Delhi

A Delhi Police head constable was shot dead allegedly by unidentified men in the Jaitpur area here, an official said Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Ram Avtar. He was posted as head constable at south Delhi’s Ambedkar Nagar Police Station, they said. The incident took place Tuesday night when he was going to a shop near his house in ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU As many as 30 joint secretaries (JSs) have been appointed in various central government departments as part of a major bureaucratic reshuffle effected Monday by the Centre. IAS officers Piyush Goel and Nidhi Khare will be joint secretaries in the Home Ministry for five years, an order issued by the personnel ministry said. Nidhi Mani Tripathi has ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU With four days left for the roll out of the Arvind Kejriwal led AAP Government’s ambitious project of doorstep delivery of public services, state cabinet Minister Kailash Gahlot on Thursday held a review meeting with officers of all departments. The residents of the Delhi delivery of various Government services, including driving licence, marriage certificate and ration cards ...

The Delhi government has sanctioned over Rs 150 crore to remodel 94 dispensaries into polyclinics in the national capital. In a written communication to PWD’s Engineer-in-Chief Rakesh Kumar Agrawal, Director General of Health Services Kirti Bhusan said a committee will be constituted to monitor the work on regular basis. “The government has given administrative approval and expenditure sanction of Rs ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A minor daughter of a Delhi Police personnel was allegedly raped by a juvenile, police said. She told police that her cousin introduced her to the accused, whose father is also a Delhi Police personnel, six months ago and they became friends, he said. Police said the victim lives in a society in Dwarka North while the accused ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the construction of Lakhwar-Byasi multi-purpose project between six states was signed at National Media Centre, New Delhi on Tuesday. Under Lakhwar project, a 204 meter high concrete dam will be built on Yamuna river at Lohari village in Dehradun district. The dam will have water carrying capacity of 330.66 MCM. This ...

A Delhi court today acquitted two men, accused of hijacking a New Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines flight and forcing it to land in Pakistan in 1981. Additional Sessions Judge Ajay Pandey granted the relief to Tajinder Pal Singh and Satnam Singh. According to the prosecution, on September 29, 1981, the two allegedly hijacked an Indian Airlines flight from New Delhi en ...

Delhi today joined global cities using a common card for commuting in public transport, with Metro smart card becoming a valid mode of payment for travel in DTC and Cluster buses. The Delhi government and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) agreed to authorise the Metro smart card as common mobility card for paying fares in DTC and cluster buses. ...

A disturbing event has come to light in the posh Connaught Place area in the country’s capital Delhi. The girl behind the wheels dragged a homeless woman 100 meters after running over her. Police managed to stop the vehicle. According to the Delhi Police, on the Outer Circle in Connaught Place, at around 9 pm, a student took her SUV ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has  requested the Union Minister Prakash Javadekar to provide central assistance to NAAC rating colleges in Uttarakhand like othert Himalayan states, opening of a medical college in Haridwar for betterment of education and start of a professional college in the state. CM met Union Human Resource Development Minister in New Delhi on Thursday. ...