NEW DELHI: Shalini had moved on, but Aashu had not. After she chose her husband over him, his obsession only grew darker.On Saturday night, as the 22-year-old pregnant woman and her husband Aakash (23) met her mother on Qutub Road in central Delhi’s Nabi Karim, Aashu (34), a local goon, waited in the shadows. When…
New Delhi: Annual fees at Delhi University’s School of Open Learning (SOL) have surged by more than 150% in five years, transforming what was once the university’s low-cost arm created for working professionals and students from modest backgrounds into one of its costlier campus units. The sharp rise, students allege, comes even as they remain…
New Delhi: After five years of prohibition on firecrackers, Delhi is gearing up for a Diwali that promises to be loud, bright — and unexpectedly chaotic for traders. The Supreme Court’s recent decision to lift restrictions on the sale of firecrackers between Oct 18 and 20 has set off a frenzy across markets, where demand…
New Delhi: The start of a school year is usually marked by new uniforms, crisp textbooks and eager faces. However, for many children in the city, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds or with special needs, the promises made under the Right to Education Act often fall short. To bridge this gap between policy and practice,…
New Delhi: Thempi Khongsai (26) from Manipur, had domestic problems with her partner, Thangjam Viney Meitei, for over a year. However, she did not reach out using the police helpline for Northeast residents and was murdered, allegedly by Meitei, who is also from Manipur.A call to 1093 or even 112 may have averted the murder,…
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to route waste collected from roads and lanes after Diwali to its Waste-to-Energy (WTE) plants. Sanitation workers will operate in teams after the festival to collect dry and cracker waste, ensuring its prompt disposal at WTE facilities. “Dry material from burnt crackers is mostly sent to…
New Delhi: The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has issued a notice directing all industrial units in the capital involved in the generation, recycling, utilisation, co-processing, pre-processing, or disposal of hazardous waste to mandatorily register themselves on the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) newly launched National Hazardous Waste Tracking System (NHWTS).The platform, developed by CPCB,…
NEW DELHI: The capital’s air quality slipped to the ‘very poor’ category by late Sunday evening, a day before Diwali, prompting CAQM to impose stage 2 of the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap). Stage 2 of the plan restricts use of DG sets across NCR and bars interstate buses, other than those running on electricity,…
New Delhi: The political battle over cleaning the Yamuna intensified on Sunday as AAP’s Delhi unit president Saurabh Bharadwaj launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led Delhi govt over its claim of cleaning the river. Bharadwaj challenged CM Rekha Gupta and minister Parvesh Verma to “drink a litre of Yamuna water” to prove that the…
New Delhi: As homes and streets glow with festive decorations for Diwali, eye specialists have urged people to be mindful of excessive exposure to bright and glittering lights, which can lead to significant eye strain and dryness.Doctors say continuous staring at intense artificial lights — particularly LEDs and flashing decorative bulbs — can cause what…
