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Delhi residents still facing water shortages

New Delhi, June 8 -- Two weeks after water shortage first began in parts of the city as Yamuna levels dropped, residents of several areas on Sunday said the issue had yet to be resolved, highlighting ... Read More


Two weeks on, Delhi residents face water woes amid supply disruptions

India, June 8 -- Two weeks after water shortage first began in parts of the city as Yamuna levels dropped, residents of several areas on Sunday said the issue had yet to be resolved, highlighting that... Read More


SC sought crackdown on property misuse; survey still underway in Delhi

India, June 8 -- In a span of five days, south Delhi witnessed two tragedies that killed at least 28people: a building collapse in Saidulajab on May 30 and a fire at a bed-and-breakfast facility in Ha... Read More


MCD begins demolition, sealing drive

New Delhi, June 6 -- Facing criticism over alleged building norm violations, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Friday launched a sealing and demolition drive in the city's south zone, target... Read More


MCD begins demolition, sealing drive

New Delhi, June 6 -- Facing criticism over alleged building norm violations, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Friday launched a sealing and demolition drive in the city's south zone, target... Read More


MCD deregulated health permits for 67 food businesses in Delhi

India, June 6 -- Even as investigators examine how a "tea and snacks" licence was allegedly used to operate a full-fledged restaurant inside the Hauz Rani building where a fire killed 21 people, the M... Read More


Hours after deadly fire killed 21 in Delhi BnB, owner filed to renew expired licence

India, June 5 -- The devastating blaze in an illegal bed-and-breakfast in south Delhi's Hauz Rani that killed 21 people and injured 21 more began in the kitchen of the restaurant on the ground floor, ... Read More


Hours after deadly fire killed 21 in Delhi B&B, owner filed to renew expired licence

India, June 5 -- The devastating blaze in an illegal bed-and-breakfast in south Delhi's Hauz Rani that killed 21 people and injured 21 more began in the kitchen of the restaurant on the ground floor, ... Read More


Delhi did not learn lessons from 2019 hotel fire that killed 17 people

India, June 5 -- Six years before the Hauz Rani incident, a similar fire at Hotel Arpit Palace in Karol Bagh claimed the lives of 17 people, had then prompted authorities to introduce strict rules gov... Read More


Dodgy licences, unauthorised expansion among violations to surface after Delhi fire

India, June 4 -- The fire that killed at least 21 people at a Hauz Rani bed-and-breakfast on Wednesday has exposed a web of violations that investigators, officials and locals said appeared to have ef... Read More