Delhi

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has launched applications for 800 permanent memberships at the prestigious Siri Fort Sports Complex (SFSC). This initiative aims to provide Delhi residents greater access to one of the city’s top multi-sport facilities. Interested candidates can apply online between August 12 and September 11, 2025. The membership allocation covers government employees,…

New Delhi: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), and Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to explain how a decentralised sewage treatment plant (DSTP) was allowed to operate within Smriti Van, part of the ecologically sensitive south-central Ridge. The tribunal ordered this considering a report by the…

New Delhi: New Delhi Municipal Council’s (NDMC) long-awaited project to construct a clock tower is finally set to move forward, with lieutenant governor VK Saxena scheduled to lay the foundation stone at the intersection of Mandir Marg and Shankar Road on Monday. The project will cost Rs 1.8 crore and will be completed in a…

New Delhi: Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission recently dismissed a consumer complaint alleging medical negligence against a private hospital.The bench, comprising president Justice Sangita Dhingra and member Pinki, observed last month that the appellant merely made “vague allegations” which did not disclose any detail regarding his grievance against the treatment provided.“Furthermore, the appellant has…

New Delhi: “Aaj meethe mein kela hai,” chirped a tot at Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, queuing up with others outside the lunch hall. Accompanied by their ‘aunties’, they dusted their shoes on a mat, entered the hall and settled down cross-legged at low tables in the cheerful canteen. They chatted animatedly for their wholesome meal —…

New Delhi: Delhi Pollution Control Committee, during an inspection, found several illegal industrial units engaged in plastic scrap operations in the city. It has written to Municipal Corporation of Delhi and Delhi Development Authority urging immediate action. DPCC teams found numerous illegal units operating in Jharoda Kalan in southwest Delhi, Bakkarwala Road in Mundka and…

New Delhi: A day after seven people were killed when a wall collapsed in southeast Delhi’s Jaitpur due to incessant rain, police have arrested a 49-year-old man who had accommodated scrap workers’ families on the plot where the tragedy occurred.The accused, Kurshid, originally from West Bengal, was a tenant of the plot and housed the…

New Delhi: Delhi’s planned e-waste facility at Holambi Kalan will incorporate a range of engineering systems aimed at achieving near-zero environmental impact, drawing on technologies used at one of Europe’s largest e-waste plants in Revetal, Norway.The Revac facility, visited earlier this month by Delhi’s environment and industries minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa, processes about 1.1 lakh…

New Delhi: A wall collapsed at a Delhi Metro construction site in Vasant Kunj on Saturday, leading to traffic disruption. Nobody has been injured.Police were informed around 1.30pm about the collapse of a wall at the under-construction Vasant Kunj metro station near D6 block. At the spot, a police team found that the wall collapsed…

New Delhi: After decades of delays and repeated denials, Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has finally secured a fire no-objection certificate (NOC) for its central office, Vikas Minar, for a period of three years.In a letter dated Aug 6, Delhi Fire Services (DFS) informed DDA that the premises are now fit for business occupancy, subject to…