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IFC clears major infrastructure projects

India, Dec. 12 -- The Irrigation and Flood Control (IFC) has met for the first time in nearly a decade and cleared major projects that will reshape drainage infrastructure and mobility, including larg... Read More


City AQI again slips to very poor

India, Dec. 12 -- After two days' reprieve, Delhi's air quality again slipped to 'very poor' with a 24-hour average AQI of 307. Of the 40 monitoring stations in the city, 25 recorded air in the 'very... Read More


Court dismisses Luthra brothers' transit anticipatory bail pleas

India, Dec. 12 -- A city court on Thursday rejected the transit anticipatory bail pleas of Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, owners of Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Goa, where a massive fire last week kil... Read More


Police bust racket dealing in demonetised notes

India, Dec. 12 -- Delhi Police have busted a racket dealing in demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes and arrested four men with currency worth Rs 3.59 crore. The arrests were made near Shalimar Bagh M... Read More


Fire services inspect fire safety systems in hotels, restaurants

India, Dec. 12 -- The Delhi Fire Services (DFS) on Thursday began field inspections across hotels, nightclubs and restaurants in the national capital to assess the functional status of their fire safe... Read More


MCD halts recognition of private schools

India, Dec. 12 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has put on hold the recognition process for private schools and ordered an urgent inquiry to check if essential safety norms have been adhere... Read More


UP CM assures housing for needy, aid for treatment

India, Dec. 12 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said the Government will ensure housing for the needy and financial assistance for the treatment of those suffering from seri... Read More


Marble sculpture adorns Bikaner House in Delhi

India, Dec. 12 -- A striking 10-foot-tall sculpture titled As the Wind Rises, carved from a single block of pink Makrana marble, has become the new talking point at Bikaner House in the heart of the c... Read More


NBA releases Rs 6.2 crore to five states

India, Dec. 12 -- The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) on Thursday released Rs 6.2 crore under the Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) mechanism to support the conservation of the endangered Red San... Read More


President, PM remember Pranab Mukherjee

India, Dec. 12 -- President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President C P Radhakrishnan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday remembered former president Pranab Mukherjee on his birth anniversary. Modi r... Read More