New Delhi: From seaweed farming in the fragile lagoons of Lakshadweep to solar-powered livelihoods in electricity-starved villages of Jharkhand, young Indians are quietly building climate solutions where they matter most — at the grassroots level.On Friday, 34 young climate leaders from 32 states and Union territories showcased community-led climate action under National Youth Climate Consortium’s…
New Delhi: Delhi Development Authority (DDA) will soon begin work on developing a world-class multi-sports complex in Narela. The process of finalising an agency for its development is expected to be completed this week. The project may be completed in three years, sources said.Apart from a multi-sports stadium with extensive indoor and outdoor facilities, the…
New Delhi: Deep pits alongside busy roads; men, women and children jumping across dug up stretches; iron bars jutting out of open ditches – across the city, unsecured and unmarked construction zones continue to pose risks to motorists and pedestrians.Earlier this month, a 27-year-old software engineer drowned after his car fell into a waterlogged under-construction…
Tourist footfall in Delhi: A tale of two types of monuments NEW DELHI: An analysis of data of those visiting Delhi’s centrally protected ticketed monuments in 2023-24 and 2024-25 shows that while flagship sites like Red Fort and Qutub Minar continued to attract domestic visitors, several historic monuments struggled to retain footfall, even as a…
NEW DELHI: Ensuring timely and affordable healthcare for every resident of Delhi is a priority of the BJP government, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said inaugurating a hospital in Budh Vihar in north west Delhi on Friday. Gupta said that the healthcare system of the city will be strengthened through public-private partnership. The chief minister also…
New Delhi: Delhi Police’s special cell has registered an FIR against Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, chief of the banned terror outfit Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), following his fresh threats aimed at disrupting the Republic Day celebrations.Pannun announced a $1 lakh reward for anyone who raises Khalistani flags in front of EU leaders during the celebration on…
Kejriwal acquitted over repeat skipping of ED summonses NEW DELHI: Issuing summons by email is not valid or legal under Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) or Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), a Delhi court said on Thursday as it acquitted former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal for skipping multiple Enforcement Directorate (ED) summonses asking him…
New Delhi: On paper, the welfare framework for Delhi’s construction workers promises them wide-ranging support in almost all spheres of life: from maternity care, pension, housing, healthcare, education and even free daily commute on govt buses.However, many of the intended beneficiaries had a blank look when TOI asked them about the schemes. Bitto, a marble…
New Delhi: Four men have been arrested for allegedly robbing a man at gunpoint of around Rs 40 lakh in cash in the Shahbad Dairy area of outer north Delhi. Police said that the gunpoint robbery of Rs 39.7 lakh cash was reported on Tuesday, following which an FIR was registered at Shahbad Dairy police…
NEW DELHI: ED on Thursday arrested Sandeep Gupta, promoter of Richa Industries Ltd, from Gurgaon after it was found that he had not only cheated banks of hundreds of crores of rupees but had also allegedly laundered the company’s valuable assets, when it went to insolvency, by diverting them to shell entities floated by him…
