The Yamuna River’s water level in Delhi has breached the warning mark, reaching 204.88 metres at the Old Railway Bridge. Authorities have issued an alert as a precaution. The rise is attributed to increased water discharge from Haryana’s Hathnikund barrage, peaking at 61,000 cusecs. NEW DELHI: The water level of the Yamuna river in the…
Delhi Police have dismantled a significant counterfeit drug operation, seizing over 1.1 lakh fake tablets and capsules valued at crores NEW DELHI: Delhi Police’s crime branch on Wednesday claimed to have busted a spurious drugs racket with the recovery of a massive cache of fake life-saving medicines. Six people, including the alleged kingpin, have been…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Wednesday stressed the need to rehabilitate stray dogs and asked concerned agencies to minimise human–animal conflict in the city. It stated that “dogs are the most loved animals of the world” and should be treated with dignity.Justice Mini Pushkarna was hearing a matter related to rehabilitation of stray dogs….
DDA has initiated compensatory rent payments to residents of Signature View Apartments in Mukherjee Nagar, paving the way for the redevelopment of the inhabitable complex. Fifty-six residents have already received rent payments until July. NEW DELHI: The long-pending demand of residents of Signature View Apartments in Mukherjee Nagar, north Delhi, culminated on Wednesday with Delhi…
NEW DELHI: A structure within the main building of Delhi assembly inaugurated by then AAP govt as a British-era ‘fansi ghar’ (gallows chamber) will be dismantled by the current BJP dispensation, which claims it originally housed a service staircase meant to deliver tiffin to British officers.The Kejriwal govt spent Rs 1 crore to do it…
New Delhi: Someone asked, ‘What price freedom?’ The answer in the late 1990s was patience and Rs 12.50. Days after the excitement of getting admission in a Delhi University North Campus college waned came the question of how to traverse the 23km from my home to my dreams. The first option, for me at least,…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked Delhi Police and state govt to expeditiously decide a plea that wants a database of those who file multiple fake complaints of sexual offences, much along the lines of a sex offenders registry.A bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela was hearing a…
New Delhi: The conversation around street dog sterilisation in Delhi has grown louder in recent weeks. Civic meetings and demands of residents’ welfare associations and animal welfare groups alike have pushed the system into the spotlight. With dog bite incidents making frequent headlines, the call now isn’t just for more sterilisations but for a system…
New Delhi: A 24-year-old man suspected of snatching Congress MP R Sudha’s gold chain in Chanakyapuri two days ago was arrested Wednesday. The chain has been recovered, police said.The accused, Sohan Singh Rawat, is a resident of Okhla. Police said he has been involved in several other cases of thefts and snatchings in the past,…
New Delhi: A 50-year-old woman was brutally killed with a hammer inside her home in south Delhi’s Neb Sarai in the early hours of Wednesday, allegedly by her husband, who had been living separately for the last 10 years. Police have launched a manhunt for the suspect, identified as Pramod Kumar Jha, who fled after…
