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An alert railway trackman prevented a major mishap on Saturday morning after he noticed a part of a railway track just before Sadar Bazar railway station in Delhi got uplifted. The fractured rail portion was noticed by Pushpendra around 7.45am, who immediately informed senior railway officials due

It is a matter of pride and joy for lovers of heritage that for the first time a heritage building in Delhi’s Chandni Chowk has been recognized and awarded the UNESCO Asia Pacific Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation 2017. Senior member of the UNESCO Heritage Awards jury Mr. Duong Haan said,

Delhi government, in the next three to four months, will roll out a scheme in which citizens can avail the services of getting their caste certificates, driving licenses etc delivered at home. Announcing this Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Thursday that “Mobile sahayaks (facilitators)

If you drive in a zigzag manner or violate traffic rules, beware! Traffic cops are soon going to get revamped hi-tech bikes to warn violators before catching up with them to issue challans. The bikes will also be used for patrolling stretches prone to lane violations. The two-wheelers will also be

Two Delhi boys have been recognised on global stage for their skills. Mohit Dudeja is one of them who was pursuing his BBA from a college in Delhi but barely 2 months into the course he dropped out and headed to Bangalore to study making pastries — a rather unusual carrier path some would argue

For years there was no escape from the smell of cowdung and menace of mosquitos for the residents around a dairy in one village of Delhi. And then a biogas plant set up by one Delhi University professor changed the scenario. The dung is now collected every day for the plant, which produces biogas

The AIIMS Thursday successfully conducted India’s first craniopagus surgery to separate 28-month-old twins from Odisha, who were joined at the head. AIIMS said Jagga and Kalia, who underwent an 18-hour-long surgery, are “critical” and that they are on ventilator support. A team of 40 doctors from

Birendra Singh, 10, will be able to hold a pencil and pick up items for the first time in over three years after a “toe-to-hand” transplant at Safdarjung Hospital. Birendra lost his fingers and thumbs after both his hands got amputated in April 2014 after an injury caused by an electric burn. The

To bring momentum in skilling through collaborative efforts, the Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh along with Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated India's first Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) for Skilling in

To help women and girls access hygienic washrooms in busy markets, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) inaugurated the first ‘pink toilet’ in Vikaspuri on Wednesday. The first-of-its-kind facility, opened on the occasion of the International Day for the Girl Child, has vending machines for

A few angels in disguise have come in the form of a few architecture students of Jamia Milia Islamia, in New Delhi who have taken up the task of providing primary education to children living in the settlement where the construction workers reside. These architecture students, who will be designing

The Dakshinpally Puja Samiti, which organised the Durga Puja at Pocket 52 in Chittaranjan Park, was awarded the first prize for being environmentally the cleanest among the plethora of pandals. The contest had been organised by area MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj to promote green consciousness at festival