New Delhi: Following the fatal fire in a Dwarka society that claimed three lives on Tuesday, resident welfare associations of various cooperative group housing societies (CGHS) across the area have started reassessing fire safety measures and urging residents to take precautions. Within hours of the tragedy, advisories were circulated in neighbouring societies, stressing the need…
New Delhi: As temperatures soar, the frequency of fires in residential buildings goes up due to short circuits or overload. Firemen and power companies are forever urging homeowners to adopt essential safety measures to prevent fires and protect life and property. There is particular concern that people add more electrical appliances to their homes without…
New Delhi: Delhi University‘s upcoming fourth year under the Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP) has run into fresh trouble. A committee tasked with formulating teaching plans has recommended that no additional faculty be hired to handle the increased workload.Instead, it has directed existing teachers to take on extra teaching hours. “As far as departmental workload is…
New Delhi: Water minister Parvesh Verma on Wednesday said Delhi govt aims to provide cold and clean drinking water to people by installing water ATMs at schools and other public spaces across the city. Verma, after inaugurating a water ATM at Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya in Daryaganj, said the drive is part of govt’s initiatives to…
New Delhi: Stopping short of giving an order on the merits of the case, Delhi High Court on Wednesday allowed AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan to withdraw his PIL over demolitions in the Batla House area. The bench of Justices Girish Kathpalia and Tejas Karia declined to pass a general order of protection on the PIL,…
New Delhi: A 26-year-old man was stabbed to death in southwest Delhi’s Kishangarh on Tuesday. Police have arrested the accused, a resident of Mizoram, who claimed that the victim and his girlfriend were arguing. When he tried to intervene, the victim allegedly assaulted him, prompting him to stab the victim in a fit of rage.The…
NEW DELHI: Delhi govt plans to utilise the treated wastewater from the 574 MLD Okhla sewage treatment plant (STP) to address the environmental flow (e-flow) deficit in the Yamuna.The authorities plan to discharge treated wastewater into the river via the STP, which would boost the e-flow by 5.69 cumecs (cubic metres per second). The e-flow…
New Delhi: Admissions to postgraduate (PG) programmes at Delhi University‘s School of Open Learning (SOL) for the 2025–26 academic year will now be based on a combination of CUET-PG scores and merit-based criteria.Initially, admissions were planned to be merit-only, but the university has revised its policy to align with the centralised admission framework used for…
New Delhi: A tea stall in southeast Delhi’s Govindpuri was allegedly functioning as a bribe collection centre, a fact that came to light after a raid by the Delhi Police Vigilance Unit led to the arrest of an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) and a tea vendor.According to police, the complainant, a daily-wage worker and resident of…
New Delhi: From artificial intelligence and robotics to fine arts and entrepreneurship, Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University (DSEU) is inviting students to apply for a diverse range of future-ready programmes for the 2025–26 academic year. With more than 50 industry-aligned courses offered across diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate levels, the university will accept applications for admissions…
