Tag: Delhi

New Delhi: The Delhi government on Tuesday announced over 7,000 jobs of field surveyors for graduates for collecting household data in Delhi with a remuneration of up to Rs 1,500 per day. “The Directorate of Economics and Statistics (DES) is inviting online applications from graduates, retired teachers, retired government officials, civil defence volunteers who are […]

New Delhi: A man from Bhopal climbed a tower here on Friday, carrying a placard demanding special status for Andhra Pradesh. A police official said the man, Uma Maheshwar, climbed the tower at the headquarters of Delhi Fire Services on Barakhamba Road here around 11.40 a.m. “AP Need(s) Special Status”, read the placard. Later, the […]

New Delhi: The Delhi Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, on Tuesday finalised and awarded the tender for the door-step delivery of 100 services in the national capital. The process will begin from August end. The cabinet had earlier approved the doorstep delivery of 40 services, and on Tuesday another 30 public services were […]

New Delhi: Police on Monday said an occultist and his accomplice were detained for questioning in the mysterious mass deaths of 11 members of a Delhi family on Sunday. Handwritten notes were recovered in the prayer area of their two-storey house in Pant Nagar in Burari, revealing a possible mystical connection to the deaths. All […]

New Delhi: The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has decided to give another push to its demand for full statehood to Delhi with a public campaign, but experts said it was not a burning issue among residents and a way should be found to give more powers to the elected government to make its work […]

New Delhi: An Army Major, “obsessed” with his colleague’s wife, was on Sunday arrested for killing her by slashing her throat and running his car over her to make it look like an accident. Delhi Police arrested Nikhil Rai Handa from Meerut in Uttar Pradesh — more than 100 km from Delhi — and recovered […]

New Delhi: New Delhi and surrounding areas on Sunday saw a respite from both dust pollution and heat, with air quality improving from severe due to changing wind directions, and maximum temperature falling to 36.8 degrees, three notches below average. Monday will also see similar weather. Maximum temperature on Monday is likely to hover around […]

New Delhi: Petrol prices across the four metros were stable on Saturday. In the national capital, the fuel was sold at an unchanged price of Rs 76.35 per litre. In Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai too, prices were stable at Rs 79.02, Rs 84.18 and Rs 79.24 per litre respectively. On Friday, petrol prices fell by […]

New Delhi: Unlike the widespread defeatist perception about brain tumour, many patients of the disease can be cured with current advances in technology and early detection, doctors said on the World Brain Tumour Day on Friday. “With the advent of modern technology and advanced surgical modalities, brain tumour is no longer as scary as it […]

New Delhi: The profits on medicines and consumables at private hospitals and nursing homes here is proposed to be capped at 50 per cent, according to a draft advisory of the Delhi government. Health Minister Satyendar Jain told the media here on Monday that the draft advisory will now be put in the public domain […]

New Delhi: A married man — the only son of his parents — killed both with the help of his two accomplices in south Delhi to get hold of their property and to marry his Facebook girlfriend, following which he and one co-accused were arrested, police said on Tuesday. Abdul Rehman, a Jamia Nagar resident […]

Bhopal: At least two coaches of the A.P. Express caught fire near Birlanagar in Madhya Pradesh on Monday, officials said. No one was injured. According to a Railway Ministry official, the fire was detected in the B-6 coach around 11.50 a.m. The fire then spread to the B-7 coach, Ved Prakash, a Railway Ministry spokesperson, […]

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to persuade Haryana to continue supplying the same levels of water to the national capital it has been supplying for the last 22 years. “I urge you to kindly use your good offices to persuade Haryana to continue supplying […]

New Delhi: At least two people were killed and 18 others injured in a severe dust storm that hit Delhi on Sunday evening, police said. In Sarita Vihar area in southeast Delhi, a tin sheet blown off a rooftop by strong wind hit pedestrian Rohit, 22, injuring him seriously. He was rushed to Apollo hospital […]

New Delhi: Petrol prices in Delhi touched a fresh high of Rs 74.08 per litre on Friday, the highest in nearly five years. In September 2013 the price had touched Rs 74.10 a litre. In Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai too, prices climbed to new multi-year highs at Rs 76.78, Rs 81.93 and Rs 76.85 per […]