The Supreme Court temporarily lifted its order of suspending the permanent licences for sale and retail of fire crackers within the National Capital Region (NCR) on Tuesday. However, the SC might review its current order after Diwali depending on the ambient air quality after the festival. “The suspension of permanent[Read More…]
In another shocking incident, a five-year-old girl was raped allegedly by a peon inside a classroom in a school in north Delhi’s Shahdara on Saturday. Post the incident, the 40-year-old staffer has been arrested. The incident happened just after a seven-year-old boy was murdered allegedly by a bus conductor inside[Read More…]
Hours after being arrested, the bus conductor confessed killing a 7-year-old student of a prominent Gurugram school in a spine-chilling crime. The class two student was found killed with his throat slit in the toilet of the school. The conductor, Ashok, confessed that he was not in the right state[Read More…]
The engine and power car of the Ranchi-New Delhi Rajdhani train has derailed near Delhi’s Shivaji Bridge. However, no injuries have been reported so far. The incident happened around 11:45 am on Thursday. “Engine, power coach of Delhi-Ranchi Rajdhani Express derail near Minto Bridge in New Delhi; no fatalities,” said[Read More…]
Police have arrested a 54-year-old British man for allegedly raping three visually challenged children at Delhi’s National Association for the Blind (NAB). Objectionable videos have been found in the laptop of the accused, Murray Ward. Chinmoy Biswal, additional deputy commissioner of police (south), said the initial probe has shown that[Read More…]
After several failed attempts, the Delhi Cabinet on Friday once again approved the addition of 2,000 new buses, 1,000 each to be run by the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and the private bus services. Transport minister, Kailash Gahlot said, “This is a great message for DTC workers — that they[Read More…]
In a disgusting incident, a 34-year-old man has been accused of having raped a female puppy in Delhi’s Narayana area, following which the puppy died instantly. An animal lover said that driver Naresh Kumar had boasted about the incident before him and also led him to the carcass. A post-mortem report[Read More…]
Moving a step ahead towards government’s effort to make New Delhi open-defecation free, 1,206 community toilets were inaugurated in 36 jhuggi-jhopri clusters on Wednesday. Chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, dedicated the toilets to the public from a dais, erected in an open field that is often used for open defecation at[Read More…]
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued an ultimatum to the Delhi police regarding its probe into Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushkar’s death case. It said, “If you have anything new then come within two weeks and if you can’t then we will look into it.” The police[Read More…]
On Wednesday, the Delhi High Court will hear a plea, filed by an NGO, opposing several petitions to make marital rape a criminal offence. The NGO represents the men, victimised by the alleged misuse of gender laws, and has filed the petition in the court. On 28 August, a court[Read More…]
A 45-year-old ex-model along with 24 others, including servers and players, were arrested by Delhi Police for allegedly running a gambling den in southeast Delhi’s Greater Kailash. Police received information about gambling and betting activities at a house in the posh Greater Kailash-I on Saturday. Soon, a raid was conducted[Read More…]
The Delhi High Court on Friday asked three municipal corporations of the national capital as to whether the sweepers and on-duty traffic policemen have access to toilet facilities or not. A bench of acting chief justice, Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said that it has not seen public[Read More…]
Free WiFi facility was activated across all 50 stations on the Delhi Metro’s Blue Line on Friday, making it easier for thousands of commuters to access the internet on the go. The 50-km-long Blue Line, which connects Noida City Centre and east Delhi’s Vaishali to the Dwarka sub-city, is the[Read More…]
Resident doctors at the Safdarjung hospital have decided to go on an indefinite strike alleging that one of their colleagues was assaulted by a woman patient. The doctors went on a strike on Wednesday and emergency services were badly affected at the hospital. They demanded enhanced security on the premises[Read More…]
A man died and three others were taken ill while cleaning a sewer at a government hospital, the Delhi Fire Service said. Rishi Pal(40), Bishan(30), Kiran Pal(25) and Sumit(30) fell unconscious after inhaling poisonous gases while cleaning the sewer at the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital. “While Rishi Pal[Read More…]
A 33-year-old woman executive at a five-hotel in Delhi has accused hotel’s security manager of molesting and trying to undress her on her birthday late last month. The incident happened inside a room and was caught in CCTV camera. The woman has said that she complained to HR officials, but[Read More…]
Hours after reports surfaced that Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has changed its layout plan to allot a plot to an NGO, associated with union minister, Vijay Goel, the minister has clarified it saying that the reports are “incorrect, concocted & sensationalized.” Here’s is the clarification presented by Goel: .@IndianExpress‘ story[Read More…]
Those visiting Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will not have to pay for blood tests, X-rays, ultrasound scans and similar diagnostic procedures in the future. AIIMS, country’s premier state-run Institute, which caters to patients from Delhi and across the country, also plans to do away with admission[Read More…]
The national capital, including the Red Fort from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation on the 71st Independence Day, has been put under an unprecedented ground-to-air security cover. As many as 70,000 Delhi Police personnel will be guarding the national capital owing to the twin occasions of[Read More…]
All India Students Association (AISA) activists were allegedly attacked by members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), reported India.com According to AISA members, their activists Sudhanshu and Aman were attacked by ABVP’s Chhattarpal Yadav, former Delhi University Students Union (DUSU)[Read More…]
The Delhi Police busted a gang of pistol suppliers on Saturday. According to a tweet by DCP of Delhi Police Madhur Verma, the gang, allegedly based out of Madhya Pradesh supplied sophisticated pistols and were busted by the crime branch of Delhi. According to the reports, the gangsters used code-names[Read More…]
Veteran journalist and Times Now’s managing editor, Navika Kumar has landed herself in a big trouble Friday night during a Newshour debate. The TV journalist has been condemned on social media after she made some ‘insensitive’ remark during a debate on Vande Mataram on late Friday evening. The journalist has[Read More…]
Breaking the stereotype, WoWakening – a campaign aimed at creating awareness among the mass regarding inclusion and celebration for acid attack survivors in India has been launched on Friday in Delhi. WoWakening is a month long campaign dedicated to the spirit of positivity, bringing hope to the lives of the[Read More…]
Just a day before assuming office, Vice-president elect M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday has said that people were trying to use minority issues for political gains. “Indian ethos is of mutual respect for each other. People try to use minority issues for political purposes,” he said. The former union minister[Read More…]
An order from the Delhi High Court has been asked to keep away from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus unless there is any proof of disturbance of law and order or in the case of varsity seeking its assistance adding that the university is not a place where the[Read More…]