New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday launched an attack in Delhi Assembly on opposition parties over the women’s reservation bill, which was recently defeated in Lok Sabha, stating that it was time for women to “stop pleading and start fighting” for their rights.Addressing a one-day special session of the assembly on the issue,…
New Delhi: A 60-year-old differently-abled, retired sanitation worker of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi died after being trapped inside his home during a fire in central Delhi’s Paharganj on Monday afternoon. His two sons suffered burn injuries while trying to rescue him but could not reach him in time.According to police, Ramesh Kumar was alone…
NEW DELHI: Two cousins, aged 20 and 14, returning home on a bike from Monday night’s IPL match, became the city’s latest hit-and-run victims after being crushed to death by a truck in central Delhi’s Ashoka Road.The victims were identified as BSc student Yagya Bhatia and Abhav, residents of Ashok Nagar in west Delhi. Police…
NEW DELHI: Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma of the Delhi HC Tuesday recused herself from hearing Congress MP Karti Chidambaram‘s plea seeking quashing of a criminal case lodged by CBI against him, citing a “gross delay” of nearly two decades.CBI has alleged Chidambaram helped an alcoholic beverage company in connection with a ban on duty-free sale…
NEW DELHI: Relief from heat as rain and strong winds lashed parts of Delhi-NCR on Wednesday, bringing respite from the ongoing heatwave.The India Meteorological Department has issued ‘orange’ and ‘yellow’ alerts for thunderstorms, dust storms and rain in different parts of Delhi. An ‘orange’ alert has been sounded for southwest Delhi, with authorities warning of…
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…
