NEW DELHI: Four passengers and a crew member on board a SWISS Delhi-Zurich flight on Sunday morning were injured while being evacuated on a runway at IGI airport using emergency slides as the aircraft had to abandon take-off following an engine fire. The passengers were admitted to Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon; the cabin crew member…
NEW DELHI: About 98% of LPG refill bookings are taking place digitally, while 94% of deliveries are based on delivery authentication code (DAC) to maintain transparency and prevent diversion of cooking gas, govt said Sunday.Officials said oil marketing companies were continuing to prioritise LPG supply to homes, delivering over 50 lakh domestic cooking gas cylinders…
New Delhi: Last week, Delhi High Court came down heavily on Delhi Police’s special cell and its methods in connection with its perceived high-handedness in a case. Sunday’s incident — a cop attached to the cell shot dead a delivery executive and injured another person — has yet again put the unit’s functioning in the…
New Delhi: A CCTV video has surfaced on social media showing an alleged gunpoint robbery at a grocery shop believed to be in West Delhi’s Vikaspuri.In the footage, two individuals can be seen entering the store, one with his face covered with a cloth and the other wearing a helmet, after which they are seen…
New Delhi: Police have arrested three men for allegedly running an illegal supply network of banned and controlled pharmaceutical drugs in Delhi-NCR.The accused were identified as Rahul (29), Mohammad Akram (28), and Suraj Prasad (36), all of whom were allegedly involved in procuring and distributing restricted medicines for profit.Rahul was apprehended from Uttam Nagar while…
New Delhi: A special session of the Delhi assembly will be held on April 28 to discuss the women’s reservation issue after a bill related to this was defeated in the Lok Sabha by the Opposition.BJP has accused the Opposition of betraying women.A Delhi Assembly secretariat statement said the session will start on Tuesday at…
New Delhi: Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has launched Operation WIPE (Web-based Illicit Activities Prevention & Enforcement) to identify and purge illegal online listings of pharmaceutical drugs regulated under the NDPS Act.Supported by the International Narcotics Control Board’s SNOOP program, NCB technical teams have identified 122 instances involving 62 different substances, including high-risk opioids like Fentanyl….
New Delhi: After the CAQM imposed Rs 61 crore fine on six thermal power plants within 300-km radius of Delhi for failing to co-fire crop residue as mandated by 2023 rules, four of them got conditional stay on around Rs 54 crore environmental compensation (EC) from the National Green Tribunal. Co-firing of crop residue is…
NEW DELHI: Delhiites reeled under heatwave conditions for the third consecutive day on Saturday as the mercury touched 42.8 degrees Celsius at the city’s base station, Safdarjung — 5 degrees above normal — making it the hottest April day in four years.The last time the temperature crossed this level in April was on April 30,…
New Delhi: A court has directed the station house officer of the domestic airport police station to file an action-taken report on a complaint alleging cruelty against a community dog on the IGI Airport premises.Chief judicial magistrate Abhinav Ahlawat sought clarity on whether any complaint was filed, action taken, the status of the inquiry and…
