New Delhi: Admissions for the 2026–27 academic session at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) opened on Friday with the university releasing its prospectus, announcing 30 new programmes, the rollout of Multiple Entry Mode under the Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP), expansion of entrance test centres to 11 cities, and reduced fees for foreign students.The prospectus, launched by…
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed authorities to ensure proper and permanent sealing of illegal borewells operating in parts of Delhi, after finding that earlier sealing efforts were ineffective and allowed extraction of groundwater. In an order dated Feb 20, a bench headed by chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava heard an execution plea in…
New Delhi: Delhi Police‘s crime branch has arrested two men in connection with the firing at a builder’s office in southwest Delhi’s Bindapur. The incident was reported on Feb 20 as three rounds were fired.The firing was allegedly carried out to intimidate the businessman over a land dispute and force a settlement on the gang’s…
New Delhi: For Puja Prajapati and her family, the excitement of the occasion outweighed the long wait. Puja, her husband Amit and son Prithvi travelled from Burari to the Sarai Kale Khan RRTS station around noon on Sunday, hoping to board the Namo Bharat train to Meerut. After reaching the station, they learnt that service…
New Delhi: Four masked and armed men holding knives allegedly robbed nearly Rs 6.7 lakh from a restaurant in Connaught Place in the early hours of Friday. According to the FIR, the incident took place around 4 am. The complainant, Ramesh Shukla, an employee, told police that he was sleeping on the mezzanine floor when…
New Delhi: After a gap of nearly four years, Municipal Corporation of Delhi is set to revive and unify its public private partnership scheme for the maintenance of parks through resident welfare associations and voluntary organisations.Under the policy, RWAs and registered voluntary bodies will be allowed to adopt neighbourhood parks for their upkeep. A proposal…
New Delhi: Delhi’s power distribution companies have intensified efforts to educate consumers and protect them from cyber fraud involving fake electricity bill notices. Through a multi-pronged awareness campaign, the discoms are issuing regular SMS alerts, social media advisories and official WhatsApp messages to flag common scam tactics and promote safe payment practices. They have also…
New Delhi: Three members of a family were injured in a blast caused by a cylinder leakage in a residential building in southeast Delhi’s Madanpur Khadar.A PCR call was received on Friday night regarding the fire. Police found that a sudden explosion had occurred inside the premises while the residents were asleep. Delhi Terror Alert,…
New Delhi: In a significant tightening of industrial emission standards, Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has issued a direction underlining a uniform and more stringent particulate matter (PM) emission limit of 50mg/Nm3 for identified industries operating across Delhi-NCR.The commission, in an earlier direction issued in March 2022, fixed the maximum permissible emission for PM…
New Delhi: The sudden death of 25-year-old Hem Shankar has cast a long shadow over his family, leaving behind grief, unanswered questions and an uncertain future. Shankar had set aside his own dreams of higher education and became the primary earner in a household that long battled financial hardship. Surender, a relative, said Shankar had…
