New Delhi: A fire broke out at a house in west Delhi’s Subhash Nagar on Monday, allegedly after flames from a lamp burning inside a temple area spread through the residence.Two fire tenders were rushed to the spot to control the blaze. Firefighters managed to bring the situation under control and no injuries were reported…
New Delhi: Amid growing concerns over the rising incidence of myopia among children, the All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) has released a national consensus guideline on the Prevention and Management of Childhood Myopia during World Myopia Week 2026, stressing the need for early detection and preventive measures.Experts warned that myopia is fast emerging as a…
New Delhi: Both cases relating to the Delhi excise policy — CBI’s revision and criminal contempt proceedings — will now be heard by different judges of Delhi High Court instead of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma.While Justice Manoj Jain is likely to take up CBI’s plea on Tuesday, a division bench headed by a senior judge…
New Delhi: A fire broke out in a five-storey residential building at Mansarovar Park in east Delhi’s Shahdara early on Sunday. Firemen rescued nine trapped residents, including women and children, by placing ladders against their balconies on different floors.All nine suffered breathing-related problems due to smoke inhalation and were admitted to Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB)…
NEW DELHI: Panic unfolded near the Rajghat traffic signal in central Delhi after the brakes of a Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus allegedly failed, forcing the driver to take a split-second decision and deliberately ram the vehicle into a road divider to avert a possible tragedy. According to police, a PCR call reporting an accident…
Let’s D-Stress at Dakshinayan Apartments in Dwarka. New Delhi: How often do you check your phone in a day? And more importantly, why? Residents of Dakshinayan Apartments in Dwarka found themselves grappling with these questions as they gathered for The Times of India’s ‘Let’s D-Stress‘ initiative on Saturday evening.The session on digital wellbeing began with…
New Delhi: When the Rajdhani from Thiruvananthapuram to Delhi caught fire on the morning of May 17, the people of Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh may have said: “Again!”They would have a good reason to do so.On April 18, 2011, Ratlam was in the news for another Rajdhani fire. That train was chugging from Mumbai to…
NEW DELHI: Under the “Mera Bharat Mera Yogdan” campaign aimed at promoting fuel conservation, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, along with her cabinet ministers and senior government officials, travelled by Metro to office on Monday.Gupta boarded the Metro from Kashmere Gate station on the Violet Line near her Jan Sewa Sadan residence on Raj Niwas…
NEW DELHI: Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has busted a pharmaceutical unit in Uttarakhand, which was allegedly being used by an international cartel to manufacture captagon, a powerful psychotropic drug said to be widely used by Islamic State (IS) fighters.In a separate operation, NCB has arrested a Myanmar-based drug kingpin from Delhi who was long wanted…
NEW DELHI: India’s major cities continue to show alarming signs of mental health strain and socio-economic distress, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) 2024 data. The report highlights rising suicides, high crime rates, and growing emotional pressures across urban centres, with Delhi, Bengaluru, and Mumbai emerging as the most affected cities.Delhi recorded the…
