Earlier probe said tendering process manipulated to favour one company. ACB has also arrested ex-DJB CEO Rai, who had allegedly received a bribe in his own and his relatives' bank accounts.
Safai Karamchari Andolan estimates that more than 1,726 workers have died cleaning sewers and septic tanks since the anti-manual scavenging law came into force in 2013.
After air pollution, choked traffic, and garbage mountains, now comes black foul-smelling water from taps in several Janakpuri enclaves. ‘In a gated community, we thought basic things wouldn't be an issue.’
Delhi's erstwhile ruling party AAP has questioned the Delhi Jal Board’s assertion that the 15-foot ditch into which Kamal Dhyani fell with his bike was 'barricaded and closed for public safety'.
The land around the lake is shared by the Centre, Delhi and Haryana governments, farmers, and private owners, with multiple agencies involved in its revival and the ongoing legal battle.
Though only 2 percent of its total length, the 54 km section of the river that flows through Delhi accounts for over 75 percent of its total pollution load.
A crowd of nearly 500 workers from 11 different departments of the Delhi govt waited in anticipation outside the national capital’s Secretariat, demanding job security.
The man, an auto driver, survived the attack. He had intervened after spotting the accused, his friends vandalising the tanker which had run over his friend. Tanker driver is absconding.
Delhi's private tanker mafia is exploiting every avenue to meet the rising demand. Siphoning water from Jal Board is less risky than extracting it from Yauma or diverting it from canals in Haryana.
ThePrint has learnt that more than one woman fighter pilot were involved in targeting military locations during the 87-hour conflict with Pakistan last year.
Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman
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