Delhi

Woman, 50, found dead with no clothes in forest

Delhi Forest Dept invites proposals for empanelment of agencies for tree transplantations

7:21 pm February 16, 2021

New Delhi: The Delhi Forest Department has invited proposals for empanelment of agencies for tree transplantations in the national capital. The proposals were invited for empanelment of agencies earlier this month, following the city government’s new tree transplantation policy. In October last year, the Delhi government approved a tree transplantation policy to prevent felling of trees due to development […]

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

12:03 am February 16, 2021

Mumbai : The Bombay High Court on Monday refused to quash the FIR lodged against late actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s sister Priyanka Singh for allegedly forging and fabricating a medical prescription for her brother, but set aside the police document against a second sister. A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and M SKarnik, […]

Toolkit case: Lawyer, green activist move HC for transit bail

10:59 pm February 15, 2021

Mumbai : An advocate and an environmental activist on Monday moved the Bombay High Court seeking transit anticipatory bail after they were named as suspects in a case filed by the Delhi police with regard to the ”toolkit” shared by climate activist Greta Thunberg over the farmers’ protest. Advocate Nikita Jacob and environmental activist Shantanu […]

Agitating farmer unions demand release of activist Disha Ravi

9:49 pm February 15, 2021

New Delhi: The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, which is leading the agitation against new agri laws, on Monday again demanded the release of 21-year-old environmental activist Disha Ravi. Ravi was arrested on Saturday from Bengaluru by Delhi Police, which alleged that she, along with Mumbai lawyer Nikita Jacob and Pune-based engineer Shantanu, created the ”toolkit” related to the farmers‘ agitation and shared it with others to […]

UK university strikes air quality research pact with Indian institute

Shallow fog in Delhi, min temp 11.8 deg C

11:50 am February 15, 2021

New Delhi: The national capital witnessed shallow fog on Monday morning with the minimum temperature settling at 11.8 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average, the Met office said. On Sunday, the minimum temperature was 8.6 degree Celsius. The minimum temperature recorded at Safdarjung Observatory here, considered the official reading of the city, was […]