New Delhi: The country’s first barrier-free tolling system (Multi-Lane Free Flow or MLFF) will be rolled out at Gharaunda toll plaza on Delhi-Chandigarh highway and at Choryasi plaza on NH-48 in Gujarat, with the Indian Highway Management Company Ltd under NHAI signing agreements with ICICI Bank for the purpose.Six more toll plazas, including five in…
New Delhi: Three days after an eight-year-old girl died after being crushed by an e-rickshaw, police arrested the driver. The accused was identified as Shahnwaz, who lives in Babarpur (34). Police said the incident was reported on Wednesday.Manish Parashar, employed at a private firm in Gurgaon, said Akshita, along with her mother and younger sister,…
New Delhi: The economic offences wing (EOW) of Delhi Police has set up a special investigation team (SIT) to investigate allegations of cheating and financial irregularities involving the well-known coaching institute, FIITJEE.Police sources said the SIT is led by an assistant commissioner of police (ACP) and includes an inspector and two sub-inspectors. The team’s primary…
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) claims to have achieved daily biomining of legacy waste up to 25,000 metric tonnes at three landfills– Ghazipur, Okhla and Bhalswa. Earlier this year, it was biomining 15,000 MT.Currently, 58 trommel machines are operating to process legacy waste. Approximately 153 lakh metric tonnes are deposited across the three…
New Delhi: Delhi was drenched by moderate rain on Friday, thanks to an active monsoon. Though it caused traffic snarls and waterlogging in some areas, the mercury plummeted over the past 24 hours. The weather remained pleasant and less humid compared with the past few days.The weather department expects active monsoon conditions to continue for…
New Delhi: Your electricity bill may soon start varying every month, with Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) proposing a new system to automatically factor in changes in fuel and power purchase costs. In draft regulations released on Wednesday, DERC suggested amendments to its 2017 tariff rules to allow power distribution companies to levy a fuel…
New Delhi: Granting bail to two persons accused of raping a woman and other offences, a Delhi court criticised police officials for not providing a copy of the FIR to the accused and sought a reply from the SHO.The court of additional sessions judge Bhupinder Singh noted that the police had failed to supply a…
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from Centre, states and Union Territories on a plea seeking its direction to all private hospitals of the country which were given public land at concessional or token rates, to provide free treatment to patients from the economically weaker sections (EWS) and below poverty line (BPL) categories,…
New Delhi: Taking suo motu cognisance of a TOI report, Delhi High Court on Friday stepped in to ensure that a 12-year-old boy requiring a ventilator bed continues to receive adequate treatment at a private hospital.A special bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Manmeet PS Arora also agreed to examine if, in the case…
NEW DELHI: For over nine months now, patients undergoing surgeries and blood transfusions at the Centre-run Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital may have received infected blood, exposing them to the risk of contracting deadly diseases, including HIV.During this time, RML has been supplying blood to patients without running Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT), a vital safety procedure…
