New Delhi: Delhi University’s St Stephen’s College has prohibited students from wearing shorts in several parts of the campus, including classrooms, assembly hall, library, dining hall and chapel. The move sparked protests on Tuesday and several students turned up in shorts on the first day of the new academic session.In a notice circulated internally and…
New Delhi: A day after TOI reported that traffic at Sarai Kale Khan is set to worsen as two major expressway corridors converge at the already-choked interchange, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has initiated the preparation of a detailed project report (DPR) to identify long-term engineering solutions to decongest the critical loop connecting the…
New Delhi: Children of grievously wounded police personnel have approached Supreme Court, seeking accountability for those allegedly responsible for attacking law enforcement officers and directions to strengthen their protection while on duty.The impleadment application has been filed through advocate-on-record Venkata Raghuvamsy D by the son of ACP Kailash Singh Bisht, the daughter of sub-inspector Sandeep…
New Delhi: A truck filled with stones and other construction material, which was parked near Jantar Mantar hours before the Cockroach Janta Party-led Chalo Sansad march on July 20, had been in police custody since it was involved in an accident on July 16.Delhi Police issued a clarification Tuesday after a news portal questioned the…
New Delhi: A club member has no right to challenge leasehold rights between Delhi Gymkhana Club and govt, the Centre told Delhi High Court Tuesday. It also maintained that a court has no legal power to restrain govt from taking over the DGC land after the termination of the perpetual lease for the club and…
Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke warns of fresh peaceful protest NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Tuesday warned of a fresh nationwide protest if the harassment of students by the police continues. In a post on X, Dipke said, “If the harassment of students at the hands of the police…
Delhi experienced heavy monsoon rains causing significant waterlogging and traffic congestion across the city NEW DELHI: Heavy monsoon rain lashed Delhi on Tuesday, triggering widespread waterlogging, flooding parts of major markets and disrupting traffic across the national capital.Civic agencies received at least 136 complaints related to waterlogging, fallen trees and power outages and deployed emergency…
Lamba had been appointed as the inquiry officer in a judicially directed inquiry into her allegations of police excesses. NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Tuesday observed that the right to protest does not include the right to damage the “seat of sovereignty” and said the image of a police officer cannot be “tarnished”…
New Delhi: Stepping up his campaign against E20-blended petrol, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal Monday announced a ‘national town hall against E20’ on Aug 1 at Constitution Club where he seeks to bring together experts, vehicle owners and citizens concerned to discuss the impact of E20 petrol and chart the future course of the campaign. Kejriwal…
Irshad Shaikh underwent 3 surgeries NEW DELHI: “I will never regret it. This incident will stay with me till my last breath, but I’ll always remember it positively,” said 25-year-old Irshad Shaikh, days after being discharged from hospital.Shaikh, who underwent three surgeries after sustaining multiple pellet injuries to his face, neck and upper body during…
