Delhi

Delhi govt working on e-waste processing park

11:59 pm July 6, 2021

New Delhi: The Delhi government is working to come up with an e-waste processing park for an efficient disposal of waste generated due to junked electronic gadgets. The Lieutenant Governor (LG) chaired a review meeting on e-waste management on Tuesday with the chief secretary, the additional chief secretary (environment), the principal secretary (environment), the DSIIDC […]

Delhi’s peak power demand scales new high of 7,323 MW

11:02 pm July 2, 2021

New Delhi: As a heatwave scorched the national capital for the fourth day in a row, Delhi’s peak power demand scaled a new high of 7,323 MW on Friday afternoon with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal saying that despite the sharp rise, electricity supply remained uninterrupted. The season’s earlier peak of 7,026 MW was registered on […]

Plea in HC to direct CBSE affiliated schools to publish docs on criteria to calculate class 10 marks

7:34 pm June 28, 2021

New Delhi: Aplea in the Delhi High Court on Monday sought direction to the CBSE-affiliated schools here to publish on their websites the rationale document of assessment criteria for class 10 students before finalizing results for greater transparency. The vacation bench of Justices C Hari Shankar and Subramonium Prasad said the matter be listed before another bench not comprising […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

7 months of farmer protest: Leaders in no mood to relent, say will end stir if agri laws repealed

11:57 pm June 26, 2021

New Delhi: As their agitation completed seven months, farmer leaders on Saturday stuck to their demands, saying they will call off their protest if the government repeals the three farm laws even as Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar appealed to them to end their stir and offered to resume talks. Yudhvir Singh, general secretary of Bhartiya Kisan Union, an umbrella body […]

Sisodia visits govt school in Delhi’s Kohat Enclave to inspect development work

10:07 pm June 26, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday visited Government Girl Senior Secondary School (GGSSS) here at Kohat Enclave and instructed officials to start the work for building a sports complex within the school premises. The new sports complex, which will include a swimming pool, tennis courts and badminton courts, will ”prepare future sports medalists”, Sisodia said. ”Sports are […]