New Delhi: On the first day of the monsoon session of Delhi assembly on Monday, education minister Ashish Sood tabled the Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees) Bill, 2025, which aims to regulate fee hikes by private schools.The move comes in response to escalating tensions between parents and private schools over…
New Delhi: Delhi govt has constituted two separate ministerial committees to formulate a “transparent and socially secure” excise policy and an “effective and public-centric” electric vehicle policy. These committees will submit their reports to chief minister Rekha Gupta.The committee formed to create the excise policy will be headed by PWD minister Parvesh Verma, while the…
NEW DELHI: Satyapal Malik, former governor of Jammu and Kashmir, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 79 after a prolonged illness. He died around 1pm while undergoing treatment at Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi, where he had been admitted since May 2025. Hospital sources said he was battling a severe…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court has dismissed the interim bail application of Amritpal Singh, an accused in a major narcotics case linked to the seizure of 103 kg of heroin at the Attari border in April 2022. Singh had sought interim bail under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act on humanitarian grounds,…
NEW DELHI: Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik passed away on Tuesday at the age of 79 after a prolonged illness.He died while undergoing treatment at around 1pm at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi.His aide Kanwar Singh Rana confirmed the news of his demise. Malik had been admitted to Dr Ram…
New Delhi: Delhi’s revenue surplus dropped over 55% from Rs 14,457 crore to Rs 6,462 crore in 2023-24, while a fiscal surplus of Rs 4,566 crore in 2022-23 turned into a deficit of Rs 3,934 crore, marking a 186% decline in fiscal balance, revealed the Comptroller and Auditor General report on state finances for the…
New Delhi: A 63-year-old autorickshaw driver died after his vehicle was struck by a DTC bus in east Delhi’s Shakarpur on Monday. At least six vehicles that were parked on the roadside were also crushed after the bus driver lost control of the vehicle. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Heen, a resident of Shaheed…
New Delhi: The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on the welfare of building and other construction workers has highlighted that Delhi performed poorly in ensuring welfare for such workers. The performance audit covered the period from 2019 to 2023 and just 7.3% of the workers renewed their registrations over the four years,…
NEW DELHI: With 40-41 snatchings per day, the city’s residents are left wondering if police are tackling the crime effectively. Sources revealed that the cops receive over 1,250 calls to the control room about snatchings every month, but the number of registered cases tells a different story. According to the police half-yearly data, only 417…
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu Congress MP R Sudha became the victim of a chain-snatching incident during her morning walk in the high-security diplomatic enclave of Chanakyapuri. She was on her way to the govt guest house when the incident occurred. It took place near the Niti Marg roundabout, a junction connecting Shanti Path and Nyaya…
