The Rajya Sabha Secretariat on Thursday refused Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha’s request to speak on the Jan Vishwas Amendment Bill. NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha Secretariat on Thursday refused Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha’s request to speak on the Jan Vishwas Amendment Bill, citing that no time had been allocated…
TNNNew Delhi: Lieutenant governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu has called for a better visibility of police personnel while visiting Delhi Traffic Police headquarters in Todapur, with a focus on technology-driven enforcement, congestion management and public engagement.During the review, Sandhu examined the progress made in the Digital Enforcement framework and stressed the need to scale up the…
New Delhi: In protest against the decision of Delhi high court to hold court every first and third Saturday of the month, the local bar association on Thursday called upon lawyers to abstain from work.Under Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya, the HC administration had earlier this year declared these two Saturdays every month as court sitting…
New Delhi: Six years after being granted bail in a cheating of homebuyers case, Supreme Court on Thursday recalled its order and directed promoter of Bhasin Infotech and Infrastructure Private Limited to surrender and go back to jail after noting that he had violated bail conditions and also siphoned Rs 75 crore of homebuyers money…
New Delhi: Only 57% of trees transplanted for the Central Vista redevelopment project in Delhi have survived, govt informed Lok Sabha on Thursday. In a written reply, housing and urban affairs ministry told the LS that 3,609 trees were transplanted as part of the project and 1,545 of these died post-transplantation.Data provided by the ministry…
New Delhi: A 14-year-old boy, Mohammad Ahmad, died on Wednesday, nine days after he was allegedly hit by a speeding car in a hit-and-run incident in southeast Delhi’s Hazrat Nizamuddin area, police said. Ahmad, a resident of Nizamuddin Basti, suffered severe brain injuries in the crash.His mother, Khatija, and cousin Zoya, 16, who were also…
New Delhi: Delhi forest department has got its first-ever 10-year work plan to improve and preserve its ecology and maintain and manage its forests and animal species, while weeding out threats to them.The plan, which focuses on scientifically managing the capital’s biodiversity, will be in force till 2036-37. It has been drawn up by Dehradun’s…
New Delhi: Centre will make three major national highway stretches passing through Delhi largely signal free to reduce congestion and travel time, the road transport ministry informed the Lok Sabha on Thursday. While the NH stretches from Ashram to Badarpur, Mehrauli to Gurgaon and Punjabi Bagh to Tikri Border will be mostly signal free by…
New Delhi: The new decade-long working plan for Delhi’s forests focuses on reconnecting fragmented green spaces through overhead forests and underpasses to support wildlife movement and survival.The plan states that the primary challenge facing wildlife in the forested stretches of the capital is not poaching or hunting, but the increasing fragmentation of habitats caused by…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Thursday ordered removal of an allegedly “vulgar” and “derogatory” song linked to rappers Yo Yo Honey Singh and Badshah, stating that its content violated even basic standards of decency.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav observed that the song, reportedly dating back to 2006, was deeply offensive and had no artistic or…
