The mercury is set to cross the 45 degrees Celsius mark in Delhi Monday, the hottest day of the season so far, the Met Office said. The heat wave conditions is likely to get worse in coming days.
Commuters in the Capital faced difficulties Monday morning as traffic restrictions were placed in and around central Delhi and in parts of south Delhi due to the visit of Chinese premier Li Keqiang.
A major fire broke out at a Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) office on Monday morning. A fire service official said no one was injured in the incident.
In yet another incident of crime against women, a 17-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped, drugged and raped by three youths, including a minor, in northeast Delhi’s New Usmanpur.
Vehicular traffic on Delhi’s key arterial roads came to a standstill due to restrictions imposed by Delhi traffic police to facilitate the movement of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and other VIPs on Monday.
The NGT today directed the governments of Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh to clear all concrete illegal structures from the notified no-development zones on the Yamuna river floodplains. Chetan Chauhan reports.
The Delhi Cabinet on Monday approved an increase in the rate of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) by five per cent. A bottle of Teacher’s Highland Cream Blended Scotch will now cost R1630, an increase of R80, at liquor shops in Delhi.
With increasing temperatures, the power demand in the Capital touched an all-time high of 4,732 MW on Monday. According to the Delhi Transco Limited, the highest power demand of the season was recorded at 2:48 pm.
Free availability of porn movies, on internet and otherwise, as well as sale of illicit liquor have contributed to the recent rise in sexual crimes against women, says a survey by Delhi police.
Karn Pratap Singh reports.
In yet another incident of crime against women, a 17-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped, drugged and raped by three youths, including a minor, in northeast Delhi’s New Usmanpur.
A man accused of rape can be convicted only if he has a malafide intention of not fulfilling a promise of marrying the victim, the Supreme Court Monday said, describing the crime as an assault on the “body and privacy of the victims”.
A Delhi court has sentenced a sacked Indian Airlines officer to four years in jail for possessing disproportionate assets worth R63.06 lakh, double his known income. The court said he had failed to maintain the “purity” of public office.
St Stephen’s college has some good news for students hoping to get admission in Economics this year. The college has decided to re-appropriate the 100 seats left behind from BA and BSc programme in such a manner that economics will get 50 more seats.
The admission process for Delhi University’s new management course Bachelor with Honours in Management Studies (BMS) will begin on Tuesday.
Parks in Delhi may soon have restaurants, art galleries and cultural performances, if a proposal by the Delhi Urban Art Commission (DUAC) is implemented. Sidhartha Roy reports.