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Conservation of Mughal-era palace in Delhi to begin by October

Updated on Aug 07, 2023 11:52 PM IST

In April, Hindustan Times highlighted the poor condition of the complex and the need for timely conservation

Over the years, huge sandstone slabs from the gateway have fallen off, while deep cracks run across its length. Several slabs from the gateway’s ceiling have also collapsed over time. (Vipin Kumar/HT Photo)

Dengue cases in Delhi rise to 105 last week, total 348 cases reported so far

The zonal distribution of these 348 cases shows that 191 of these cases have emerged in MCD areas, 32 in NDMC region, 19 in Delhi cantonment areas, six under Railways while 110 remained untraced

The current level of dengue case count is the highest reported in the last six years. (HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 07, 2023 02:26 PM IST

In Delhi, 22-year-old woman killed after car gets stuck between speeding trucks

The took place in north Delhi near Chandgiram Akhara around 12am on Sunday.

The identity of the deceased is yet to be ascertained, the police said. (Praful Gangurde / HT Photo/Representative)
Published on Aug 07, 2023 12:41 PM IST

Fire breaks out at AIIMS in Delhi; no casualties reported | Video

AIIMS Delhi: The fire department said that the incident happened on the second-floor of the main building.

Fire breaks out at AIIMS in Delhi, patients evacuated
Published on Aug 07, 2023 12:27 PM IST

Hot and humid days ahead for Delhi, no rainfall next 3 days: IMD

The maximum and minimum temperatures of the day are expected to be around 36 degrees and 27 degrees Celsius, respectively

Cloud cover over Barakhamba in New Delhi. (Sanchit Khanna/ HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 07, 2023 10:13 AM IST

On migrant trail, the ‘donkey route’ that Indians use to illegally enter US

One of the branches of the “donkey route”, used by hundreds of Indians from Delhi-NCR, Haryana, Punjab and Gujarat to enter US, was busted in Delhi on May 2.

A screengrab of a video showing people illegally crossing over to the US via Mexico. (HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 07, 2023 03:55 PM IST
ByShiv Sunny

Delhi’s Barapullah phase 3 set for further delays

The flooding of the Yamuna River in Delhi is likely to cause further delays in the completion of the Barapullah elevated road project.

The under construction Barapullah Phase 3 at Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi. (Sanchit Khanna/ HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 07, 2023 12:21 AM IST

‘Humbled’: Delhi LG throws open St James Church to public

The restored church will now become a prominent landmark in the city for tourists, city residents and heritage enthusiasts, the LG said

The newly renovated and restored 187-year-old St James Church at Kashmere Gate in New Delhi on Sunday. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 07, 2023 12:06 AM IST

Delhi sees 4% rise in fatal road accidents in 5 years

The data collated between 2019 and 2023 so far has led traffic police to increase preventive measures.

Traffic experts attribute drink driving, high speed of commercial vehicles and lesser presence of traffic personnel during nights as the main reasons behind the increase in fatal road accidents during the night. (ANI)
Updated on Aug 07, 2023 04:56 AM IST

North Delhi a hotspot for Chinese manjha sale: Data

Officers said that the major reason for this is that north district houses Asia’s largest wholesale market.

Delhi Police recovered 180 rolls of Chinese Manjha from a shopkeeper in New Delhi in July. (ANI)
Updated on Aug 07, 2023 12:00 AM IST

6-year-old raped by neighbour in north east Delhi

According to the police, they received information about the rape of a 6-year-old after which police reached the spot and met the survivor

A case under sections 376 and 354 of the Indian Penal Code and relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act was registered. (Representational Image)
Updated on Aug 07, 2023 12:00 AM IST

At automated driving test tracks in Delhi, failures up

While the percentage dropped sharply at each centre soon after automation was introduced, percentage of those passing gradually increased

An automated driving test track at Lado Sarai in New Delhi. Since March, according to transport department data, the proportion of people clearing the test at the centre has reduced to 46% (1,768 out of 3,842) as against the 87% (4,036 in 4,640) recorded in the last three months. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 07, 2023 12:00 AM IST

Arun Jaitley Stadium among 20 grounds extracting groundwater without NOC

An inspection of 26 stadiums across the country found 24 had borewells or tubewells installed, but only four such stadiums had a valid NOC

DDCA, which owns and operates the Arun Jaitley Stadium, said that has begun the process of compliance with the norms. (ANI)
Updated on Aug 07, 2023 12:00 AM IST

14 railway stations in Delhi and NCR to be revamped under Amrit Bharat scheme

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday virtually laid the foundation stone to redevelop 508 railway stations across the country

Union ministers of state Ramdas Athawale and Meenakashi Lekhi with Delhi lieutenant governor VK Saxena at the foundation stone-laying ceremony for the redevelopment of Delhi Cantonment railway station in New Delhi on Sunday. (ANI)
Updated on Aug 07, 2023 12:00 AM IST

Northeast Delhi riots: LG nod to prosecute six

Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has granted prosecution sanction for six individuals involved in the 2020 Delhi riots, where a man died due to gunshot injury. The riots were a result of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Separately, Saxena also granted sanction for prosecution in a case related to the desecration of a statue of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar.

