New Delhi: A committee formed by industries minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa to investigate alleged irregularities in the operation of Poorva Sanskritik Kendra (PSK) in east Delhi has found operational and financial misconduct, and recommended imposing penalties on its private operator.The committee has also suggested regular surprise checks at the cultural centre by a special govt…
New Delhi: Crumbling walls, leaking roofs and locked toilets greeted officials who inspected the family shelter at Motia Khan recently, exposing the grim reality of how hundreds of homeless families stay in the city.The inspection, led by Dr Indu Prakash Singh, member of the State-Level Shelter Monitoring Committee (SLSMC), was carried out in the presence…
New Delhi: Police have arrested three people from Punjab for allegedly demanding Rs 25 lakh in extortion from a jeweller in east Delhi’s Kalyanpuri area, using the name of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi to intimidate the victim.Police said they received information about an extortion call on Aug 12 at Kalyanpuri police station. The complainant, the director…
New Delhi: National Green Tribunal (NGT) asked IIT Delhi, to examine the effectiveness of UV technology in sewage treatment and directed the DPCC to take punitive action against 14 STPs, which, as per a report, failed to meet the standards.The tribunal took suo motu cognisance of a TOI report, ‘Why 75% of Delhi’s STPs aren’t…
New Delhi: Delhi govt’s ongoing campaign, ‘Delhi’s Freedom from Garbage,’ has been extended until Oct 2.The decision was made during a high-level review meeting on solid waste management, chaired by chief minister, Rekha Gupta.The meeting was attended by mayor Sardar Raja Iqbal Singh, urban development minister Ashish Sood and MCD commissioner Ashwani Kumar. The chief…
New Delhi: Delhi Jal Board (DJB) submitted an affidavit to NGT regarding contamination of groundwater through rainwater harvesting pits. The board proposed several suggestions, including not allowing the installation of harvesting systems in stormwater drains. In preparing fresh guidelines for setting up rainwater harvesting structures (RWH) in Delhi, DJB stated that a joint committee expert…
New Delhi: National Green Tribunal has directed the ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEF&CC) to frame terms of reference for a proposed expert committee to study the alarming rise in ground-level ozone concentration in Delhi.The matter was taken up suo motu by the tribunal based on a TOI report titled “Oh-zone! Why this…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Wednesday agreed to examine next week a PIL challenging a notification issued by the lieutenant governor. This notification designates all police stations in the capital as venues for the deposition of police officers through videoconferencing.The matter was mentioned before the bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyay and justice…
New Delhi: The high court on Wednesday sought Delhi University‘s response to a plea challenging its notification mandating Rs 1 lakh security bond as a pre-condition for contesting the student union elections. Justice Mini Pushkarna granted time to the DU counsel to seek instructions on the petition. The notification mandates poll candidates to execute a…
New Delhi: Following an Enforcement Directorate raid at the residence of the health minister in the previous AAP govt, Saurabh Bharadwaj, the party on Tuesday said it was an attempt to distract people from the row over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s degree and claimed that the case was “false”. It added that Bharadwaj, the AAP…
