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Former Doordarshan news reader, TV journalism pioneer, Sarla Maheshwari passes at 71

India, Feb. 13 -- For generations of television viewers in the 1970s and 80s, hers was the face that launched the news each evening. As the familiar strains of Doordarshan's signature tune faded and ... Read More


Beyond books: Ex-DU professor's new mission

India, Feb. 13 -- After teaching for 30 years in Delhi University (DU), Devesh Vijay, 65, a retired professor has taken up a new mission to teach children beyond textbooks. According to Vijay, the cu... Read More


7, including 4 minors, held for murdering 17-yr-old in Delhi's Bawana

India, Feb. 13 -- New Delhi Four minor boys were apprehended and three men were arrested for allegedly stabbing to death a 17-year-old boy with at least four knives over personal enmity in Bawana JJ ... Read More


Denied free room at hotel, foreigner 'harms himself'

India, Feb. 13 -- A 29-year-old man from Turkmenistan allegedly inflicted injuries on himself on Wednesday outside a hotel in central Delhi's Paharganj area, police said, adding that the tourist was i... Read More


Delhi: Homeless along AI Summit venue claim 'forceful' eviction

India, Feb. 13 -- As New Delhi prepares Bharat Mandapam for the upcoming AI Impact Summit 2026 - with fresh wall art, flower plantations and last-minute road repairs - shelterless people living in are... Read More


Delhi plans legal authority to run unified data hub across departments

India, Feb. 13 -- The Delhi government is planning to set up a dedicated legal authority to oversee a proposed Unified Data Hub (UDH) aimed at integrating fragmented data across departments and addres... Read More


Delhi: PWD plans drain fix for flood-prone area

India, Feb. 13 -- The Public Works Department (PWD) has initiated plans to address chronic waterlogging on a stretch near the Waste-to-Wonder Park in Sarai Kale Khan by constructing missing drain link... Read More


Harmony between industry, labour essential for economic growth: Haryana CM

CHANDIGARH, Feb. 13 -- Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini has said that the state government's primary focus is on ensuring a developed industrial sector and workforce to accelerate the overall ... Read More


Delhi: Prof attacked, student bodies trade blame

India, Feb. 13 -- Noted historian and professor S Irfan Habib had a bucket of water and a dustbin thrown at him while delivering a speech at Delhi University's north campus on Thursday, an incident th... Read More


'Tantrik' used sleeping pills, sulpha tablets to poison three persons in Delhi

India, Feb. 13 -- A day after the 72-year-old 'tantrik' was arrested in connection with the deaths of three people on northwest Delhi's Peeragarhi flyover, police have found that the man used a combin... Read More