Primary school merger has left nearly fifty children without accessible education. NEW DELHI: For years, the primary school located between Chandpur and Chhota Chandpur villages in northwest Delhi meant that young children could walk to their classrooms within minutes, without relying on buses or their parents to accompany them. But since the school was merged…
A file photo of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. NEW DELHI: A BTech graduate who worked as a Mathematics teacher at coaching centres in Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar has been arrested for allegedly helping the Hari Boxer-Lawrence Bishnoi gang conduct a recce of a businessman they later tried to extort, news agency PTI reported on Thursday.The accused, identified…
NEW DELHI: The city witnessed the year’s most intense spell of rain on Thursday, making it the wettest July day in three years. The heavy downpour caused the maximum temperature to drop below 30 o C. Four stations in DelhiNCR received more than 100mm of rainfall in 24 hours till 8.30am Thursday. Tukmirpur-Khajuri logged 160mm,…
The idea of Speed Dating was to let participants meet multiple people at once, judge vibes in-person, and put apps aside “Have you ever gone on a date just for the food? Lied about your age on a dating app? Or given a piggyback ride to a stranger for a dare?” Delhiites answered all these…
New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta Thursday launched a STEM education and school transformation programme at Shalimar Bagh Village Govt Girls’ Senior Secondary School, calling it a “benchmark for future-ready learning”.The school has been equipped with STEM and computer laboratories, smart classrooms and upgraded sanitation facilities. Student awareness sessions on menstrual hygiene, nutrition, cyber safety,…
New Delhi: A video surfaced online Thursday, showing a laboratory at the Rohini campus of Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University flooded with rainwater, its equipment drenched and an electrical panel remaining operational despite the leakage. The DSEU administration has temporarily suspended classes in the affected area and shifted practical sessions to another laboratory.The video, recorded…
New Delhi: A 45-year-old teacher engaged in the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls allegedly jumped off Rani Jhansi Flyover Thursday. Police said a handwritten note seized from the spot suggested that he had been under immense pressure.The man had allegedly jumped from at least 30 feet in a suicide attempt. He sustained multiple…
New Delhi: A 26-year-old man died after allegedly drowning in a swimming pool at a school in southwest Delhi’s Najafgarh Wednesday.The deceased, Rahul Rai, a resident of Jharoda village in southwest Delhi, packed cartons at a private company owned by his friend. Doctors at a private hospital declared him brought dead when the police arrived…
New Delhi: Nearly five months after a Gurgaon couple alleged that a Delhi private fertility clinic swapped embryos, they are still awaiting answers, although the Centre has sought clarifications from Delhi’s Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) authorities about the case.The Union health ministry’s ART and surrogacy division sent repeated reminders to the state programme officer (ART…
70% more drains cleared this year before monsoon showers, says DDANew Delhi: DDA has claimed to have removed more than 57,000 metric tonnes of silt from stormwater drains under its pre-monsoon desilting drive, marking an over 70% increase compared to last year. Enhancing the carrying capacity of drains will reduce instances of waterlogging.“Desilting exercise has…
