NEW DELHI: Amid heavy police deployment in west Delhi’s Uttam Nagar, civic authorities Sunday demolished illegal portions of a house linked to one of the accused in the Holi clash that left 26-year-old Tarun dead.. The action came amid heightened tension in the JJ Colony area, where Tarun’s family and neighbours said the demolition alone…
New Delhi: A Manipuri woman was allegedly roughed up and harassed by some men in south Delhi’s Saket on Sunday.The woman and her friend were out for an evening walk near the Saket district court complex when the men commented on them. An argument broke out when one of the women objected, and escalated into…
New Delhi: Delhiites continued to reel under intense heat conditions as the maximum temperature settled at 35.6 degrees Celsius, seven degrees above normal, on Sunday at Safdarjung, which is the city’s base station. It rose further to 38.9 degrees Celsius, 10 notches above normal, at Ridge Observatory in north Delhi.The mercury at Safdarjung was 35.7…
New Delhi: As a bulldozer tore down parts of a house linked to one of the accused behind the lynching of 26-year-old Tarun Butolia, clouds of dust hung in the narrow lane of Uttam Nagar’s JJ colony on Sunday. Near the rubble, the doors of a small neighbourhood tuition centre were open, but the desks…
New Delhi: To accomplish the target for round-the-clock water supply in Lutyens’ Delhi, NDMC has started the process of appointing a consultant to prepare a 25-year water supply master plan. The consultant will do a study of the NDMC area, assess leakage and shortcomings in the pipeline network, examine the condition of the infrastructure and…
New Delhi: Police have busted two syndicates allegedly involved in selling counterfeit products across the city. In one case, five people were arrested in Rohini for allegedly selling counterfeit spare parts and accessories of high-end mobile phones. Items worth over Rs 1.6 crore were seized. Police were tipped off on Friday that several shops in…
New Delhi: Children studying in schools affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) may soon get the opportunity to learn computational thinking and artificial intelligence as part of their studies. With the aim of building technological understanding among students at an early stage, CBSE is planning to introduce basic learning in computational thinking…
New Delhi: Leading educational institutions in Delhi are contributing to India’s semiconductor workforce programme under the govt’s Chips to Startups (C2S) initiative, part of the India Semiconductor Mission, as the country prepares to build a larger talent base for the global chip industry.Union minister for electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw said the programme has expanded…
New Delhi: Schools are being encouraged to bring broadcast lessons into everyday teaching, with curriculum-linked content available through dedicated TV channels and online videos.Central govt’s PM eVidya platform offers recorded lessons that students can revisit at their own pace as supplementary academic support while also supporting subject enrichment and teacher training. In a circular, Central…
New Delhi: The interim bail granted to Al-Falah University trustee and chairman Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui has come as a surprise to ED as none of its contentions was taken into account, particularly the fact that Siddiqui as the chancellor is facing charges of having recruited doctors who were terror suspects and involved in the Red…
