Unkind cut for barbers

Heavy loans, fewer customers and rising Covid cases in the third wave leave self-employed barbers and spa owners uncertain about their future    The weekend curfew announced by the Delhi government on 5 January has adversely affected several businesses, and the salons and wellness centres are not indifferent to this milieu. Ankit Kumar (25), is […]

Delhi government proposes to put an ease on COVID restrictions for markets and offices

The Delhi government has proposed lifting the weekend curfew, end odd-even system for opening of shops, and allow private offices to run with 50% staff in the city, an official source said on Friday.   A proposal approved by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been sent to Lt Governor Anil Baijal for approval. The decision to […]

Clubhouse session targets Muslim women

Delhi Commission for Women has taken note of anti-Muslim comments on the social media platform.   Even as the accused in the Bulli Bai case has been arrested and the investigation is ongoing, Muslim women have found themselves in the centre of yet another online harassment. A screen recording of a chatroom discussing why ‘Muslim […]

First man convicted in the 2020 Northeast-Delhi riots case

A Delhi court on Thursday sentenced Dinesh Yadav, the first person convicted in connection with February 2020 riots, to five years in jail. Last month, Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat had convicted him for being part of a riotous mob that set a house on fire. This is the first sentencing the riots cases. Yadav […]

Almost broke

Sellers of second hand books are often migrants whose earnings on Sunday have been already depleted after relocation from Daryaganj. The weekend curfew has hit them hard.   “Selling books is the only source of livelihood for us and whenever it looks like things are going to be okay, a new wave eats up all […]

Delhi gets an electric bus

A zero emission bus was flagged off by the CM in the first month of the new year. However, at a time when a pall of smog hangs over the city, this can only make a small dent in the air quality index.   Delhi now has an e-bus, the first one being launched by […]

JNUSU alleges ‘attempt to rape’

There is again ferment on campus, as students allege the police is downgrading a case of sexual assault to molestation    On January 18, hundreds of students gathered near the North Gate of Jawaharlal Nehru University to protest against the inaction of Delhi Police in an ‘attempt to rape’ case. This protest was organized by […]

‘For us, the disease is poverty, not Corona’

Whether they go back to their villages or stay on in hope of an economic revival, migrants in the Capital have been barely surviving in the face of the two-year long pandemic. Reduced earnings have hit their pocket and the prospect of lockdown is affecting their morale.   Daily wagers, who lack any means to […]