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Delhi University released its sixth cut-off list on Wednesday for reserved category students. However, there was confusion over the list as some colleges like Gargi, Shri Ram College of Commerce released cut-offs for the general category on their websites but the varsity uploaded the cut-offs only for reserved category students. A varsity official, however, said the sixth list has only ...

More than 70 persons were evacuated after a fire broke out in a building that houses several coaching centres in west Delhi’s Janakpuri on Tuesday, said a senior officer from the Delhi Fire Service. A call about the fire was received around 11.50 am and three firetenders were rushed to the spot. The fir was brought under control by 12.05 ...

A 20-year-old Delhi University student allegedly committed suicide at his rented accommodation in east Delhi’s Pandav Nagar area, police said on Thursday. Divyansh, a resident of Auraiya in Uttar Pradesh, was a third-year B.Com student at the varsity and he hanged himself from a ceiling fan, they said. Police said as per a suicide note found at the spot, he ...

Expressing dissatisfaction over action taken by the Delhi government against unauthorised industrial activities, the NGT has asked the Delhi government to deposit Rs 25 crore with the CPCB for its failure to curb the problem of pollution in the city. Taking cognisance of a report, filed by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the NGT noted that the Delhi government ...

Wadia group-promoted budget carrier GoAir is likely to commence flight services to Bhutan from New Delhi, a source said Thursday. GoAir, which started flying international from October last year, currently operates to Phuket, Male, Abu Dhabi and Muscat. Last week, it announced expansion of its international operations to three new markets, Bangkok, Dubai and Kuwait, besides launch of services on ...

The tri-weekly Delhi-Amritsar-Birmingham Air India flight would resume services on August 15, said Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday after Pakistan opened its airspace for civilian planes. Pakistan had shut its airspace in February after the Balakot strike by the Indian Air Force, resulting in a significant rise of Air India’s operating costs on flights connecting Delhi to ...

Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday informed Rajya Sabha that fuel conforming to stringent BS-VI emission norms has been introduced in the national capital to reduce air pollution. The Minister also informed the Upper House that sale of BS-VI compliant vehicles would begin in the country from next year. “BS-VI compliant fuel is now available in Delhi and from next ...

A 14-year-old student of a government school was injured after a ceiling fan allegedly fell on his head in east Delhi’s Trilokpuri, police said on Wednesday. A senior official from the Directorate of Education said the blade of the fan fell on the student’s head. According to the police, the incident took place on Tuesday afternoon and the teenager was ...

The Aam Aadmi Party announced a new set of in-charges for the party’s 14 Delhi districts units on Saturday in a bid to strengthen the outfit at the grassroots level in the run up to the Assembly election, due early next year. The restructuring of the party organisation is aimed at kick-starting the preparations for the Assembly election. In the ...

At least 76 people have died in three districts of Bihar, as a searing heatwave swept most parts of the state, prompting the government to order closure of academic activities in all schools till June 22, officials said on Monday. The Disaster Management Department said 33 people lost their lives in Aurangabad, 31 in Gaya and 12 in Nawada due ...