Day: August 25, 2020

DMRC stops Phase-4 work after forest dept notice

Delhi forest dept notice to DMRC for violating green law

11:55 pm August 25, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi forest department has issued notice to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for allegedly violating guidelines that do not permit construction on deemed forest land during the construction of the Janakpuri West-R K Ashram Marg corridor. There was no immediate response from the DMRC. According to the Deputy Conservator of Forests, West Division, the DMRC […]

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Dyson’s ‘Long Time Coming’ addresses history of racism in US

11:53 pm August 25, 2020

New York: One of the country’s most prominent scholars on race has a new book out in December. Michael Eric Dyson’s “Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America” will be released Dec. 1, St. Martin’s Press announced Tuesday. The book traces the history of racism from slavery to the killing of George Floyd. “Dyson […]

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FIR: HC relief for one Sushant sister, not for another

Cops fine media vehicles outside guest-house which is CBI’s base

11:46 pm August 25, 2020

Mumbai : The Mumbai traffic police has penalized vehicles of four media organizations for allegedly standing in no-parking zone outside the guest-house from where the CBI team probing the Sushant Singh Rajput case is operating. A CBI team is in the city to probe the actor’s suicide since last week after the Supreme Court upheld transfer of an FIR registered in Patna to the central agency. CBI […]

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One new COVID-19 case in Mizoram, tally at 4,428

People not wearing masks, maintaining social distancing driving COVID-19 pandemic in India: ICMR DG

11:42 pm August 25, 2020

New Delhi: ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava on Tuesday said “irresponsible” people not wearing masks and maintaining social distancing are driving the coronavirus pandemic in India. He also said that the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has embarked on a second national sero survey which shall be completed by the first week of September. Speaking at […]

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Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

3 arrested for assaulting cops, tearing their uniforms in Delhi’s C R Park

11:40 pm August 25, 2020

New Delhi: A 53-year-old businessman, his son and another person were arrested here for allegedly abusing and assaulting cops and tearing their uniforms in an inebriated condition, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place in south Delhi‘s C R Park on Monday night, they said, adding that the trio were identified as businessman Ajay […]

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