Dhanendra Kumar, the first chairman of the Competition Commission of India and a retired IAS officer, died after a suspected air-conditioner blast at his residence in Hauz Khas in Delhi. Officials said his son was also hurt in the fire, and is being treated. A charred room at Dhanendra Kumar’s Hauz Khas home after a […]
The Delhi government has given nod to a fresh round of renaming of several Metro stations and public landmarks in the capital including Rohini West, Dwarka Metro Station and Britannia Chowk. The decision was taken at a meeting of the State Names Authority presided by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, which aims at bringing public places
A fresh controversy has erupted after Doordarshan News anchor Ashok Shrivastav allegedly called a Delhi Class 12 student “Pakistani”, while responding to his complaint against the marking process of the CBSE. The anchor later deleted the post and apologised after it emerged the student, Vedant Srivastava, was an Indian student raising a genuine exam grievance.
The Centre has assured the Delhi High Court that it will not forcefully take possession of the Delhi Gymkhana Club on June 5 and will follow due legal process. The statement follows the government’s eviction notice to the 113-year-old club to vacate its 27-acre prime Lutyens’ Delhi property. The Delhi Gymkhana Club faces an eviction
A 17-year-old student was shot at a restaurant in southeast Delhi after he objected to a group of young men brushing past his chair, leaving him in a critical condition on a ventilator. Police say the group returned a few minutes later and one of them fired a single round before fleeing the scene. Police
A video from Delhi went viral when a woman opened a box of ladoos and found the sweets had melted into a soft blob due to the intense heatwave. While the clip has prompted jokes online, it also highlights how high summer temperatures are impacting daily life in the capital. A box of ladoos melts
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