New Delhi: Taking a dim view of the delay in conducting a survey of historic Tughlaqabad Fort to identify encroachments, Delhi High Court on Wednesday gave four more months to finish the process.“You took six months to appoint a survey committee, despite orders of the court… even the committee could not ensure that the survey…
New Delhi: If you face a problem during the verification of a birth or death certificate issued by the erstwhile east or north Delhi corporation between 2012 and 2023, you need to download the document again. This is because the old certificates are now invalid. Downloading the new ones won’t cost you any money.In a…
NEW DELHI: The city saw strong winds, thunderstorm and intense rain towards late Wednesday evening due to a western disturbance and formation of convective clouds, with the Met department expecting more rain over the next few days.The sudden change in the weather impacted traffic, knocked down trees and led to flight diversions. At least 22…
New Delhi: “The smoke was so thick we couldn’t see our own hands, but we could hear the screams… We just had to go in,” said 70-year-old Mahesh Sharma, a local trader who was among the first to rush to the site of the deadly fire in Palam to try save those trapped inside.From toughened…
New Delhi: This year so far, the fire department has received 36 calls on a daily average reporting fire incidents in the city. Data indicates that between Jan 1 and March 15, Delhi Fire Service (DFS) responded to 2,716 fire-related incidents across the city. These emergencies saw 13 people losing their lives and 111 sustaining…
A devastating fire engulfed a residential-cum-commercial building in Delhi’s Palam area, claiming the lives of nine members of a close-knit family, including three children (33-year-old Pravesh, Lado Devi, (70), 39-year-old Kamal, 35-year-old Ashu, Himanshi (22) – From Left) NEW DELHI: A devastating fire tore through a residential-cum-commercial building in southwest Delhi’s Palam area on Wednesday…
NEW DELHI: Women parliamentarians feel “very uncomfortable” with Rahul Gandhi as he moves around like a “tapori” and butts into interviews of others, BJP MP Kangana Ranaut said Wednesday in a swipe at the leader of opposition and asked him to learn from his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra who has “good etiquettes”.“Rahul Gandhi is a…
Blaze at ITO Trade & Taxes building (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: A blaze broke out at the Trade and Taxes building at ITO in the national capital on Thursday morning, a day after a deadly fire in a residential-cum-commercial building in Palam.According to officials, information about the fire on the 12th floor of the…
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments Commissioner questioned the expansive definition of ‘industry’ settled by Supreme Court in 1978 , saying how it can cover temples when most of them are maintained from the surplus money generated from donations received by a few of them.Appearing for the body which oversees administration, management…
New Delhi: Lieutenant governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Wednesday ordered a comprehensive fire audit across Delhi’s localities and institutions following the blaze in a residential-cum-commercial building in southwest Delhi’s Palam that left nine people, including three children, dead.The directions were issued at a meeting of DDMA chaired by LG and co-chaired by chief minister Rekha…
