New Delhi: AAP on Tuesday stepped up its attack on BJP govt in Delhi, accusing it of failing to fulfil its poll promise of providing Rs 2,500 to women in the city even after more than a year of the assembly election.In a press conference on the assembly premises, leader of the opposition Atishi questioned…
New Delhi: Delhi witnessed an unusually warm night, with the minimum temperature settling at 28.4 degrees Celsius, 4.6 degrees above normal, at base station Safdarjung. It was the warmest April night in nine years when the temperature touched 29 degrees Celsius on April 22, 2017. On April 28, 2018, too, the city recorded the minimum…
New Delhi: The environment department has prepared a draft Delhi State Action Plan on Climate Change (SPACC) 2.0, which has been submitted to the Union ministry of environment, forests and climate change for approval. The last such plan came into force in 2019 and was based on the data up to 2011.Officials said the new…
New Delhi: Lieutenant governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Tuesday visited the New Delhi Municipal Council’s (NDMC) Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) at Palika Kendra to review its functioning and assess the civic body’s preparedness to deal with the ongoing heatwave in the capital.During the visit, LG said the prevailing extreme weather conditions posed both…
New Delhi: A seven-year-old girl waits at home with a school bag bought when she was four, the year her parents first applied under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) quota. Years of delays and repeated admission cycles have pushed her past the age she was meant to start school. There are many like her, and…
New Delhi: With an aim to equip students with practical tools for mental well-being, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) has organised a lecture centred on mindfulness, self-awareness and social responsibility.The session brought together theory and lived experience, encouraging students to reflect on their emotional health in the context of everyday life.Delivered by mental health…
New Delhi: Barely 24 hours after a SWISS Delhi-Zurich flight aborted take-off at IGI Airport following an engine fire, a passenger who was on board has described the evacuation as swift and professional inside the aircraft, but alleged confusion, delays and lack of coordination once passengers were on the ground.Vinod Krishnadas, 41, a Mumbai-based professional…
NEW DELHI: CBI has filed two fresh FIRs and taken over investigation of corruption cases which were earlier being investigated by Delhi govt’s Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) and involved a now-deceased man who was also a close relative of former CM Arvind Kejriwal.The first case is against Kamal Singh of M/s Kamal Singh and govt officials….
NEW DELHI : A five-month-old boy from Tanzania has been successfully treated in Delhi for a rare and complex skull deformity that could have severely affected his brain development if left unaddressed.The infant was diagnosed with craniosynostosis, a congenital condition in which the bones of the skull fuse prematurely. In this case, it led to…
AAP leaders Manish Sisodia and Arvind Kejriwal have declared they will not appear in proceedings before Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma in the Delhi High Court’s excise policy case. NEW DELHI: After Arvind Kejriwal, AAP leader Manish Sisodia on Tuesday wrote to Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma, declaring that neither he nor any lawyer would appear on…
