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Delhi News, Delhi City News - Cities News - Times of India

Latest New Delhi news stories and updates from the capital city of India from the Times of India newspaper websites' Delhi NCR news section

'Police can't stop illegal constructions'
9/19/2014 11:58:31 PM

The city police on Friday clarified that they were not authorized to stop any illegal constructions.

Delhi court: Marital rape should be a criminal offence
9/19/2014 11:54:39 PM

Lamenting over absence of a legal provision that criminalizes marital rape, a trial court has said that women need legal protection from all kinds of "sexual perversity" by their husbands.

ASI chooses Red Fort as model for power efficiency
9/19/2014 11:53:37 PM

Red Fort has become the Archaeological Survey of India's (ASI) model project for energy efficiency.

Ramlila committee's drone plan hits security hurdle
9/19/2014 11:53:10 PM

Even as a Ramlila committee in north Delhi has announced its plan to have 10 drones flying over the venue to keep an eye on the crowd, the idea has not gone down well with the men in khaki.

Bahu wants claim on in-laws' house
9/19/2014 11:52:24 PM

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine the extent of a daughter-in-law's right of residence in the father-in-law's property.

Gold worth Rs 2.5 crore robbed from bizman found, 2 juveniles held
9/19/2014 11:51:56 PM

Six people, including two juveniles, have been caught for robbing a businessman of gold worth Rs 2.5 crore in Seelampur on Tuesday night.

Women only 12% of Delhi's workforce
9/19/2014 11:44:05 PM

The national capital territory of Delhi accounts for 1.53% of establishments and 2.34% of the total employment in the country.

DDA hikes FAR for plots over 750 sq m
9/19/2014 11:43:05 PM

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is planning to go to court to allow for an increase in dwelling units in plots of 750 sq m and above. This comes after the agency's green signal for increased FAR for such plots on Friday.

Delhi's many memorials get few visitors
9/19/2014 11:32:47 PM

The drama over orders for former Union minister Ajit Singh to vacate his Tughlaq Road bungalow ended tamely on Friday with Singh agreeing to shift out.

PIL prompts Delhi Metro to start feeder service
9/19/2014 11:32:17 PM

Apparently, it takes a PIL for Delhi Metro to start feeder services in colonies near stations. Earlier this month, DMRC agreed to start feeder bus services on two routes-from Hauz Khas to Amar Colony and East of Kailash to Chittaranjan Park.

VIP zone shows civic bodies can keep pavements clear
9/19/2014 11:31:29 PM

When it comes to keeping the city's pavements free of encroachment, the civic agencies have no end of excuses for their failure, but in the VVIP zone of Lutyens' Delhi these same issues-multiplicity of authorities, weak laws, etc-cease to be a problem.

School bars married girl from coming to class
9/19/2014 11:31:03 PM

A Class XII girl has alleged that she was not allowed to continue her studies by her school after she got married as the authorities felt she would cast "immoral influence" on her classmates.

Saying courts not for revenge, HC quashes woman's PIL
9/19/2014 11:30:33 PM

Courts are not meant for retribution, the Delhi high court has said while dismissing a PIL by a woman it found to be "delusional".

Saying courts not for revenge, HC quashes woman's PIL
9/19/2014 11:30:33 PM

Courts are not meant for retribution, the Delhi high court has said while dismissing a PIL by a woman it found to be "delusional".

No limit on MLA funds for relief: LG
9/19/2014 11:29:57 PM

In a change in guidelines regarding spending of MLA local area development funds on national calamities, Delhi government will now permit MLAs to donate as much as they wish from their Rs 4 crore corpus to the LG's and CM's relief funds.