16-member panel to be set up under Delhi LG for Yamuna floodplain conservation

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has proposed setting up a 16-member committee for conservation, protection and restoration of the Yamuna floodplains in the national capital The National Green Tribunal had last year directed the land-owning agency to constitute a special purpose vehicle for the rejuvenation of the Yamuna in Delhi, hoping that it could be […]

3 arrested, 1 juvenile apprehended for raping minor girl in south Delhi

Three men were arrested and a juvenile was apprehended on Sunday for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl in south Delhi’s Greater Kailash area, police said The accused have been identified as Shivam (20), Hari Shankar (30), both residents of Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur district, and Mangesh (18), a native of Maharashtra, they said. On Sunday, information […]

42 arrested from Delhi-based call centre for duping foreign nationals

Forty-two people were arrested for allegedly running a call centre in west Delhi’s Peeragarhi area and duping foreign nationals to the tune of Rs 70 crore by posing as officers of law enforcement agencies, police said on Sunday The accused used to extort money from foreign nationals in the form of Bitcoins and gift cards […]

New strain of COVID-19: Kejriwal asks Centre to ban all flights from UK

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday demanded that the Centre ban all flights from the UK immediately in view of the emergence of a mutated variant of the Coronavirus there The Union Health Ministry has called an urgent meeting of its Joint Monitoring Group on Monday to discuss the emergence of the new strain […]

Ground water overexploited in Ghaziabad; where are the NOCs for extraction?

Scarcity of potable water is the price being paid for rapid urbanisation and industrial development in Delhi’s satellite city In the last couple of decades, Ghaziabad has witnessed rapid development. The housing boom coupled with the development of industries and job creation ensured that the city grew under the shadow of the National Capital. But […]

Air quality ‘very poor’ in Ghaziabad, Noida, Gurgaon and Faridabad

The average air quality remained “poor” in Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Noida, Gurgaon and Faridabad in the National Capital Region (NCR), according to a government agency data issued on Thursday   Presence of pollutant PM 2.5 and PM 10 also remained high in the five immediate neighbours of Delhi, according to the air quality index (AQI) […]

Delhi riots: Court grants bail to accused

A Delhi court on Friday granted bail to a man in a northeast Delhi riots case, saying he was arrested 55 days after the incident, though he was already in jail in another riots case It was alleged that the man made a disclosure statement about his involvement in the incident while he was in […]

Rs 2,500 cr scam in Delhi municipal corporations bigger than Commonwealth Games scam: Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said the alleged scam of Rs 2,500 crore in the BJP-ruled municipal corporations was even bigger than the Commonwealth Games scam Addressing a special session of the Delhi Assembly, Kejriwal claimed that scams of Rs 5,000-10,000 crore happen every year in municipal corporations while giving required permissions for […]