New Delhi: Forced to flee political instability, violence and the fear of persecution in Myanmar, a student living in India as a UNHCR-recognised refugee has approached Delhi High Court after his application for an undergraduate course at Delhi University was deemed incomplete for want of a passport.At the heart of the case is the question…
New Delhi: A 35-year-old maths teacher, Amit Bishnoi, has been apprehended by Delhi Police’s Special Cell for allegedly surveilling a businessman and sharing a video of his office with jailed gangster Harry Boxer to facilitate a Rs 10-crore extortion bid.Amit, a B.Tech graduate from Hisar, Haryana, has been working as a teacher at coaching institutes…
New Delhi: Sports Injury Centre (SIC) at Safdarjung Hospital and the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Friday signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen sports medicine, injury management and research for Indian athletes.The partnership will combine SIC’s clinical expertise with SAI’s nationwide athlete network to provide integrated care covering injury prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and…
New Delhi: A Delhi court has cancelled the day-to-day proceedings in the Shraddha Walkar murder case scheduled for July 20 after the accused, Aaftab Amin Poonawala, informed it that he would be appearing for his final MA Sociology examination at Tihar Jail that afternoon.Additional Sessions Judge Hargurvarinder Singh Jaggi noted that Poonawala’s examinations, conducted by…
Condensing the many motifs of the monsoon into one evening, the first chapter of Baarish festival season two unfolded under a glass dome in Chhattarpur coinciding with World Music Day. The evening brought together music, storytelling and a bespoke fragrance inspired by petrichor to celebrate the many ways rain has shaped India’s cultural imagination.A session,…
Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh, Chief of the Air Staff with Gp Capt Shubhanshu Shukla “I like to say that for the 140 crore Indians, I travelled 100 metres in space for each one of you,” said gaganyatri Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla AC ‘Shux’ while commemorating the first anniversary of the Axiom-4 mission, as…
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea to stay the conviction of MLA Rajendra Bharti NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Friday refused to suspend the conviction of disqualified Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti in a cheating case linked to the alleged forgery of bank records to secure illegal interest payments between…
Heavy rain significantly improved Delhi’s air quality to a ‘good’ level on Thursday. NEW DELHI: Heavy rain cleaned Delhi’s air on Thursday, with the air quality index (AQI) improving to 48, from 59 a day earlier.As a result, residents could enjoy ‘good’ air for the first time in nearly three years. The city last recorded…
The Delhi court has greenlit the cancellation of proceedings on July 20, permitting Aaftab Poonawala, the accused, to sit for his final MA exam NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has allowed the cancellation of proceedings the Shraddha Walkar murder case scheduled for July 20 after accused Aaftab Amin Poonawala informed the court that he would…
Free bus travel in Delhi to go fully digital NEW DELHI: Women commuters in Delhi will have to carry the newly introduced Pink Saheli smart card to continue availing free travel on bus service from August 1, with the government set to phase out the existing paper-based pink tickets.The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) on Friday…
