Activists and experts under the platform of the Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament & Peace (CNDP) have termed the Supreme Court’s go-ahead to the controversial nuclear power plant at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu “shocking” and “absurd”. Arguing that the ver
A 33-year-old man who raped his relative’s two-year-old daughter has been sentenced to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment by a Sessions court here.Additional Sessions Judge M. C. Gupta awarded the jail term to the convict, a mason, for raping the child in 201
The scion of the Congress dynasty and vice-president Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to spend a good part of Thursday at the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee headquarters, interacting with the party leaders and government functionaries and discussing the strate
Already touching new highs on the thermometer, Delhi is all set to get hotter still. The weatherman has forecast an intensification of the heat wave that has been prevalent in the Capital since Saturday. In fact, the heat wave may only abate after reaching
While ordering prosecution of two witnesses, actor Shayan Munshi and ballistic expert P. S. Manocha, in the Jessica Lal murder case for perjury, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Delhi Government to notify a witness protection policy for provi
Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar is a distinguished officer, having cracked some high profile cases in his long career, including the 2000 match fixing scandal. The 1993 Bombay blasts case was handed over to the CBI where Mr. Kumar arrested many and
Former Mayor of East Delhi Municipal Corporation Annapurna Mishra has demanded that the Delhi Government appeal against the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order for evacuation of all unauthorised constructions alongside the Yamuna. The environmental watchdo
Notices to U.P, Greater Noida, Uttam Steels, Shiv Nadar varsity The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday issued notices to the Union Environment Ministry and others for failing to take steps to protect the Dadri wetlands in the National Capital Region. T
At a time when most of its water bodies are drying up due to the scorching heat, Delhi is witnessing a rare wildlife phenomenon at Shanti Van where nearly a dozen species of South Asian waterbirds have found a safe refuge in a small seasonal wetland which
