Category: delhi
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Delhi hotel fire: Locals turn saviours amid wails, screams, burning bodies
Rescuers say building’s single entry-exit point and lack of accessible windows made the rescue operation difficult
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Work from home advisory, ‘Metro Day’, online classes: Delhi announces austerity measures
Drive includes staggered office timings, ban on official foreign visits for one year; govt. will not purchase new petrol, diesel, CNG, or hybrid vehicles for 6 months, says CM; Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs pitches for ‘prudent mobility’
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EWS can’t seek age relaxation, enhanced attempts like SC,ST, OBC: Delhi High Court
The Bench observed that the deprivation faced by EWS individuals was not comparable to caste-based discrimination, and the policy not to extend age and attempt relaxation to the EWS category was not “mala fide, arbitrary or unconstitutional” merely because it accorded different relaxations to different reserved categories.
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At ICA conference, CJI Surya Kant underscores arbitration’s role in global economy
Chief Justice Kant expressed that, “it may be time to rethink the very expression ‘Alternative Dispute Resolution’ since it is no longer an alternative to litigation”.
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Delhi HC refers dispute over use of ‘Tridev’ song in ‘Dhurandhar 2’ to mediation
In its plea, Trimurti Films, makers of Tridev, alleged that Dhurandhar 2’s track “Rang De Lal (Oye Oye)” used Tridev’s track “Tirchi Topi Wale” without due authorisation
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Health of Delhi’s economy: fiscal deficit widens by 62% in 2025-26 as revenue falls
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Delhi High Court asks Centre to respond to plea on ‘surge’ in missing person cases
The petition, filed by an NGO, states that there is an “unprecedented crisis” in Delhi, with reports of more than 800 persons going missing in the first 15 days of this year
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No death sentences confirmed by Supreme Court for third consecutive year
Supreme Court acquits ten death row prisoners in 2025; despite “growing judicial scepticism” at higher levels, Sessions Courts handed down 1,310 death sentences over the last decade; high rate of acquittals raises concerns about wrongful convictions
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Noida techie death: The road that ended in a tragedy
On a dark fog-ridden January night in Greater Noida, a water-filled construction pit — unmarked and unfenced — became a fatal trap. Yuvraj Mehta, a 27-year-old techie, accidentally drove into it and died. The incident has become more than a personal tragedy, turning into an indictment of a city built — and sold — faster…
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Delhi HC questions government over failure to regulate sale of old vehicles
A Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela asked the Delhi government to file a detailed response on the issue of regulating authorised dealers of registered vehicles