E-rickshaw drivers in Delhi are living in fear as a Chinese app is reportedly disabling their vehicles mid-route, creating dangerous traffic situations. NEW DELHI: E-rickshaw drivers across Delhi’s corridors say they are living in fear after a smartphone app allegedly began switching off their vehicles mid-road without warning, leaving them stranded in fast-moving traffic and…
New Delhi: A 20-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly strangulating her husband to death in front of his mother in east Delhi’s Rashid Market in the early hours of Thursday. The murder was committed in a fit of rage after he allegedly assaulted her over suspicion of her having an extramarital affair.The deceased has…
New Delhi: The special cell of Delhi Police has busted another ISI-backed terror-espionage cell and arrested four alleged operatives of Pak-based gangster-turned-terrorist Shehzad Bhatti. One of the accused had conducted the reconnaissance of police establishments in Delhi.According to police, the accused were found using foreign mobile phone numbers to operate their WhatsApp accounts, making it…
Stills from Belly Of The Beast Adapted from Kalki Koechlin’s book, The Elephant in the Womb, Belly of the Beast overturns conventional notions of gentle motherhood from the outset. Take the title, for instance. Drawn from the biblical story of Jonah being swallowed by a giant fish in the Book of Jonah, the phrase evokes…
The IMD has forecast active monsoon conditions to continue across large parts of the country through the next three to four days. NEW DELHI: Heavy to extremely heavy rainfall is expected across several parts of the country on Saturday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warning of intense monsoon activity over parts of western, central…
Monsoon reaches Delhi after delay, cools city with light showers. NEW DELHI: The southwest monsoon finally reached Delhi on Thursday, five days after its normal date of onset on June 27, India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials said.It made a modest start, with Safdarjung, the city’s base weather station, recording 4.6 mm of overnight rainfall. Several…
NEW DELHI: Though Delhi suffered septic tank death of three workers happened on 26th June.Manual scavenging remained in practice near Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi, where a team of workers from six states cleared a clogged drain despite it being strictly illegal in India. The work continued on the ground in Delhi despite dialogues from…
After 7 routes, Delhi eyes 25 more signal-free corridors (Image used for representational purpose only) NEW DELHI: At a time when work is underway to make at least seven major corridors of Delhi free of signals, authorities have turned their attention to another 25 stretches across the city. From Dwarka Mor to Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road, these…
With rhinestones back in vogue, bedazzling parties have become NCR’s latest weekend obsession (AI Image) The city’s heat swelters outside, but inside the cafe, the focus is microscopic. Young professionals lean over their tables, swapping laptop screens for the precision of glue and tweezers. Pearls, gems, and rhinestones spill across the tabletops, transforming mundane aluminium…
New Delhi: Delays in completion of civic projects are often attributed to financial constraints, pending approvals or procedural bottlenecks. While such explanations are all too familiar, what’s far more difficult to justify is not opening projects, which have already been completed, to the public.Across civic bodies in Delhi, several high-profile public facilities have remained non-operational…
