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Doctors report 20%-30% jump in respiratory cases

India, Dec. 14 -- Amid sustained high pollution levels, hospitals in Delhi are witnessing a 20-30 per cent spike in respiratory patients, including many first-time cases and young adults, doctors said... Read More


Govt directs women employees should not stay beyond office hours

India, Dec. 14 -- Delhi Government's Women and Child Development department has directed its branches to ensure that women employees are not made to stay in the office beyond working hours, until abso... Read More


Speed limit on Noida and Yamuna Expressway reduced

India, Dec. 14 -- The speed limit for light vehicles on the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway and the Yamuna Expressway has been lowered from 100 kilometres per hour (kmph) to 75 kmph. The new speed rest... Read More


Govt to tackle air pollution with monthly meetings

India, Dec. 14 -- The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has directed the Delhi Government to hold monthly meetings to address congestion at identified hotspots, intensify vacuum sweeping of... Read More


Mounting financial stress, pressure to vacate house pushed family to commit suicide: Police

India, Dec. 14 -- A day after a family of three allegedly committed suicide in their home in southeast Delhi's Kalkaji, police suspect that mounting financial stress and sustained pressure to vacate t... Read More


VP pays tribute to 2001 Parliament attack martyrs

India, Dec. 14 -- Vice President CP Radhakrishnan on Saturday led Parliamentarians in paying floral tributes to those who died fending off terrorists who attacked the Parliament House in 2001. On the ... Read More


PM renamed MGNREGA to change its spirit, not name: BJP

India, Dec. 14 -- BJP on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to rename the rural job guarantee scheme was not to alter its name but to change its "spirit". Hitting back at the Congre... Read More


Akhlaq lynching case: Karat seeks President's intervention in UP Govt's move

India, Dec. 14 -- Senior CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat on Saturday wrote to President Droupadi Murmu, demanding her intervention in the Uttar Pradesh Government's move to withdraw charges against the acc... Read More


HP bans mobile in schools from next academic session

India, Dec. 14 -- Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Saturday announced that there would be a complete ban on students carrying mobile phones in school premises from pre-nursery... Read More


Jharkhand's Usri waterfall to welcome eco-tourists soon

India, Dec. 14 -- Popular tourist destination Usri Waterfall in Giridih district of Jharkhand will be developed as an eco-tourism site, officials said. State Tourism Minister Sudivya Kumar on Saturday... Read More