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DDA to bring Swiss Challenge to speed up land tendering

New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- In a first, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) will adopt the Swiss Challenge method for disposal of land and public assets, a move approved by the lieutenant governor VK Saxe... Read More


ensure timely issuance of fire certificates, cm tells officials

New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday directed the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) to ensure that the process of issuing fire safety No Objection Certificates (NOCs) for hotels, restau... Read More


Julia's cake for Emily's birthday

India, Dec. 10 -- In the 1800s, when our Mirza Ghalib was still alive, there lived another poet. She didn't share her writing with the world. After her death, the hundreds and hundreds of poems she ha... Read More


Shah cites instances of MPs disrespecting national song

New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- Union home minister Amit Shah submitted a letter to the Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan listing instances of "unacceptable conduct" toward Vande Mataram by a bunch of oppos... Read More


'How do we start life all over again?'

India, Dec. 10 -- A month on, the silence inside the Kataria home feels as heavy as on the day of the blast. The grief is pervasive, in the way Amar Kataria's wife, Kriti, clutches his cellphone as if... Read More


From Nowgam to Netaji Subhash Marg: A blast and the aftermath

New Delhi/Srinagar/Faridabad, Dec. 10 -- The chain of events that culminated in the November 10 Red Fort blast began rather innocuously in Srinagar's Nowgam neighbourhood in mid-October, when a set of... Read More


Jakarta: 22 killed in fire at office building

India, Dec. 10 -- A fire tore through a seven-storey office building in Indonesia's capital on Tuesday, killing at least 22 people, police said, adding that a drone battery that exploded on the ground... Read More


5-year-old girl raped, killed in Faridabad

India, Dec. 10 -- A five-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped, raped and murdered by her 36-year-old neighbour in Faridabad on Monday, police said on Tuesday, adding that the suspect, who lives in th... Read More


Govt: No data directly linking illness, death to air pollution

India, Dec. 10 -- The Centre on Tuesday said that there is "no conclusive national data to establish a direct correlation between deaths or diseases occurring exclusively due to air pollution", while ... Read More


Fresh antitrust probe against Google over AI

India, Dec. 10 -- Google faces fresh antitrust scrutiny from EU regulators, who opened a probe Tuesday into the company's use of online content for its AI models and services. The latest regulatory fl... Read More