New Delhi: A video surfaced online Thursday, showing a laboratory at the Rohini campus of Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University flooded with rainwater, its equipment drenched and an electrical panel remaining operational despite the leakage. The DSEU administration has temporarily suspended classes in the affected area and shifted practical sessions to another laboratory.The video, recorded…
New Delhi: A 45-year-old teacher engaged in the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls allegedly jumped off Rani Jhansi Flyover Thursday. Police said a handwritten note seized from the spot suggested that he had been under immense pressure.The man had allegedly jumped from at least 30 feet in a suicide attempt. He sustained multiple…
New Delhi: A 26-year-old man died after allegedly drowning in a swimming pool at a school in southwest Delhi’s Najafgarh Wednesday.The deceased, Rahul Rai, a resident of Jharoda village in southwest Delhi, packed cartons at a private company owned by his friend. Doctors at a private hospital declared him brought dead when the police arrived…
70% more drains cleared this year before monsoon showers, says DDANew Delhi: DDA has claimed to have removed more than 57,000 metric tonnes of silt from stormwater drains under its pre-monsoon desilting drive, marking an over 70% increase compared to last year. Enhancing the carrying capacity of drains will reduce instances of waterlogging.“Desilting exercise has…
New Delhi: Nearly five months after a Gurgaon couple alleged that a Delhi private fertility clinic swapped embryos, they are still awaiting answers, although the Centre has sought clarifications from Delhi’s Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) authorities about the case.The Union health ministry’s ART and surrogacy division sent repeated reminders to the state programme officer (ART…
New Delhi: Delhi Police has arrested three people, including a former multi-tasking staff (MTS) employee of income tax department, for allegedly running a fake govt job recruitment racket that duped unemployed aspirants by promising them MTS posts. Police said the gang is suspected to have cheated six to seven victims of around Rs 10 lakh.The…
New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Thursday started the construction of the Inderlok–Indraprastha corridor, which is an extension of the Magenta Line.The construction of the diaphragm wall at the Sarai Rohilla metro station site kicked off the work.Chief minister Rekha Gupta, who started off the construction, said the network’s expansion is a major…
Delhi resident found an old school certificate while searching for electoral documents. NEW DELHI: Across Delhi, steel almirahs are being opened, dusty trunks dragged out and cardboard boxes emptied as families search for birth certificates, school records and electoral slips amid the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.For 46-year-old Sharad Kumar Sharma,…
Delhi transitioned rapidly from oppressive heat to severe monsoon downpours. Multiple weather systems converged, causing widespread and intense rainfall across the region. NEW DELHI: Barely 10 days ago, Delhiites were struggling through oppressive heat and humidity, with the “feels-like” temperature soaring well above the actual mercury. The city baked under stagnant air, sticky conditions and…
Heavy overnight rain lashed Delhi, inundating roads and causing massive traffic snarls. NEW DELHI: Heavy overnight rain lashed Delhi and continued through Thursday morning, inundating roads, uprooting trees and causing massive traffic snarls across the city.According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Safdarjung, the city’s base weather station, recorded 72.6 mm of rainfall in the…
