New Delhi: To effectively manage large crowds of homebound passengers during the Diwali-Chhath Puja festive season, Northern Railway has set up ‘mini control rooms’ at New Delhi Railway Station (NDLS), Anand Vihar, Old Delhi, Hazrat Nizamuddin and Shakurbasti. Special staff has been deployed and more than 150 additional cameras have been installed, taking the total…
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi has identified 292 locations for feeding stray dogs in 80 wards and started installing boards to mark them as per the Supreme Court’s directions.Officials said the civic body had finalised the sites after meeting residents, RWAs, etc. “Boards have been installed at a few places, including four near Jawaharlal…
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi has finalised the agency that will construct its fifth construction and demolition (C&D) waste processing plant at Tehkhand to enhance the city’s waste management capacity and curb dust pollution on roads.Officials said the civic body had also issued letters of intent for setting up 14 material recovery facilities in…
New Delhi: Two cousins on their way to Murthal for dinner died after their SUV collided with a truck and caught fire in outer Delhi’s Rani Bagh on Thursday. Police have caught the truck driver. The deceased were identified as Henry (20) and Dipanshu Chandela (21). They were BBA students. Both were from west Delhi….
New Delhi: A woman constable from northwest Delhi’s Ashok Vihar cleverly used a fake social media profile to honeytrap a man accused of attempted murder, eventually leading to his arrest.Police said on April 2, an 18-year-old woman lodged a complaint alleging that four men — Sahil, Dinesh, Rahul and Krishna Jha — abused and physically…
New Delhi: Stating that there was no incriminating evidence against four people charged with attempted murder in 2023, a Delhi court acquitted them.One Mahender Sahni had alleged that he was attacked by the accused people with a knife on Oct 10, 2023. A case was registered by the Sagarpur police against Santosh Gupta, Rakhi Devi,…
New Delhi: A public sector bank’s branch in Rohini Sector-9 was allegedly defrauded by a man who used forged documents to secure a car loan of Rs 15 lakh. According to the FIR, filed on the complaint of the bank’s chief manager, an official had approached the bank to sanction a loan for the man…
New Delhi: Graffiti and posters with “I Love Mohammad” written on them surfaced at several places in Jawaharlal Nehru University on Wednesday night. It was taken down overnight so that no problem occurs on the campus. University security officials said efforts are on to identify those responsible.Pictures of the graffiti also circulated on social media….
New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University‘s ambitious ayurveda biology programme, which was launched five years ago, has struggled to take off. Now, UGC has rejected the university’s proposal to hire faculty, citing the poor enrolment numbers, officials in the know said.Seven students have enrolled this year for the programme, when the capacity is 20. To be…
ISKCON has created a Guinness World Record for the ‘Most Pledges for Anti-Addiction’ during its annual youth festival, UDGAAR – An Expression of Goodness and Joy, held recently at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi. The event brought together around 15,000 young people from across the country. Organised under the Nasha Mukt Bharat…
