NEW DELHI: The Independence Day ceremony will be held on August 15, 2025, at the Red Fort, where the Prime Minister will address the nation. Ahead of the event, a full-dress rehearsal will take place on August 13, during which traffic restrictions will be enforced around the Red Fort for public convenience and security reasons….
Following a Supreme Court order to relocate stray dogs to shelters, Delhi’s RWAs express cautious optimism. While some, like Vijay Goel, hail it as a step towards safety for both humans and animals, others like Atul Goyal, doubt the civic authorities’ ability to execute it effectively. NEW DELHI: Most residents’ welfare associations in the city…
NEW DELHI: In a far-reaching decision aiming to deal with the problem of stray dogs in Delhi-NCR, the Supreme Court Monday directed govts and civic authorities to remove the canines from the streets and keep them confined to shelter homes. How Indian cities, Netherlands handle stray dog issueMumbai: With 90,700 stray dogs in 2025 (up…
New Delhi: In a hit-and-run incident, three young men were killed when a speeding car crashed into their scooter on Urban Extension Road II on Sunday. The driver of the offending vehicle allegedly fled on foot after the accident. The deceased were identified as Basant, 23, Pawan, 22, and Sunny, 22, all employed in grocery…
It’s early morning in a quiet Gurgaon neighbourhood. Kavita, a 40-year-old homemaker, pauses before stepping out for her walk. At a corner, a few street dogs are barking — not aggressively, just exchanging their usual “street chatter”. Yet her heart races. She has feared dogs since she was bombarded with alarming stories.She’s far from alone….
New Delhi: More than 40 years after the 1984 anti-Sikh riots followed Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination, resulting in brutal killings where the accused walked free, Delhi High Court on Monday ordered retrial in one of the cases. In three other acquittals, HC asked the trial court to “reconstruct” the case records as vital documents,…
New Delhi: In a move to curb the menace of narcotics and organised crime in the city, Delhi Police launched Operation Kavach 9.0 on the night of Aug 9-10. The operation, which was conducted across 15 districts, involved simultaneous raids at 794 locations, resulting in the arrest of 92 narco offenders and the seizure of…
New Delhi: National Green Tribunal upheld a Rs 25 lakh fine against Municipal Corporation of Delhi for causing environmental harm to visually impaired students at a school in west Delhi’s Raghubir Nagar. A dhalao (garbage collection point) run by MCD outside Akhil Bhartiya Nitrahin Sangh School was a source of suffering for decades as the…
New Delhi: It is a myth that only girls are subjected to penetrative sexual assault, boys are equally susceptible to this heinous crime, a court recently observed while sentencing a man to rigorous imprisonment of 15 years for committing an unnatural offence on a 10-year-old boy in 2019. Though the boy had turned hostile during…
New Delhi: Delhi University will begin the first round of seat allocation for undergraduate courses under the extracurricular activities (ECA), sports, and ward quotas on Friday. This marks the start of admissions in these special categories after weeks of trials and evaluations.Students who are allotted seats in this round must confirm their admission by Aug…
