New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday rejected a plea challenging arrest and transit remand of Veewon Thokchom, advisor to the Manipur Students’ Association Delhi (MSAD), in connection with a sedition case. The case was lodged against Thokchom for his comments on the Citizenship Bill on social media. Justice[Read More…]
New Delhi: Probing the dreadful fire in a Delhi hotel in which 17 people were killed on Tuesday, the Crime Branch has shifted its focus to investigating the possibility of a deliberate attempt at aggravating the fire inside the premises to settle an insurance claim by the owner, sources said.[Read More…]
New Delhi: Calling the Supreme Court’s verdict on the powers of the Delhi government to transfer officers “unfortunate” and “injustice to the people of Delhi”, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said the order is against the Constitution and democracy. Speaking to the media after the judgement, Kejriwal said the[Read More…]
New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday described the Supreme Court verdict on the tussle between the Delhi government and the Centre over sharing of powers as a big loss to the Arvind Kejriwal government and asked the chief minister to apologise to the top court. The remarks came soon after[Read More…]
New Delhi: A day after meeting Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said the Congress had “almost” said ‘no’ for an alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the national capital. Asked about the possibilities of an alliance for the Lok Sabha elections, Kejriwal[Read More…]
Arvind Kejriwal led Aam Aadmi Party might not have succeeded in expanding its reach to other parts of the country in any significant way, but it remains a force to reckon with in Delhi. The young party enjoys a rare distinction of forming the government twice in the national capital[Read More…]
New Delhi: A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a split verdict on the issue of transfer and posting of Delhi government officers. While Justice A.K. Sikri said transfers and postings of Joint Secretaries and officers above will be in the domain of Lieutenant Governor; for those[Read More…]
New Delhi: There were thunder and lightning as light to moderate rains lashed parts of Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) on Thursday, with the Met predicting more showers throughout the day with a possibility of scattered hailstorm even. The mercury though was not affected by the early morning[Read More…]
Sumit reasons that every rap artist these days sing on party themes, while issues of social importance such as water conservation, sanitation and poverty get ignored.
The massive fight led to the guests moving out of the wedding.
As many as 17people people died while three were let injured in a major fire that broke out in a central Delhi hotel early on Tuesday, a fire official said. At least 35 others were rescued from the five-storey building. Most people jumped out of the upper floors of the[Read More…]
New Delhi: A 35-year-old sanitation worker was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl at a public toilet in west Delhi’s Naraina area, police said on Monday. Police said the accused, identified as Kailash, 35, was arrested from a public toilet on Monday after the victim’s parents reported the[Read More…]
New Delhi/Mumbai: Ever since a hailstorm lashed the national capital and surrounding areas days ago, budget carrier IndiGo has been rescheduling and cancelling flights, including during the weekend. Industry insiders say that the airline’s operations were also impacted due to the shortage of crew on account of flight and duty[Read More…]
He also threatened the girl of dire consequences if she reported the matter to anyone.
New Delhi: Mob with sticks in hand attacked Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s convoy on Friday. As per the early reports, the incident took place in North Delhi’s Narela where he had gone to inaugurate development works in unauthorised colonies in the region. The attacker reportedly attempted to break the window of[Read More…]
New Delhi: After nearly a decade, heavy hailstorm accompanied by rains lashed several parts of Delhi-NCR on Thursday, providing the city with fresh air while also making the people experience the winter chill again at the maximum temperature of 19 degrees Celsius, four notches below the season’s normal. “This is[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Delhi electricity distribution company (discom) BSES on Thursday announced that special Lok Adalats to settle power theft cases in areas under its jurisdiction will be held on February 9 and 10. In a release, the discom said notices had been sent in this regard to 14,000 consumers[Read More…]
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and health minister Satyendra Jain inaugurated the mobile bike ambulance service
Heavy rain and hailstorms lashed parts of Delhi and the adjoining areas of Noida, Ghaziabad on Thursday afternoon. This came after Delhi recorded a significantly warm day on Wednesday with the maximum temperature recording 25.1 degrees Celsius – two notches above normal for this time of the season, while the[Read More…]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the indigenously built Train 18, called the Vande Bharat Express, on February 15 from here, a Railway Ministry official said. Train 18, the country’s first engine-less train manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai, will be flagged off at 10[Read More…]
New Delhi, A Delhi court on Wednesday told the Delhi Government not to sit on the file seeking sanction to proceed in a case of sedition against former JNU student leaders Kanhaiya Kumar and nine others. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Sherawat listed the matter for further hearing on February 28.[Read More…]
The accused couple hails from Uttar Pradesh and they wanted to steal the driver’s car.
New Delhi, A 74-year-old man committed suicide on Tuesday by shooting himself with his licenced revolver in South Delhi’s Sundar Nagar area, the police said. The incident came to light at 9 a.m. after a resident of the area informed the local police about hearing a gunshot. “A police team[Read More…]
The woman wrote a complaint to the Belgium embassy which was further directed to the Ministry of External Affairs.
New Delhi, The Enforcement Directorate (ED) was on Tuesday asked by the Delhi High Court for a response on a plea by alleged lobbyist Deepak Talwar challenging his detention here by agencies after he was deported to India from the UAE last week. A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and[Read More…]