Zines allow a wide range of socially and politically relevant issues which the traditional media either ignores or underplays to be raised and discussed. (Photo by: Subhendu Mukherjee) NEW DELHI : In the world of the tactile screen, the printed word is said to be losing ground. However, articulation and communication – speech and conversation…
New Delhi: Air India sent a Boeing 787 Dreamliner on Tuesday from Delhi to Ulaanbaatar to fly home the 245 people of a flight from San Francisco (SFO) that had to land in the Mongolian capital on Monday following a suspected snag. The aircraft, AI 183, is expected to bring on Wednesday morning the 228…
New Delhi: The voter turnout at this year’s JNUSU elections came in at 67%, a noticeable dip from 70% in April and 73% in 2024. It marks one of the lowest participation levels since Covid-19, revealing a muted student engagement. When polling began across the sprawling JNU campus, the mood was brisk, but the start…
DNA evidence, CCTV trail hold key in DJB engineer’s killing NEW DELHI: Investigators probing the murder of 59-year-old Delhi Jal Board engineer Suresh Rathi in Rohini are relying on the results of DNA analysis of hair strands and glasses found at the scene of the crime, sources said. Rathi, whose daughter is an officer in…
New Delhi: New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has completed the construction of the long-awaited JPN Library at Mandir Marg and is finalising its interiors, including furniture and hi-tech installations. The civic body plans to open the multimedia library in early Jan.“The civil work has been completed. We have initiated the process to invite financial bids…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has sentenced 13 people, including a retired IAS official, to jail for varying terms in the multi-crore-rupee Cooperative Group Housing Society (CGHS) scam.The judge at one point compared this kind of corruption to a cancer and said only a treatment like chemotherapy could cure society of it. “Therefore, the offence…
NEW DELHI: Delhi’s air quality saw a marginal improvement on Wednesday morning, with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded at 228 at 9 am, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).For comparison, the national capital had recorded an AQI of 291 at 4 pm on November 4. Despite a slight improvement,…
New Delhi: Two dengue-related deaths have been reported in the national capital this year, according to data on vector-borne diseases released by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Monday. Officials said a nine-year-old boy from Haiderpur, who was admitted to a private hospital in Shalimar Bagh on Aug 22, died within a day due…
Delhi-NCR dominated the list of India’s most polluted cities last month, with Dharuhera topping the charts for PM2.5 NEW DELHI: All 10 cities recorded a higher average PM2.5 concentration across the month than the daily national ambient air quality standard of 60 micrograms per cubic metre and way higher than WHO’s daily safe guideline of…
Kabaddi player Gurvinder Singh shot dead in Punjab LUDHIANA: A Kabaddi player, Gurvinder Singh, was allegedly shot and killed in the Samrala block of the Ludhiana district in Punjab. This marks the second such incident involving a Kabaddi player in the region in recent days. The murder has sparked immediate fear and concerns over escalating…
