NDMC returns to smart parking plan | Delhi News

New Delhi: New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has drawn up a plan to roll out its long-pending intelligent parking system across Lutyens’ Delhi to provide advanced and user-friendly parking to commuters.After several failed attempts over the past few years to appoint an expert agency for the project, the civic body revised the operational framework for…

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Mumbai: Pioneering Bandra community biogas plant halted after 8 years of success | Mumbai News

Mumbai’s pioneering community biogas plant, a beacon of sustainable waste management at Pali Hill, has abruptly ceased operations after eight years. The plant, which powered streetlights using neighbourhood waste, was shut down due to operational unfeasibility cited by the appointed agency. Residents and local authorities are now in talks to revive this award-winning initiative. MUMBAI:…

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Teen convicted for 2017 Delhi murder: Court says iron rod assault on 60-year-old ‘amounted to rape’ | Delhi News

Teen tried as adult, convicted for brutal Delhi rape-murder of 60-year-old NEW DELHI: A city court convicted a 16-year-old teen, who was being tried as an adult, for the rape and murder of a 60-year-old woman in 2017, reports Vineet Upadhyay. Taking note of the post-mortem report, additional sessions judge Amit Sahrawat said Tuesday that…

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Delhi AQI: Delhi’s air turns ‘very poor’ as haze and fog blanket city; AQI hits ‘severe’ levels in several areas | Delhi News

As per CPCB, Delhi recorded an overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of 357, sharply up from 279 a day earlier. NEW DELHI: A thick blanket of haze and fog descended over Delhi on Thursday morning, trapping pollutants close to the ground and pushing city’s air quality into the ‘very poor’ category after several days of…

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Three years on, hundreds of illegal schools still operate in Maharashtra despite shutdown orders | Mumbai News

Mumbai: Three years after the issue first came to light, hundreds of schools across Maharashtra continue to operate illegally without govt recognition or regulation, even after repeated directives to shut them down. While some action has been taken, official data shows that many institutions remain outside the education department’s oversight, and the overall situation remains…

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