
May 26, 2020 12:35 IST
DFS divisional officer S K Dua said that while the fire started as a small one, it escalated to the medium category because of the small LPG cylinders in the area which caught fire and exploded leading to the quick spread of the blaze.
Wed, May 27, 2020
May 21, 2020 03:33 IST
DJB vice-chairman Raghav Chadha told The Indian Express that the board is providing support to the families of those who have tested positive, and that the department's services have not been affected in terms of water supply and sewage management.
Thu, May 21, 2020
May 15, 2020 05:19 IST
On Thursday, many arrived after walking long distances from within and outside the city, only to be told they can only buy a ticket on the IRCTC web portal and that fares were too high.
Sat, May 16, 2020
May 13, 2020 06:40 IST
The station was a site of heartbreak for many like Das, as they watched over 4,000 people enter to board the first three special ‘Rajdhani trains’ to return home.
Wed, May 13, 2020
May 13, 2020 06:13 IST
Outside the New Delhi Railway station on Tuesday, there was a steady flow of passengers — students, migrants and professionals from within and outside Delhi — eager to return to their families.
Wed, May 13, 2020
May 12, 2020 03:41 IST
Starting Tuesday, the Railways will run 15 pairs (30 return journeys) of AC “special trains”, modelled on the Rajdhani, connecting 15 major cities with New Delhi.
Tue, May 12, 2020
May 10, 2020 05:16 IST
The step comes a day after the Delhi Chief Secretary Vijay Dev said in an order to district magistrates and deputy commissioners of police that several permissible activities were not being allowed “by different government authorities as well as RWAs, etc on their own accord”.
Sun, May 10, 2020
May 09, 2020 02:37 IST
After learning from a few labourers that a train was taking migrant workers to Bihar, Singh set off on his bike from Dwarka to the station on Friday, using the medicine prescription and a green cloth bag carrying the parcel as his pass to cross police checkpoints.
Sat, May 09, 2020
May 09, 2020 02:22 IST
A senior official said the Delhi government had paid for 1,200 tickets and that 1,190 adults and 10 children made the journey, while 10 people didn't show up.
Sat, May 09, 2020
May 06, 2020 03:59 IST
Close to 160 liquor shops were opened in the city on Monday after a gap of 40 days. Long queues, with scant regard for social distancing norms, were observed. Later that evening, the Delhi government announced the hike.
Wed, May 06, 2020
May 05, 2020 02:48 IST
A circular issued by the Delhi government said that services provided by self-employed persons, including domestic helps, are permitted Monday onwards.
Tue, May 05, 2020
May 04, 2020 04:02 IST
The control room is where CATS employees handle calls made to the ‘102’ helpline. It has about 25 employees working per shift of 12 hours each, with a break in between of 30-60 minutes, staff members said.
Mon, May 04, 2020
May 02, 2020 04:30 IST
With the Delhi-Gurgaon border sealed starting Friday morning, healthcare workers who live in the two cities were among those who found themselves stranded.
Sat, May 02, 2020
April 20, 2020 01:06 IST
The woman had met AIIMS director Dr Randeep Guleria about 10 days ago and raised the issue with him, officials said.
Mon, Apr 20, 2020
April 14, 2020 05:23 IST
At Lok Nayak, an office-bearer of the nurses' union said the staff who tested positive Monday was one of the contacts of another 48-year-old employee who was found to be positive on Saturday.
Tue, Apr 14, 2020
April 13, 2020 02:03 IST
A total of seven patients from the institute were earlier shifted to Dharamshila Narayana Superspeciality Hospital. “We are getting the other six patients tested again,” said a senior doctor from DSCI.
Mon, Apr 13, 2020
April 12, 2020 01:36 IST
The results came out negative three days later and Ramakrishna Kapa, who was quarantined after returning from the US, was allowed to leave, but Kapa is now faced with the decision to travel more than 2,000 km by road, for 40 hours, to get home to his wife in Bengaluru.
Sun, Apr 12, 2020
April 11, 2020 00:54 IST
Coronavirus (COVID-19): The Delhi government added seven new containment zones to its list, taking the total number to 30. This includes Nabi Karim, Chandni Mahal, parts of Paschim Vihar and Ashok Nagar.
Sat, Apr 11, 2020
April 07, 2020 02:30 IST
Jal Board officials told The Indian Express that throughout March and so far in April, a significant amount of water has been consistently released into the river after the Wazirabad Barrage, as states through which the Yamuna passes saw good rainfall last month.
Tue, Apr 07, 2020
April 07, 2020 02:25 IST
Data from six monitoring stations of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee showed concentration of PM 2.5 and PM 10 spiked suddenly after 9pm, when firecrackers were set off.
Tue, Apr 07, 2020
April 06, 2020 02:02 IST
The nine water and nine main sewage treatment plants of the DJB, the agency that’s responsible for supplying potable water to the capital, have been working 24x7 to ensure that it supplies over 900 million gallons per day (MGD) of water and recycles around 500 MGD of waste water daily.
Mon, Apr 06, 2020
April 01, 2020 01:50 IST
Kuldeep Srivastava, head of IMD’s regional forecasting centre in Delhi, said the total rainfall recorded in the city in March was 109.6mm — an all-time high for the month since counting began in 1901.
Wed, Apr 01, 2020
March 29, 2020 05:00 IST
A division of the department had ordered 125 litres of disinfectants, on an “immediate basis”, for five of its laboratories at the water and sewage treatment plants on March 14.
Sun, Mar 29, 2020
March 28, 2020 03:33 IST
Comprising of about a hundred families involved in waste picking, the JJ cluster was not connected to the DJB's water network and the department's water tankers had stopped reaching there since the past few months.
Sat, Mar 28, 2020
March 27, 2020 02:34 IST
The slum cluster is not connected to the water network of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and has not been receiving water tankers for around four months.
Fri, Mar 27, 2020


