Civil society activists, lawyers, former civil servants, academicians, and technologists, at a national conclave on Democratic Governance and Citizens Rights here on Saturday, demanded immediate scrapping of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and called for a mass agitation against alleged electoral manipulation orchestrated by the Election Commission of India (EC) at the behest... Read More

The measure follows the directive of the Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, who made a surprise visit on Friday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Water Resources Department (WRD) has deployed additional machinery to clear sedimentation in the Adyar river mouth to enable floodwater to drain smoothly during the Northeast monsoon. The department began the exercise... Read More

Nylon is everywhere… well, almost. You probably don’t realise it, but it surrounds us in our homes, schools, workplaces, transportation, and leisure activities. Well, we can go so far as to say that almost everyone of us begin our day — each and everyday — with nylon. This is because the bristles of the toothbrush... Read More

Chief Minister Rekha Gupta held a meeting with traders. | Photo Credit: ANI The Delhi government will approach Supreme Court over the recent sealing of shops in the Chandni Chowk area, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Saturday after chairing a meeting with Chandni Chowk MP Praveen Khandelwal and a delegation of traders. The statement... Read More

A tense situation unfolded in west Delhi’s Nangloi in the early hours of Saturday as a police encounter took place while arresting three persons accused of opening fire at a patrolling team three days ago. The accused – identified as Osaf Ali, Md. Kamran alias Shahrukh, and Firoz alias Sajid – were injured during the... Read More

Acting on credible information that several fraud gangs in Tamil Nadu were deceiving the public by misusing the name of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and claiming that crores of rupees could be received from abroad through the sale of Iridium, the Crime Branch–Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID), Tamil Nadu, initiated suo motu investigations and arrested... Read More

S. Rajarathinam (right), former captain of Indian kabaddi team, and the children learning under him at Ganapathipuram in Kanniyakumari district. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Director Mari Selvaraj’s recent film Bison Kaalamaadan vividly brings to life the inspiring journey of veteran kabaddi player Manathi Ganesan, one of the two kabaddi players to have received the Arjuna Award. In the film, the confident captain... Read More

An illegal arms supplier was arrested following an encounter early on Saturday morning, the Delhi Police said. The accused was identified as Kanishk alias Koku Pahadiya. “Acting on a tip-off, a police team spotted him at 3.15 a.m. near Lado Sarai on a bike. He was signalled to stop, but opened fire indiscriminately at the... Read More

The collapsed ceiling of the ground-floor lobby of Tower C at Chander Kunj Army Apartments in Vyttila. A large chunk of concrete from the roof, along with the false ceiling in the ground-floor lobby of Tower C at Chander Kunj Army Apartments in Vyttila collapsed with a thud in the early hours of Saturday (October... Read More

Water Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh inspecting a ghat near ITO Bridge on Saturday. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA With just two days left for Chhath Puja and the administration gearing up to welcome thousands of devotees on the banks of the Yamuna river for rituals and holy dip, Water Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh on... Read More