New Delhi: Jamia Milia Islamia on Wednesday dismissed news reports which claimed Sabzar Ahmad Sofi, who was killed by security forces in a shootout in Kashmir earlier in the day, was its student, saying that Sofi never studied at the university. “The media reports about Sabzar Ahmad Sofi,who has been[Read More…]
Delhi Congress is likely to get a new president to ease out the working of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) ahead of upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Senior Congress leader and DPCC Chief Ajay Maken, who is not keeping well, might be given rest. Delhi could be the key for Lok[Read More…]
New Delhi: Six people were injured after an LPG cylinder exploded inside a house in Delhi’s Mori Gate area, fire office said. The cooling operations continued even hours after the fire broke at central Delhi’s Mori Gate area around 7.55 p.m. on Tuesday. A fire official that 15 tenders were[Read More…]
New Delhi: With deteriorating air quality in the national capital, Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain on Tuesday directed various departments to combat air pollution on a war-footing and also take mandated actions under ‘very poor’and ‘severe’ categories of air quality index. Hussian reviewed the preparedness and action plan of various[Read More…]
New Delhi: While the Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to impose a blanket ban on firecrackers, about 68 per cent people in Delhi said that they will not burn fireworks this Diwali, a survey said. The survey conducted by LocalCircles, a community social media platform, covered Delhi and the National[Read More…]
Bhartiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah donated an amount of Rs 1000 into the party account on Tuesday and urged supporter to contribute to the party fund. Shah appealed to the people and supporters of the BJP to join the initiative and donate using either Namo app or at donations.narendramodi.in. BJP chief[Read More…]
New Delhi: Delhi Police have arrested five boys, including four juveniles, for killing a 23-year-old, while trying to rob his mobile phone to buy alcohol and drugs. Deputy Commissioner of Police Seju P Kuruvilla on Tuesday said one of the five accused was arrested on Monday from Sultanpuri. “His arrest[Read More…]
Delhi: ITO skywalk which opened for the general public after its inauguration on October 16, had reportedly deployed bouncers to stop lovebirds, are not in action anymore. “It is true that they were hired to prevent love couples from sitting or hanging out at the place but it was just a[Read More…]
New Delhi: A total of 400 petrol pumps, many with CNG dispensing units, began a day-long strike on Monday in protest against Delhi government’s refusal to reduce VAT on fuels. The Delhi Petrol Dealers Association (DPDA) said the Delhi government’s inaction was hampering their business as the neighbouring states of[Read More…]
New Delhi: A labourer died while working in a Delhi Jal Board water pump house in north Delhi, police said on Sunday. “An information was received at the Jahangirpuri police station from a private hospital that a labourer, later identified as Doomay Ray,32, was brought dead from a Delhi Jal[Read More…]
New Delhi: Fuel pumps in the national capital will remain shut for 24 hours starting Monday 6 a.m. to press the Delhi government to lower value-added tax (VAT) on the key transport fuels. The central government as well as several state governments, including Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, slashed fuel prices,[Read More…]
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday flayed the Centre and the neighbouring state governments for their inaction to stop stubble burning and said that “Delhi will become a gas chamber”. “Very sad that Central, Punjab and Haryana governments did absolutely nothing for the farmers. As a result,[Read More…]
New Delhi: The recently appointed AAP West Delhi Lok Sabha in-charge Rajpal Solanki was admitted to a hospital here after he had a “minor heart attack”, a statement said on Thursday. Solanki suffered from a heart attack on Tuesday night, of which he informed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind[Read More…]
New Delhi: With Delhi air quality worsening, Environment Minister Imran Hussain on Thursday formed an inspection team to carry out surprise checks in the capital to check air pollution violations. Hussain asserted that the inspections by the six-member committee will be carried out to check “ground level steps” being taken[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Thursday suspected a case of sexual assault on an unidentified woman whose mutilated body was found in outer Delhi on October 14. The DCW has sought from Delhi police a copy of the FIR and a status report of the investigation.[Read More…]
Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Narayan Dutt Tiwari died at Saket’s Max Hospital in Delhi on Thursday. The 92-year-old politician succumbed to brain stroke. He was admitted to the hospital from September 20 after getting the attack. He served as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh three times and[Read More…]
Ashish Pandey, the son of former BSP MP Rakesh Pandey, who went missing after threatening a couple and brandishing a pistol outside Delhi’s Hyatt Regency hotel, surrendered at a Delhi court on Thursday after a non-bailable warrant was issued against him on Wednesday night. Pandey moved an application at the Patiala[Read More…]
New Delhi: Delhi’s ruling AAP on Wednesday levelled charges of corruption against BJP for enforcing parking charges in private malls and hospitals despite court orders calling it illegal. The BJP-dominated Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is in-charge of most public parking places. Delhi’s north-eastern Lok Sabha in-charge Dilip Pandey said[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) Hours after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday imposed Rs 50-crore fine on the Delhi government for not acting against polluting steel pickling units in the residential areas of the national capital, the BJP said Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has failed in controlling pollution.[Read More…]
In a shocking incident, a man identified as Ashish Pandey was seen flaunting his gun outside a five-star hotel in South Delhi on October 14 while he and accompanied females got into an argument with other visitors over parking issue. In the viral video of the incident, a man in[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) The Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) on Monday started implementation of a Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to control air pollution in the Delhi-NCR region. Under the plan, prepared in 2017 on the directive of the Supreme Court after high pollution levels in[Read More…]
New Delhi: A 16-year-old class 10 student was on Saturday allegedly gangraped by four persons in east Delhi’s Vinod Nagar, police said on Sunday, adding that the accused have been arrested. The police said one of the accused Amit Kumar (26), known to her and her kin, lured her to[Read More…]
New Delhi: Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday announced its candidates for the last two Lok Sabha seats in the capital, completing the process for all the seven constituencies. While Brijesh Goyal will be in-charge of New Delhi constituency, Rajpal Solanki will hold the seat of west Delhi,[Read More…]
In a horrific incident, a man was stabbed in Delhi by five men with the help of daggers. The attack was launched as part of revenge for a fight that took place four years back among them. After killing the 22-year-old Sayed alias Raza the perpetrators threw away his body[Read More…]
New Delhi: Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik has not received a mail carrying a life threat to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an officer said on Saturday. “Reports that mention that Commissioner received a mail carrying a threat to kill Prime Minister are completely baseless and false,” a senior police officer[Read More…]
