NEW DELHI: Four men wanted in several criminal cases in Bihar were shot dead in an encounter with Delhi Police’s Crime Branch and Bihar Police early on Wednesday, officials said. The exchange of fire took place around 2.20am on Bahadur Shah Marg in Delhi’s Rohini area, after a police team tried to intercept the suspects…
New Delhi: A multi-party committee formed a week ago to resolve a strike by Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s 5,000 domestic breeding checkers (DBCs) seems to have made little progress on the ground, with the ceasework entering its 24th day on Thursday.This has severely disrupted MCD‘s fogging and vector-control drives at a time when mosquito-borne diseases…
New Delhi: For weeks leading up to Diwali, Delhi’s streets bore the brunt of the festive rush. Roads that would be usually navigable turned into slow-moving arteries, with even 2km stretches taking close to an hour to cover. Market lanes in Janpath, Sarojini Nagar and Connaught Place were overwhelmed with shoppers, as navigation apps glowed…
New Delhi: On Diwali and the day after, the capital recorded its worst PM2.5 levels of the year since Jan, analysis shows. Even on Wednesday, two days after the festival, some of its areas continued to choke on exponentially high particulate pollution. According to a study by Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air…
New Delhi: Schools have begun preparing for the winter’s pollution challenges before the administration has released any guidelines. Every year, schools walk the tightrope of balancing students’ health with academic continuity. School heads said that they had learned from the chaos of previous years, and this time, they want to work smarter. At St Michael’s…
New Delhi: The scenes at railway stations were familiar — crowded platforms, and passengers jumping over barriers and thrusting themselves into coaches through the windows. Northern Railway officials insisted they were prepared for the Chhath rush. Announcements about platforms were being made constantly at all stations. To reduce the rush at ticket counters, passengers were…
New Delhi: While many govt schools in the capital continue to grapple with basic infrastructure issues, a few are now taking meaningful steps to create barrier-free campuses for students with disabilities. A major revamp is underway at a govt school in Laxmi Bai Nagar to make the campus fully accessible for children with special needs…
New Delhi: Two men were injured when their motorcycle was hit by a high-end car in west Delhi’s Rajouri Garden on Wednesday.Police received information regarding the incident at 12.34am at the Rajouri Garden police station. A police team reached the spot near Mehta Chowk red light and found that a motorcycle carrying two men was…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has acquitted a man sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping a minor, ruling that a mere claim of “physical relations” without supporting evidence is insufficient to establish rape or aggravated penetrative sexual assault. The case involved a 16-year-old girl who accused the man—her cousin—of establishing “physical relations” with…
New Delhi: A Motor Accident Claims Tribunal has awarded Rs 38.6 lakh to the parents of a national-level handball player who died in a road accident in 2018. The accident had occurred due to the rash and negligent driving of a tractor driver, it observed.Pointing out that Amar Yadav, then 22, had a bright future…
