New Delhi: In a cramped corner shop that bears a faded “RK Traders” sign, Rasheed Kamal sits hunched on a plastic stool. The 64-year-old’s weathered hands still tremble when he speaks of that morning in 1976. The memory remains as sharp as broken glass, the sound of bulldozers approaching his original shop in Turkman Gate…
New Delhi: The highly anticipated monsoon knocked on the city’s door on Saturday but didn’t enter. While parts of the capital, especially southwest and south Delhi and those adjoining western UP, and the NCR cities of Noida, Gurgaon and Faridabad enjoyed showers on Saturday, the India Meteorological Department did not declare this the arrival of…
New Delhi: Amid an ongoing hunger strike by Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) demanding the reinstatement of the JNU entrance examination (JNUEE), vice-chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit has written to the protesting students, stating that none of the university’s deans was in favour of conducting the in-house test. In the email sent on June 27…
New Delhi: Delhi Police launched a special drive against the sale, manufacture and storage of banned Chinese kite strings ahead of Independence Day and Raksha Bandhan. In two separate operations, the police seized over 1,100 rolls of banned kite strings and arrested two individuals.The first operation was conducted on June 26 in Kamla Nagar Market,…
New Delhi: To enhance airport security and passenger experience, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) hosted a workshop, bringing together key stakeholders in civil aviation and VIP security.The “Functional Workshop of Airport Sector,” held on June 27 saw top officials from CISF, airport security chiefs from 69 airports, and representatives from organisations like the Ministry…
New Delhi: A husband-wife spat reportedly turned ugly on an Amritsar-Delhi flight on Saturday and when a co-passenger tried to intervene, the man ended up having the fight with the latter too. The cabin crew then took co-passenger to business class to seat him away from the angry husband, who was handed over to security…
New Delhi: Delhi govt has decided to seek Rs 950 crore from central govt under Central Road Fund (CRF) to upgrade the city’s road infrastructure. Public Works Department minister Parvesh Verma said that of the 1,400km stretches under his department’s jurisdiction, nearly 415km will be taken up for strengthening under this project. Verma added that…
New Delhi: National Green Tribunal (NGT) reviewed compliance with its previous directives concerning aircraft noise pollution at Delhi’s IGI Airport. The Society for Protection of Culture Heritage Environment Traditions and Promotion of National Awareness previously raised issues about aircraft noise during night operations. They highlighted that between July 2024 and Dec 2024, over 50% of…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has issued a notice to Municipal Corporation of Delhi on a contempt plea filed in the wake of the civic body’s recent demolition drive around a mosque in northwest Delhi’s Mangolpuri.On June 25, a single bench of Justice Renu Bhatnagar asked MCD to file its response within a week. The…
New Delhi: A 45-year-old man died after he was allegedly assaulted by his son and wife in central Delhi’s Paharganj on Friday. His son has been arrested. The deceased has been identified as Vinod, a resident of Aram Bagh, Paharganj. According to police, they received the information about the incident on Friday. The cops immediately…
