NEW DELHI: Voting began on Tuesday for the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) elections, with students casting their votes to elect a new central panel and school councillors. Polling started at 9 am and will continue till 5.30 pm, with a lunch break between 1 pm and 2.30 pm. JNU Clash: Student Union President…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi Jal Board employee was found dead in a flat in the Begumpur area here on Monday afternoon, with a stab injury on his neck, police said.Around 3:30 pm, a PCR call was received from Ankur Rathi, a resident of Rohini Sector-24, reporting that his father had been killed. A police team…
New Delhi: Delhi govt Monday announced it will form special teams to take strict action against industrial units and vehicles contributing to pollution. These teams will submit daily reports to the chief minister and the environment minister. Govt also plans to provide heaters to night-duty security personnel in colonies and marketplaces if pollution levels rise…
New Delhi: Integrating art with recreation, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is set to develop seven theme parks across the city where sculptures will take centre stage.Based on a concept called ‘sculpture play’ and aimed at rousing children’s curiosity, sculptures of varying heights and shapes will be created and weaved into the parks in the…
New Delhi: The lawns of JNU’s Jhelum hostel came alive with the sound of slogans, drum beats and duelling ideologies in the early hours of Monday. The red flags of the Left fluttered alongside the saffron of ABVP and the blue of NSUI. Students filled the open-air venue for the much-awaited presidential debate that was…
New Delhi: The Union health ministry has issued its fourth circular since last year for the selection of heads of department (HoDs) at three major central govt hospitals and their associated medical colleges in Delhi — Safdarjung, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia and Lady Hardinge Medical College.Despite repeated circulars by Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS),…
New Delhi: The high court has summoned the Delhi chief secretary and other senior govt officials over the “appalling condition” of the city’s 27 notified industrial areas, which lack basic infrastructure like sewage lines and stormwater drains.Last week, a bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Manmeet P S Arora noted that despite a cabinet…
New Delhi: Nine years after an Amity Law School student died by suicide after being barred from taking semester exams because of attendance shortage, Delhi High Court ruled that no law college or university can stop students from sitting for tests on this ground.Referring to the death of Sushant Rohilla and the “stark realities that…
Patna: Chief minister Rekha Gupta has gone to Bihar for a three-day election campaign from Monday evening, marking her third visit to the state in recent times. “Gupta will hold public meetings, roadshows and interactive programmes in 12-15 assembly constituencies,” said an official at CM’s office. She will return on Nov 6. Meanwhile, AAP Delhi…
New Delhi: A Delhi High Court judge hearing the case of evidence tampering against Sushil and Gopal Ansal in relation to the Uphaar fire tragedy has recused himself after the victim’s association raised apprehension of getting a fair hearing.Justice Amit Mahajan transferred the case from his court on Oct 30 after the complainant, Neelam Krishnamoorthy,…
