Delhi

From rural Uttar Pradesh to operating advanced Namo Bharat trains, young women like Shivani, Priyanka, and Isha are breaking barriers. These women, some from farming backgrounds, now navigate sophisticated transit systems, ensuring passenger safety and comfort. Their journeys highlight newfound opportunities and pride in contributing to India’s modern infrastructure. NEW DELHI: From the dusty lanes…

* After three years of abuse by her affluent employers in Gurgaon — who made her sleep in a toilet on their terrace — 13-year-old Manisha (name changed), a tribal girl from Godda, was rescued after her father sent an SOS that triggered a joint operation led by Jharkhand Bhawan’s Integrated Research and Rehabilitation Cell…

Image Used For Representational Purpose Only NEW DELHI: The mercury rose to 35.7 degrees Celsius, seven degrees above normal, on Saturday. This was the earliest instance of the temperature surpassing 35 degrees Celsius in the first week of March in at least 15 years, IMD data showed. It was 34.4 degrees Celsius a day earlier….

New Delhi: A court has granted two weeks’ interim bail to Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui, an accused in a money laundering case linked to Al-Falah group, citing the serious medical condition of his wife undergoing chemotherapy.Additional sessions judge Sheetal Pradhan Chaudhary granted the relief after noting that Siddiqui’s wife is suffering from cancer and undergoing treatment…

New Delhi: A Delhi court recently discharged gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and two others in a case related to an alleged Rs 1 crore extortion attempt, holding that the prosecution failed to establish the essential ingredients of the offence. Chief judicial magistrate Nupur Gupta, in an order dated Feb 20, observed that the allegations did not…

New Delhi: With the city brimming with vehicles of various types, multi-level parking facilities are supposed to decongest its crowded areas. However, TOI found that while some multi-level parking facilities, run by Municipal Corporation of Delhi across the city, are mostly packed, many also remain underutilised and nearby roads stay choked with vehicles.The utilisation pattern…

New Delhi: A 22-year-old man was crushed under a train while chasing a snatcher who stole his phone at Shahdara railway station on Friday afternoon, police said.The man who died was identified as Rohit Kumar of Baroth village in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district. He worked as a security guard at Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital and…

New Delhi: Garbage collected across Delhi may soon stop touching the ground. Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is planning to set up modern transfer stations in all 12 zones to ensure that waste is directly transferred into trucks and transported for processing.Under the proposed system, the waste will be directly loaded on to trucks and…

New Delhi: Delhi govt has approved 3,812 projects worth Rs 1,798 crore under Chief Minister Development Fund to strengthen basic infrastructure across the city. The fund is designed to enable small but high-impact local development works.At a review meeting held at Delhi Secretariat on Friday, chief minister Rekha Gupta directed officials to expedite tendering and…

NEW DELHI: An increase in domestic LPG cylinder prices by Rs 60 on Saturday has sparked concerns among the public, with many expressing concerns about the difficulty of managing household budgets. Domestic LPG cylinder prices have been increased with effect from Saturday, March 7, with the cost of a 14.2-kg household cooking gas cylinder rising…