Times News NetworkNew Delhi: Delhi govt has decided that IIT Delhi will be brought in to do a study for the construction of a new flood protection wall along a 4-km stretch of the Yamuna.Building the wall to protect flood-prone areas of the city will start next year after a detailed study by the IIT,…
New Delhi: More than six months after Delhi Traffic Police, civic agencies and the transport department identified 62 major traffic congestion hotspots across the capital and proposed 215 short-, medium- and long-term interventions to ease bottlenecks, work has been completed at 34 locations.However, over a quarter of the proposed measures have been shelved, highlighting that…
New Delhi: Haryana govt has informed National Green Tribunal (NGT) that more than 42 million litres per day (MLD) of untreated wastewater continues to enter drain No. 6, a major channel that flows into the Yamuna, and that work to tap all identified discharge points along it is expected to be completed by mid-2028.NGT is…
28 car on fire on mayur vihar flyover New Delhi: A moving car caught fire on Mayur Vihar flyover in east Delhi Sunday afternoon, but the two occupants inside it escaped unharmed after getting out moments before the vehicle was engulfed in flames.According to Delhi Fire Services (DFS), a call about the blaze was received…
NEW DELHI: Former Director General of Health Services (DGHS), Dr Vatsala Agarwal was arrested on Saturday in a corruption case linked to alleged irregularities in the procurement of medicines, surgical items and medical equipment, according to news agency PTI. The arrest of Dr Vatsala Agarwal comes days after the ACB arrested Dr Vijay Kumar Ranga…
Party representative Shehzad Poonawalla dubbed Gandhi the ‘Leader of Paryatan’ NEW DELHI: The BJP intensified its attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his reported foreign visits, with “missing” posters surfacing across parts of Delhi and party spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla dubbing the Leader of Opposition the “Leader of Paryatan.“The posters, put up in several parts…
CJP accuses Delhi Police of cutting sanitation facilities after Wangchuk begins hunger strike (Image- @abhijeet_dipke) NEW DELHI: The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke alleged that basic sanitation facilities at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar protest site had been cut off after climate activist Sonam Wangchuk announced his hunger strike on Sunday.In a post on X,…
Perched in a corner near a busy traffic light but veiled by a prosperous tree, ‘Rainawari’ can be defined by the phrase, hiding in plain sight. Fierce red hibiscus flowers command centre stage in the front garden, while a fecund orange tree laden with sour fruits, adds a dash of the avant-garde. It’s a snug…
NEW DELHI: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Sunday began an indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar, where the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) has been staging a protest since June 20, demanding the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged irregularities in examinations.Hundreds of protesters, mostly students and young people, gathered at Jantar Mantar on…
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