IMD has warned of heavy to very heavy rainfall along the west coast, Northeast India, and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim over the coming week. NEW DELHI: The southwest monsoon has further advanced into parts of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its latest update. Conditions remain…
Police sources said after abducting, raping and killing a 10-year-old girl in Mehrauli area, driver Basu Singh carefully tried to cover his tracks. NEW DELHI: Behind the wheel of a routine commercial cab sat a habitual offender who, after a heinous crime, allegedly operated with the precision of a professional.Police sources said after abducting, raping…
New Delhi: As Delhi ramps up preparations for the monsoon, PWD minister Parvesh Verma inspected desilting works in the Moti Nagar assembly constituency and reviewed the progress of drainage and flood-prevention measures across the city.The inspection is part of a wider campaign under which senior officers, chief engineers and field teams are carrying out physical…
New Delhi: Recognising the right to life of a minor rape survivor, Delhi High Court on Wednesday allowed a 15-year-old girl to undergo medical termination of pregnancy with over 26 weeks of gestational period, noting that she would suffer grave mental injury if forced to give birth to the child. The court also factored in…
New Delhi: A Delhi court dismissed a man’s appeal to preserve his wife’s call detail records and upheld her right to privacy. It said that “talking to any person even at odd hours of the day cannot by itself put a question mark on the character of the woman.”“Indian society no longer remains a primitive…
New Delhi: Ahead of the monsoon, Delhi govt has zeroed in on 169 locations across the city where waterlogging occurred last year. In 2024, 165 such locations were identified. Of these, 30 spots are located along Ring Road, stated Delhi govt’s flood control order published recently.Nine underpasses have been flagged as particularly vulnerable, including Minto…
New Delhi: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) commenced construction work at Central Secretariat Metro Station for Central Vista corridor Wednesday. The station is being developed under Phase V(A) as an extension of existing Magenta Line from Janakpuri West to RK Ashram Marg.Central Secretariat station will become a triple interchange station, where new Magenta Line station…
New Delhi: Door-to-door visits will start in Delhi from June 30 as part of a special intensive revision (SIR) of voters’ lists to cleanse and update the electoral rolls which includes nearly 1.5 crore voters.The booth-level officers (BLOs) will do the door-to-door enumeration till July 29, distributing pre-printed enumeration forms to all existing voters who…
New Delhi A bus, which was allegedly speeding, hit a taxi and three motorbikes, dragging some of the vehicles and a biker under it, in northeast Delhi’s Nand Nagri Wednesday.One of the motorcyclists was killed. The driver of the bus fled the scene.The bus was coming from the Uttar Pradesh side and travelling from the…
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) claims significant progress in removing accumulated legacy waste from the Okhla landfill. For years, it has remained one of the city’s biggest waste management challenges, but the site is now moving closer to a major transformation.Twenty-three acres of land at the landfill site have already been cleared of…
