New Delhi: A court ordered an FIR on a complaint filed by a woman alleging her husband had died due to torture in police custody. Setara Bibi submitted in the court of chief judicial magistrate Vasundhra Chhaunkar that her husband, Sheikh Shadat, died on July 22-23, 2023, in the custody of personnel at Subhash Place…
New Delhi: In a move aligned with National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) announced the launch of its MBA programmes in Hindi and Odia mediums, with corresponding study materials now available in both languages. This initiative is part of a larger collaboration with All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)…
New Delhi: In an unusual development, Delhi Development Authority has moved the high court against another statutory body, Rera. Questioning the real estate regulator’s competence to order DDA to register the housing projects, the latter stated that it was not a real estate promoter like private builders, but an independent authority whose activities were covered…
New Delhi: With nearly 80,000 applications from senior citizens awaiting approval under the govt’s monthly pension scheme, social welfare minister Ravindra Indraj Singh has directed the department to clear all pending applications within 15 days.The minister has also instructed the social welfare department to appoint an independent agency to conduct a door-to-door verification of nearly…
New Delhi: The national capital sweltered as unbearably hot and humid weather gripped the region on Monday, with the city witnessing the hottest day this summer and parts of it recording a heatwave. While the peak temperature reached 45.5 degrees Celsius at IGNOU and 45.3 degrees at Ayanagar, Delhi’s heat index, or the “feels-like” temperature…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed the bail plea of a man who was accused of forcing his wife into partner swapping. It stated that the allegations levelled by a woman against her husband were not the “stereotyped matrimonial dispute” ones.The court also took a grim view of the wife’s complaint that her…
New Delhi: The Rules Committee, led by speaker Vijender Gupta, has approved a proposal to establish an independent secretariat and grant financial autonomy to the Delhi Assembly. According to sources, the committee is expected to submit its report during the upcoming monsoon session of the assembly for tabling in the house.Officials said the move aims…
New Delhi: Delhi University will teach its Gen Z students how to navigate red flags and heartbreaks in intimate relationships at a time when their lives are steeped in the heady cocktail of Tinder and Instagram.The new course, called “Negotiating Intimate Relationships”, will be a general elective one. This means all students across disciplines will…
NEW DELHI: A massive fire at a highrise in Dwarka Sector 13 on Monday morning claimed the lives of a man and his two young children, who jumped from their eighth-floor flat in a desperate attempt to escape the flames.The deceased have been identified as 35-year-old Yash Yadav, who was in the flex board business,…
Senior AAP functionary and former deputy CM Manish Sisodia (Photo: PTI) NEW DELHI: Senior AAP functionary and former deputy CM Manish Sisodia on Monday skipped the summons served by the anti-corruption branch in a case related to an alleged scam in the construction of classrooms in staterun schools. AAP stated that the former deputy CM’s…
