New Delhi: A 28-year-old former employee has been arrested for allegedly attempting to extort Rs 50 lakh from his employer, a businessman based in east Delhi’s Gandhi Nagar. The accused, reportedly inspired by a movie, threatened to implicate the businessman by sending the Income Tax department to his residence, alleging he was hiding black money….
NEW DELHI: Heavy rain swept through several parts of Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) including Gurgaon, Noida, Faridabad and Ghaziabad early Thursday morning, bringing welcome relief from the heat but also triggering waterlogging and traffic disruptions in low-lying areas.Areas including Lajpat Nagar, RK Puram, Lodhi Road, and the Delhi-Haryana border received intense showers.Outer…
New Delhi: To reduce emissions from BS III and IV vehicles, Delhi govt is evaluating the viability of a pilot project to deploy advanced catalytic converter-based retrofitting devices in 30 govt vehicles, said Delhi environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Wednesday. These vehicles will be tested in collaboration with IIT Delhi or International Centre for…
New Delhi: Delhi Development Authority will launch its Premium Housing Scheme 2025 by the end of Aug. The scheme will offer around 250 flats as well as car and scooter garages through e-auctioning in Jahangirpuri, Nand Nagri, Pitampura, Ashok Vihar, Vasant Kunj, Jasola, Rohini and Shalimar Bagh. The scheme, which received approval at the authority’s…
New Delhi: Some volunteers met mayor Raja Iqbal Singh on Wednesday and offered their services at MCD’s Animal Birth Control (ABC) centres. They offered to help with food, medicines, identification of aggressive dogs and transporting the canines to ABC centres humanely. “Thirty dog lovers visited me and assured they would share contact details of another…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought a response from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on a plea alleging that sanitary pad vending machines at metro stations across the capital are either faulty or non-functional, causing inconvenience to women commuters.Hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Nikhil Goyal, a bench of chief justice…
New Delhi: Traffic in central Delhi will be affected on Thursday as the traffic police has issued an advisory due to the Janmashtami and Tazia processions.According to police, the traffic movement in Paharganj is likely to be affected from 1.30pm in view of the shobha yatra for Janmashtami and the Tazia procession.The Janmashtami procession will…
NEW DELHI: There is an exodus of doctors from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) across the country, with as many as 429 resigning from 20 institutes from 2022 to 2024, data shared by the govt with Parliament has revealed. The govt was responding to a question on doctors leaving AIIMS for private jobs.The…
New Delhi: National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), Congress party’s student wing, staged a demonstration at Delhi University on Wednesday, urging the administration to grant 12 days of menstrual leave per semester to female students. Dozens of students gathered outside the university’s Arts Faculty, where police were deployed to maintain order. NSUI national president Varun…
New Delhi: Two drug traffickers, including a woman, have been arrested by Delhi Police‘s crime branch with high-grade heroin worth Rs 80 lakh recovered from their possession. Police received a tip off regarding movement of drugs on July 19. “A police team intercepted 36-year-old Kashim, resident of New Seemapuri, and recovered 789 grams of heroin…
