New Delhi: Public Works Department (PWD) has begun preparing a detailed project report for the construction of a flyover along SSN Marg, stretching from the Anuvrat Marg red light to the DLF Farms cut, to reduce congestion.The three-kilometre stretch of SSN Marg is used by commuters heading to Gurgaon, the airport, Vasant Kunj and other…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has stated that provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (SC/ST Act) related to land dispossession cannot be invoked to prevent banks from exercising their lawful mortgage or recovery rights. Justice Sachin Datta made this observation while staying proceedings initiated by the National Commission for…
New Delhi: A 74-year-old man was killed and a woman injured when an e-rickshaw overturned in east Delhi’s Farsh Bazar on Friday afternoon. Police said the driver suddenly swerved the vehicle to avoid hitting a scooty, causing the e-rickshaw to lose balance and flip.Dr Hedgewar Hospital, where the victims were taken, informed police. Elderly passenger…
New Delhi: The Faculty Association of AIIMS (FAIMS) has decided to abstain from the institute’s convocation on Saturday, protesting what it called the “unjust removal” of Dr AK Bisoi, head of the cardiothoracic and vascular surgery department, and alleging violations of due process and institutional autonomy.In a resolution passed unanimously on Friday at its general…
New Delhi: Delhi Khadi and Village Industries Board (DKVIB) has decided to set up an emporium in Connaught Place which will serve as a one-stop destination for nearly 650 Geographical Indication (GI)-tagged products from across India, industries minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said on Friday.The emporium, to be made in collaboration with DSIIDC, will offer domestic…
New Delhi: Public Works Department (PWD) has approved the construction of five new foot overbridges (FOBs) to improve pedestrian safety in high-footfall areas and streamline traffic movement in the city. It will also conduct a feasibility study on the additional pedestrian crossings.According to officials, the FOBs will be built at SPM Marg near the exit…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on a woman litigant who sought to block “illegal” construction at a property in central Delhi’s Karol Bagh, but concealed that she had filed a suit before a trial court in the matter.“There is no doubt that this court takes very serious…
New Delhi: A Delhi court has acquitted a man accused of kidnapping and forcibly marrying a 16-year-old girl, observing that the prosecution failed to prove its case.The court was hearing a case against Shivraj Singh Sudama, who was accused of kidnapping a girl from Jaitpur on Aug 14, 2021.Additional sessions judge Lovleen noted that the…
New Delhi: A Delhi court awarded over Rs 75 lakh as compensation to an LIC agent who suffered 80% permanent disability in a 2021 road accident.The court was hearing a claim petition by Geeta Goyal, who sustained serious injuries after a speeding vehicle collided with her scooty in Nangloi on June 10, 2021.Observing that the…
New Delhi: In a major boost for Delhi govt’s Yamuna rejuvenation plan, the irrigation and flood control department has procured a special dredger from Finland to undertake large-scale dredging, desilting and cleaning operations. The Amphibious Classic 4 Multipurpose Dredger will first be deployed on critical stretches of the Yamuna, followed by the Sahibi river basin.The…
