New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi has submitted a proposal to the heritage conservation committee for the restoration of the 125-year-old Hindu College building at Kashmere Gate. If approved, the project may start in the first quarter of the next year.The initiative follows demands made by Hindu College Old Students Association last year during the…
New Delhi: The central govt-run Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, which promises free care, is asking patients to bring their own surgical gloves and gowns into the operation theatre. Families of trauma patients say they are being forced to spend thousands of rupees on basic supplies that should have been available in the OT.Take a 13-year-old…
New Delhi: Amid financial hiccups and years of irregular payments by several Saarc countries, the South Asian University (SAU) has said that member states have resumed financial contributions. This includes Pakistan, one of the most erratic funders, which has paid up this year despite heightened geopolitical tensions.“Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Pakistan have started paying in…
New Delhi: In a suspected hit-and-run, three people, including a 12-year-old boy, died after their bike was hit by an unidentified vehicle in northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri early Monday.The victims were identified as Shahid (60), his son Faiz (28) and their relative Hamza (12), residents of Shahdara’s North Ghonda locality. Shahid and Faiz both worked in…
New Delhi: A Delhi court acquitted a man accused of cruelty for dowry, after his wife committed suicide in 2021, observing that the prosecution failed to prove the charges. Pointing out that the woman did not leave a suicide note from which it could be inferred that she was subjected to cruelty, additional sessions judge…
New Delhi: A nautical engineer, a cab driver and a discotheque manager were arrested for allegedly running a cartel supplying MDMA and methamphetamine to partygoers in Delhi-NCR. The accused, Tajinderpal Singh alias Happy, Vikram Singh Bhadoria and Kundan Singh Bisht alias KD, were found in possession of 32 grams of methamphetamine and seven grams of…
New Delhi: Police organised a ‘mega drug destruction event’ in northwest Delhi’s GT Karnal Road as part of its ‘drug-free Delhi by 2027′ campaign, destroying 1,847 kg of narcotics worth about Rs 35 crore on Monday.The ‘Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan’ has led to the destruction of over 45,000 kg of drugs worth Rs 13,796 crore…
New Delhi: Delhi Jal Board has approved a series of projects for Narela, Bawana and Mundka assembly constituencies. The decision covers 37 villages and 59 colonies, bringing much-needed relief to nearly 11.8 lakh residents.According to officials, the projects involve laying 784km sewer lines across these constituencies, along with the construction of multiple domestic sewage treatment…
56-year-old property dealer Lakhpat Singh Kataria murdered in South Delhi’s Malviya Nagar. NEW DELHI: It was an almost decade-long vendetta that led to the murder of 56-year-old property dealer Lakhpat Singh Kataria in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar, police said on Sunday. A father-son duo has been nabbed for the crime after a 48-hour manhunt aided…
New Delhi: Delhi Police has arrested an African national for allegedly defrauding multiple women by posing as a Korean jewellery businessman settled in the UK. The suspect, identified as 29-year-old Stephane, alias K Cee Dominic, was nabbed in west Delhi’s Tilak Nagar. The case surfaced when a Shahdara resident filed a complaint stating she was…
