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Many Delhi housing societies lack fire safety clearance despite repeated warnings

Many Delhi housing societies lack fire safety clearance despite repeated warnings

Nearly one in every five cooperative housing societies in the Capital operate without valid fire safety certificates, even as recent…

June 22, 2025

Private schools misused funds, violated norms: DoE audit reports

DoE audits over ten years suggest financial irregularities in several private schools in Delhi; questions raised about alleged inaction by…

June 6, 2025

Pink booths: Is Delhi Police’s flagship women safety scheme fading out?

An unprecedented shortage of women officers leaves the woman-only police booths understaffed, neglected, and disappearing from the city

June 2, 2025

Inmate’s Instagram reels reveal smuggling inside Tihar jail

Purported videos filmed inside the prison shows inmates with phones and other luxuries, highlighting glaring lapses by the jail authorities

May 8, 2025

Water crisis hits everyone in Delhi, except the private players

As temperatures soar, Delhi’s residents are left at the mercy of tanker mafias and crumbling infrastructure

May 5, 2025

Crumbling Delhi: Why instances of building collapse have spiked

April 2024 saw 12 such incidents; however, this month, authorities have reported a 55.5% increase in structure collapses

April 25, 2025

Overcrowded and affected by substance abuse: Issues ailing Delhi’s juvenile care institutions

Delhi’s juvenile observation homes struggle with overcrowding and limited reformation options

April 22, 2025

Delhi: How hospitals are sleepwalking into fire disasters

Hundreds of nursing homes and hospitals in the national capital, which are expanding illegally and operating without fire safety clearances,…

April 4, 2025

Yamuna boating plan: Next big tourism hub or an ecological disaster?

While government is preparing to start a ferry service on the river, environmentalists warn of the ecological hazards

March 22, 2025

Delhi industrial waste crisis: How lack of treatment plants ail Yamuna, people

With only 13 operational Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) for 33 approved industrial areas, waste continues to flow unchecked into…

March 21, 2025