In February 2020, communal violence rocked several parts of northeast Delhi during the protests against and for the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and claimed 53 lives, injuring more than 500. (File photo)
Updated on Aug 07, 2023 12:00 AM IST

Plant to convert wet waste to gas set to be operational in Delhi in March ’24

On July 27, the New Delhi Municipal Council cleared the transfer of 5 acre land in Okhla to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)

The facility will process around 300 tonne of domestic wet waste every day to produce bio CNG/CBG (compressed natural gas, biogas). (Raj K Raj/ HT PHtoto)
Updated on Aug 07, 2023 12:00 AM IST

Delhi government launches portal for ‘green internships’

Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai has launched a new portal for internships with the Delhi government in the fields of environment and forest. The portal aims to make youth aware of the functioning of the forest and wildlife department and to contribute to the ecological security of Delhi. The government has a plantation target of 5.2 million saplings this year.

Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai during the Van Mahotsav event at DU Polo Ground, in New Delhi on Sunday. (HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 07, 2023 12:00 AM IST

Excise licence process for Delhi hotels, bars tweaked

Applications of those seeking an excise license will go to the licensing authority only two times instead of four, officials said. This will prevent redundancy in the process, thereby saving time

The changes, approved by the excise commissioner who is the sole authority in issuance of the license, are in operation since July 21. (FILE)
Updated on Aug 06, 2023 11:59 PM IST
ByAlok KN Mishra

Youth stabbed to death during scuffle near Delhi's New Friends Colony: Report

A forensic team visited the incident spot and seized a stick with blood stains on it. A case has been registered in the matter

Hritik sustained multiple wounds on his chest, neck and abdomen and was admitted to Lion Hospital. He was later shifted to AIIMS Trauma Centre where he was declared dead.(Representational image)
Published on Aug 06, 2023 10:37 PM IST
PTI |

Income certificate for EWS category to only be issued online: Delhi govt

Income and asset certificates are key documents for people from EWS to get admission in schools, universities and for other purposes.

 According to an official notification issued on August 1, the certificates will now be issued only through the online mode. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Published on Aug 06, 2023 04:38 PM IST
PTI | | Posted by Lingamgunta Nirmitha Rao

On Shraddha's birthday, father testifies in court: 'Aaftab cut body in toilet'

Additional sessions judge recorded the statement of Vikas Walkar, a key prosecution witness in the Shraddha Walkar murder case.

Aaftab Poonawala and Shraddha Walkar. (HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 06, 2023 06:49 AM IST

Delhi riots: Court orders daily hearings in conspiracy case

The Delhi police alleged that the communal riots, which took place in 2020, was the result of a conspiracy

53 people died and about 700 people were injured in the February 2020 communal riots in north-east Delhi. (HT photo)
Updated on Aug 05, 2023 11:23 PM IST

Delhi HC judge flags poor representation of women in law

Speaking at an event on Lady Lawyers Day, justice judge Prathiba M Singh said there is “huge disparity” in the legal profession in the country where women constitute only 15% of practising lawyers

The judge also spoke on the issue of gender disparity in developing as well as developed nations. (REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE)
Updated on Aug 05, 2023 11:22 PM IST

Two men held for killing friend in Delhi’s Sadar Bazar

Mohd Samir was killed by Mohd Rizwan, 31, and Mohd Aamir, 31 on Tuesday last week while they were consuming liquor on Chameliyan Road

On Saturday, Rizwan and Aamir were arrested from different places in Brahmapuri in east Delhi. (FILE)
Updated on Aug 05, 2023 11:22 PM IST

Delhi civic body drops plan to clear street dogs ahead of G20

On Thursday, MCD issued an order, saying that it will carry out a drive for six weeks to remove street dogs from at least 50 locations across the Capital

MCD routinely relocates street dogs around key areas like Rajghat during movement of VIPs. (AFP)
Updated on Aug 05, 2023 11:21 PM IST

G20 projects: Beautification on track but repairs lagging

Delhi lieutenant governor VK Saxena held a meeting to review preparedness for the upcoming G20 summit

The Capital is scheduled to host the G20 leaders’ summit from September 9-10. (HT photo)
Updated on Aug 05, 2023 11:21 PM IST

Fourth suspect in Delhi minor’s rape arrested

The arrest was made in connection with the gang rape of a 13-year-old girl in June by five people in two separate instances on the same night in outer Delhi’s Swaroop Nagar

The suspect, identified by the police as 23-year-old Karan Singh alias Rahul, is the fourthsuspect arrested so far in the case. (FILE)
Updated on Aug 05, 2023 11:21 PM IST

Van Mahotsav to be held on DU Polo Ground: Gopal Rai

Representatives from Delhi’s RWA, Paryavaran Mitra, and students and educators from Eco Clubs will participate in the event, the Delhi environment minister said.

Rai said the Delhi government is planting trees and distributing saplings in various Lok Sabha constituencies of Delhi through the Van Mahotsav programme. (HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 05, 2023 11:21 PM IST

Jagdish Tytler instigated mobs in 1984 riots, said not enough killed: CBI

According to the charge sheet, CBI established Tytler’s presence at the crime scene based on the testimonies by six witnesses

Victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots stage a protest against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler on Saturday. CBI has filed a charge sheet against Tytler in the Gurdwara Pul Bangash case. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 06, 2023 05:35 AM IST
ByNeeraj Chauhan

Former AAP minister, Kapil Mishra named Delhi BJP vice-president

Mishra, who joined the BJP in 2019, faced flak for allegedly making provocative statements in the lead-up to the February 2020 riots in northeast Delhi

Kapil Mishra was removed as minister by Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal in 2017. (HT PHOTO)
Updated on Aug 05, 2023 11:20 PM IST
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