strengthen Delhi’s primary healthcare system, chief minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday inaugurated over 70 new Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (AAMs) across the city, bringing the total number of operational centres to 238. The launch marks one of the largest single-day expansions of neighbourhood-level health facilities in the city. Gupta…
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has issued a second show-cause notice to an NGO preparing mid-day meals for primary schools in the central and south zones after fresh violations were detected during an inspection last week. At present, 15 NGOs operate 18 centralised kitchens to serve food to around 1,500 MCD schools under…
New Delhi: When 11-year-old Aman (name changed) from Sultanpur first reached Safdarjung Hospital last year, he was fighting odds stacked sharply against him. Born with bilateral hypodysplastic kidneys, a rare condition that leaves both kidneys severely underdeveloped, he had slipped into end-stage renal failure and needed to be revived after a cardiac arrest. Last week,…
New Delhi: A WhatsApp group, created a week ago allegedly to coordinate Sunday’s pollution protest that had turned violent, is central to Delhi Police’s investigation, said sources. One of the two FIRs registered over the incident details how protesters, in an organised and planned manner, fled Kartavya Path, but again gathered outside Parliament Street police…
New Delhi: Steps towards inclusivity are turning into strides at Lady Shri Ram College for Women, with Swavalamban, its resource centre for students with disabilities, ready to redefine accessible learning. The revitalised centre is equipped with advanced assistive technologies for students, especially those with visual and low-vision impairments.A range of new accessibility tools has been…
New Delhi: A temporary reconciliation or even pregnancy cannot erase the previous acts of cruelty and abusive conduct of a spouse, Delhi High Court has observed, allowing the divorce plea of a husband. The HC overturned the family court’s decision not to grant a divorce and pointed out that cruelty must be judged based on…
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday paid homage to Guru Tegh Bahadur at a three-day commemorative event organised by Delhi govt at Red Fort to mark the 350th anniversary of his martyrdom. Chief minister Rekha Gupta, who was also present, said the govt would conduct a series of programmes throughout the year to spread…
New Delhi: You may soon be able to use a tatkal service to register your property, with Delhi govt examining a proposal to allow same-day or next-day appointments at sub-registrar offices for a premium fee. This follows persistent complaints over waiting periods for appointments — especially at high-demand offices in Janakpuri, Pitampura and Mehrauli —…
New Delhi: A Delhi consumer court recently ordered Lenovo Private Limited to pay Rs 45,000 to compensate a customer for a laptop’s recurring defect and for failing to provide an effective resolution through its after-sales process.The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, in Delhi’s north-east district comprising Surinder Kumar Sharma, president and Adarsh Nain, member, passed…
