Delhi is likely to continue witnessing isolated rain activity over the coming days. NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast widespread rainfall across several parts of the country on Monday, with heavy rain likely in parts of north, east, central and northeast India.Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds are also expected in…
New Delhi: New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) opened the doors of Jayaprakash Narayan Public Library, its first fully digital library with automated book issue and return services, Saturday. The three-storey facility houses over 32,000 physical books on various subjects and offers free access to an e-library with nearly one crore digital books.The library at Mandir…
New Delhi: Only four flex-fuel vehicles have been sold in Delhi since the technology entered the Indian passenger vehicle market last month.The data on govt’s Vahan portal shows that three flex-fuel vehicles, all in the motor car category, were registered in June, the month the first such passenger vehicle was launched. One more car, so…
New Delhi: An employee of a finance firm was allegedly robbed of Rs 17 lakh after two bike-borne assailants threatened him at gunpoint in east Delhi’s Gandhi Nagar market Friday.A video of the incident surfaced on social media Saturday. The 28-second CCTV footage shows the two men getting off a motorcycle in a residential lane…
New Delhi: An unidentified caller contacted Mumbai Police Control Room Friday, claiming that Delhi’s Red Fort would be blown up. They relayed the information to Delhi Police, after which North district police initiated security measures.Security personnel, along with bomb disposal and dog squads, conducted a thorough search of the Red Fort premises. After the inspection,…
New Delhi: The lives of four young cousins, including three sisters, were thrown into turmoil after a family dispute left them without parental care. The girls’ mother had left the house following an argument with her husband, and about 15 days later, the father also left, leaving the three girls in the care of their…
New Delhi: A 70-year-old woman, a retired Delhi Jal Board (DJB) employee, was found dead at her residence in Chawla Friday afternoon.The deceased lived with her son. The incident came to light after police received a call from neighbours who reported a foul smell emanating from the house.A team from the local police station rushed…
New Delhi: For the past one year, every night, 35-year-old Sushila feared for the safety of her three minor children, including two daughters, while sleeping under a flyover in northwest Delhi’s Shalimar Bagh, an area frequented by drug addicts and other anti-social elements. That fear has now eased.As part of Delhi Police’s drive to provide…
New Delhi: As investigations continue into a Gurgaon couple’s allegation that their embryos were swapped during an IVF procedure, the fertility centre at the heart of the controversy has defended itself, maintaining that the couple had voluntarily opted for donor-gamete treatment and that all statutory consent requirements were fulfilled before the procedure, a claim that…
New Delhi: Delhi cabinet has approved two research fellowship schemes to promote scientific study, documentation and digitisation of the capital’s vast archival and archaeological heritage under which selected researchers will receive monthly fellowships between Rs 25,000 to Rs 50,000.The archives research fellowship and archaeology research fellowship, okayed by the cabinet, are aimed to encourage research…
