NEW DELHI: There is a chance of mist developing in the morning hours from Wednesday to Friday with the weather expected to remain dry. The maximum temperature is likely to hover around 36-37 degrees Celsius for the next few days.Kuldeep Srivastava, IMD scientist, said, "The visibility during morning hours due to mist formation is likely to dip to 2,000-1,500 metres."The maximum temperature on Tuesday...
NEW DELHI: The Korean Embassy in India recently held a puja ceremony to mark the arrival of official vehicle for the ambassador. A brand new car, Hyundai Genesis GV80, has been chosen as the official vehicle for the ambassador and a ceremonial puja was performed for good luck.Sharing a video from the puja ceremony on X, formerly Twitter, the embassy wrote, "We are delighted to have a new Hyundai Genesis...
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Unique Identification Authority of India and the Manipur government to take steps to ensure that Aadhaar cards are provided to people displaced due to the bloody ethnic conflict in the state whose records are already available with the UIDAI.Observing that it does not propose to run the administration in Manipur, the apex court said necessary...
NEW DELHI: Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Monday instructed government and private construction agencies to follow the guidelines to control dust pollution in the city during the winter season. He convened a meeting with government and private construction agencies at Delhi Secretariat in this regard. "All agencies engaged in construction work were instructed to follow 14-point guidelines to...
NEW DELHI: As Delhi government explores the idea of artificial rain to control pollution in the winter months, experts said that the prerequisite conditions - which led the scientists to shelve the idea of cloud seeding in the city two years ago - remained the same even though Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, had experimented with the technology.Earlier this month, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal...
NEW DELHI: Delhi Jal Board (DJB) wants the Delhi government to raise the issue of release of pollutants by Haryana and Uttar Pradesh into the Yamuna at the next north zone council (NZC) meeting scheduled to take place in Amritsar on September 26.Officials said industrial effluents from Haryana's Sonepat, Panipat and Rohtak districts and UP's Ghaziabad and Noida districts continue to pollute the Yamuna....
NEW DELHI: CM Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said his government will soon ensure round-the-clock supply of water in every part of the capital.Addressing a public meeting in Bijwasan assembly constituency in southwest Delhi, Kejriwal said providing free water and electricity were the two basic promises he had made to the residents of Delhi and he had succeeded in that to a large extent."Delhi and Punjab...
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police's Special Cell has arrested three people and recovered opium worth around Rs 40 crore in the international market, police said on Friday. Those arrested have been identified as Amra Ram (34), Bhana Ram Choudhary (33) and Bhalla Ram (31).The opium was smuggled from the northeastern states and was meant to supply in Delhi and other nearby states, police said.The accused — all...
NEW DELHI: Close to one lakh Delhi University students will vote to choose their union on Friday after a three-year break that started because of the Covid-19 lockdown.The election is returning to the campus after 2019 with intense campaigns by students' organisations. As the university prepared for the election, on Thursday the varsity became a fortress with heavy security. DU officials held meetings...
NEW DELHI: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi will float a tender this week to select a project management consultant who will finalise a Rs 62-crore plan for the mechanised sweeping and upkeep of 1,400km of roads wider than 60ft in the city.At present, these roads are maintained by the Public Works Department, though sanitation services, including clearing of garbage and road sweeping, are the...
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