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It is ironic that many elderly people are happy to just be with their children despite being ill treated, says a counsellor. Photo V.Sudershan.
It is ironic that many elderly people are happy to just be with their children despite being ill treated, says a counsellor. Photo V.Sudershan.

The old, the battered and the lonely….

While major policy initiatives are needed to protect the rights and interest of the aged, at the ground level the aged believe greater sensitivity is all they need to survive well in their old age. »

Did not supply poor quality water to North Delhi: DJB

In a statement issued on Saturday, the DJB said there was no joint water testing exercise undertaken by it and the North Delhi Municipal Corporation. »

Redevelop Lutyens’ Zone, but don’t touch the greens, says DUAC

Not opposed to high-rises, Mr. Rewal said, the Commission wants the new development to be in sync with the existing design. »

Rs.25 lakh, property documents seized from CBI inspector’s house

SP Vivek Dutt claimed he was falsely implicated and alleged that a conspiracy was hatched to keep him out of the coal block allocation probe team. »
Kanwar Singh Rawat. Photo:Sushil Kumar Verma

Savings of a lifetime, gone in a flash

About Rs.3 lakh that Mr. Rawat had saved since his retirement in 1991 had been withdrawn using the ATM card that someone had exchanged with a defunct one a month ago. »
More Delhi News
NEW DELHI, May 20, 2013

Angioplasty saves life of 104-year-old

Doctors at the Metro Hospital and Heart Institute here have successfully performed angioplasty with stenting on a 104-year-old patient to save his life. Giving details of the case, cardiolog... »
Eco-friendly: Recycling in progress.
May 19, 2013

The ‘take back’ model

With increasing amounts of e-waste from households and small offices posing a huge threat to the environment, the World Bank’s private sector investment arm — International Finance Corporation (IFC... »
Imposing minarets: Jama Masjid at prayer time. Photo:Sandeep Saxena
May 18, 2013

Growing city

Shahjahanabad – built by Shahjahan. That is what Shahjahanabad actually means. Just as Tughlaqabad means built by Tughlaq and the meaning of Akbarabad? Well, built by Akbar. In this last exc... »
May 18, 2013

Equal spaces

How often do you see a person with disability out shopping, watching a film in a theatre, using public transport or even just hanging out with friends at a public place, asks Meenu Rani. To... »
NEW DELHI, May 18, 2013

December 16 gang-rape victim’s mother deposes in court

Deposing before the special court hearing the December 16 gang-rape case, the mother of the 23-year-old victim made a fervent plea for justice for her daughter. After her cross-examination... »
NEW DELHI, May 18, 2013

NGO claims discrepancies in discoms’ accounts

Even as Delhi’s power regulator gets ready to announce a new tariff plan for the city, non-government organisation Chetna has claimed that the accounts submitted by the three discoms that form the... »
Immortal works: Habib Tanvir and Nageen Tanvir in 'Charandas Chor'. Photo: A.M. Faruqui
NEW DELHI, May 17, 2013

Living theatre

“A sense of humour, subtlety, patience, tolerance, all that has to be there, but unless you have the tenacity you cannot sail through life,” says Nageen Tanvir, recalling the qualities that helped... »      1 comment
A new look: The newly renovated gallery.
NEW DELHI, May 17, 2013

A brand new story

There is still a long way to go but all that debate about reinventing our museums as spaces of deeper engagement seems to have induced some change. At National Museum, a slick new website that is... »
How it all happens: Keyboards stacked up in a Seelampur shack. Photos: Meeta Ahlawat
May 19, 2013

Wired in toxicity

Electronic waste from as far away places as the United Kingdom and the United States ships its way to a cheek-by-jowl populated area in East Delhi Seelampur to be hammered, torn apart, chipped away... »
NEW DELHI, May 19, 2013

Maintenance Tribunals: A ray of hope

With cases of harassment of elderly citizens by their own family, mainly sons and daughters, on the rise, nine Maintenance Tribunals were set up in the nine districts of Delhi to provide redress t... »
Meeting place: Indian Coffee House. Photos: Brijesh Jaiswal
May 18, 2013

Cupfuls of memory

N. Gopalan Nair arrived in Allahabad in 1967 during the heyday of the Socialist movement. He was brought here as an aide by a Keralite woman, the second wife of an Allahabad-based doctor who again... »
Delhi BJP holding a protest at ITO crossing on Friday against the ongoing
water crisis in the Capital. Photo: Sushil Kumar Verma
NEW DELHI, May 18, 2013

Haryana agrees to release more raw water for Delhi

Haryana has agreed to release more raw water to Delhi from Tajewala out of the share of Uttar Pradesh in the Yamuna and this would help the Capital city in generation of more water at its Sonia Vi... »
NEW DELHI, May 18, 2013

Subhash Chopra to be DPCC chief again?

The decks appeare to have been cleared for former Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president Subhash Chopra to again take over the reins of the party unit and barring some last-minute changes that... »
Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde felicitating a family member of a 1971 war hero of BSF during an Investiture Ceremony in New Delhi on Friday. BSF Director-General Subhash Joshi is in the centre. Photo: Sandeep Saxena
NEW DELHI, May 18, 2013

Shinde asks BSF officers to be considerate to jawans’ problems

Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Friday gave gallantry awards to Border Security Force (BSF) personnel at the paramilitary force’s 11th Investiture Ceremony where he asked officers to be “... »      1 comment
Gane set: Yuki Bhambri. Photo: K. Gopinathan
NEW DELHI, May 17, 2013

It’s all in the family

Twenty-year-old yet the boyish charm refuses to give way to sterner expressions. Many would say, he’s still young, isn’t he? But, what if Yuki Bhambri’s countenance has already acquired a... »