New Delhi: Delhi airport is preparing a climate change mitigation plan, expected to be ready by year-end. DIAL CEO Videh Kumar Jaipuriar said that since the number of erratic weather events increased year on year, they have roped in an international consultant to prepare a plan to help the airport make necessary changes.When asked about…
New Delhi: An 18-year-old youth was stabbed in east Delhi’s Gandhi Nagar on Wednesday morning after he confronted two men over their alleged inappropriate comments towards a girl.Police said the victim, Ajeem, a resident of Old Seelampur, was attacked around 8.30 am while he was coming down the stairs of his residence. According to his…
New Delhi: Delhi Police‘s Crime Branch has busted an international cigarette smuggling racket and seized over 2.42 lakh sticks of foreign-made cigarettes from five men intercepted outside the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA).The accused, who arrived separately from Dubai and Bangkok, were each found carrying oversized luggage filled with foreign cigarette brands such as ESSE…
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday refused to take cognisance of a chargesheet against Congress functionary Udit Raj in a case of allegedly disobeying a Delhi Police prohibitory order while holding a protest at the house of former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal earlier this year.The court of additional chief judicial magistrate Neha Mittal said…
New Delhi: Delhi Jal Board has informed National Green Tribunal that it will repair the peripheral sewer lines in Janakpuri’s A1 Block by June 30 so that people do not receive contaminated water. However, for a permanent solution, DJB will later replace both the water and sewer lines which are 40 years old.Recently, Central Pollution…
New Delhi: A Delhi court has directed the registration of an FIR against officials of Shahbad Dairy police station in connection with a case of alleged custodial torture, setting aside an earlier magistrate’s order that had dismissed the plea.Additional Sessions Judge Jagmohan Singh, in an order dated May 21, observed that the magistrate’s decision needed…
New Delhi: Delhi govt’s home department has notified 12 community services that a court may assign to individuals convicted of minor offences. These include cleaning and maintaining hospital wards and peripheral areas, weeding roadsides, cleaning public parks and spaces and arranging or binding books in public libraries.In a gazette notification, the department said that the…
Uber today released key 2024 trends for Uber Reserve, its pre-scheduled ride option, showing a sharp rise in usage across Indian cities as more riders explore the advance-travel-booking feature. With bookings growing close to 200% year-on-year, Reserve is becoming the preferred choice for riders looking for reliability, especially for odd-hour airport trips, festival travel, and…
NEW DELHI: A law student, Sharmistha Panoli arrested for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through a social media video walked out of Alipore Women’s Correctional Home on Friday, a day after the Calcutta high court granted her interim bail.Panoli was arrested by Kolkata Police on May 30 from a hotel in Gurugram for a video she…
New Delhi: Investigators probing the recent cases of espionage have identified a Lahore-based woman with ties to the Pakistani Army and intelligence agency ISI. She used to trap visa seekers and get them to work for ISI, sources claimed. Naushaba Masood, who runs a travel agency in Pakistan, facilitated visas for those who ‘cooperated’ and…
