The tragedy of Vikram Samvat
Demand to declare Samvat as India’s national calendar is actuated by ideology and isn’t pragmatic. Cultural hype cannot be a substitute for computational aspects Recently, the commencement of the Vikram Samvat, 2075 led to a torrent of good wishes in the social media space. Its northern variant began on March 18,...
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Escalating the Yemen crisis
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Kidnapped DU youth found murdered
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CM wants strict action in CBSE paper leak
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2 molesters stab woman to death
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Water crisis looms again
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DU Deputy Dean Tuteja does not participate in pvt counselling session
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Govt agrees to demands, Anna breaks 8-day fast
30 March 2018 | Staff Reporter
Thousands of bags misplaced at Delhi Airport after system breakdown
A snag in the baggage handling system at the Delhi airport has resulted in a nightmare for thousands of travelers. Thousands of bags have been misplaced after a failure in systems this evening, news agency ANI has reported. The Delhi airport is one of the busiest in the world and sees a...
2 Delhi Police ASIs in Gzb cops' net for robbing jeweller's
The Ghaziabad Police has arrested two Assistant Sub-Inspectors (ASIs) of the Delhi Police for robbing 10 kg gold from a Mumbai-based jewellery firm. The two ASIs have been identified as Satender Singh posted at Ghazipur police station and Brahm Pal posted at Kalyanpuri police station of the East district. Additional Director...
Snag halts Blue line metro services for 90 minutes
Thousands of commuters had to face hardship when Delhi Metro services on the Blue line were hit for nearly 90 minutes on Thursday due to a technical snag in the overhead electrification between Karol Bagh and RK Ashram stations. The snag was reported in the contact wire of the overhead electrification...
DPR ready to ease Old Delhi Road traffic
Municipal Corporation of Gurugram has prepared a Detailed Project Report to ease Old Delhi Road traffic movement. The authority will build slip roads, cycle tracks, footpaths and also install traffic signals along with traffic booth on the stretch to decongest traffic. Four major traffic junctions on the corridor have been identified...
Yuv Sena sweeps MU senate polls
The Shiv Sena-affiliated Yuv Sena on Thursday swept the Mumbai University (MU) senate polls from the Graduates’ constituency by decimating BJP’s student outfit Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and Congress-backed NSUI, winning all the 10 seats. Bucking anti-incumbency, the Aditya Thackeray-led Yuv Sena improved upon its earlier tally (8 seats) that...
BoI duped of crores, CBI files cases against pvt co directors
The CBI has registered two separate cases on a complaint from Bank of India against certain directors of private companies based at Punjab and others on the allegations of cheating it to the tune of nearly Rs 61.01 crore and Rs 28.30 crore respectively. CBI has conducted searches at various...
SC judge red flags Centre's interference, asks CJI to convene full court
Senior-most Supreme Court judge, Justice J Chelameswar, has shot off a letter to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) asking him to consider convening a full court to take up the issue of alleged executive interference in judiciary. Justice Chelameswar, in his letter written on March 21, cautioned that “the bonhomie...
