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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said the multi-storey hostel building collapse in Satya Niketan, which resulted in the death of seven persons including students, was not an ordinary mishap. A Bench of Chief Justice D. K. Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia said the four students who died came to the nation’s capital from small…
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The Satya Niketan building collapse has brought the shortage of hostels and safety concerns in paying guest (PG) accommodation into focus, with candidates making better housing a key manifesto promise for the upcoming Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections. Student outfits have been releasing their manifestos since September 12, with accommodation emerging as a common…
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The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Sunday released its manifesto for the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections, with student housing among its key focus areas. The recent collapse of a building housing a paying guest (PG) accommodation in Satya Niketan had highlighted the shortage of safe and affordable living spaces for university students….
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Hoardings seen ahead of 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on September 10, 2026. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap The Delhi police have deployed around 15,000 personnel and 200 companies of paramilitary forces as part of a multi-layered security arrangement for the BRICS Summit, with at least 16 heads of state or government and…
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With H1N1 cases rising in the Capital, outpatient departments (OPDs) at hospitals are seeing an increasing number of patients with symptoms of the viral infection. Doctors said that while most healthy adults are recovering without complications, vulnerable groups, including the elderly, children and people with pre-existing conditions, are at risk of developing serious complications. Some…
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A taxi driver allegedly killed a man following a dispute over the fare for a journey from Gurugram to Delhi and later called his wife and son to help conceal the body in West Delhi’s Naraina Vihar. All three were arrested on Friday night, the police said on Saturday. The identity of the deceased, estimated…
A new 40-acre prison complex, including a dedicated high-security facility, is scheduled to open in Narela by November 2027 as Delhi’s prisons grapple with an inmate population exceeding twice their combined sanctioned capacity. The complex will house 1,256 inmates — 256 in a high-security prison and 1,000 in two general prisons — including high-risk prisoners…
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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday alleged that Lieutenant-Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu had not granted its leaders time for a meeting despite multiple requests regarding alleged irregularities in the procurement of medicines, bicycles and rice. Later in the day, AAP MLA Sanjeev Jha filed a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB), seeking an inquiry…
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The Delhi government inspected 2,011 industrial units between January and July this year, imposing environmental compensation on 44 units and issuing closure orders against 33 for non-compliance, according to the government. The inspections were part of a campaign led by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta to monitor industrial pollution and ensure compliance. Ms. Gupta said that…
The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a petition by the Jockey Association of India challenging the eviction order issued against the Delhi Race Club from its 53-acre premises in Lutyens’ Delhi. Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar held that the association’s petition was not maintainable, noting that the Delhi Race Club, the affected party, had already…
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