The Delhi High Court set a 40-year-old rape convict free, reducing his sentence to seven years which he had already served behind the bars. The decision was initiated after considering that the conduct of the convict, who has a wife and two children to look after, has been satisfactory in[Read More…]
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia has landed in a controversy after his office allegedly provided false information about the success of students of government schools. As per the Education Department, Sisodia’s office gave a script for a Radio advertisement to rejoice the Class[Read More…]
Due to the increase in bus rape incidents, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led Delhi government is soon going to install CCTV cameras in over six thousand buses which run in the national capital. The government is going to utilise the Nirbhaya Fund for the installation. In order to fulfil[Read More…]
Uber India has started its pilot service UberPASS in four major cities. The cities include Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. UberPASS service is similar to Ola select. A rider holding the UberPASS will get several benefits including discounted fares, waiver on cancellation charges and much more. However, the offer has[Read More…]
The Delhi High Court has said that parents will not put the honour of their minor daughters at risk by filing fake rape cases to settle personal scores. The court even rejected the appeal of a convict against a 10-year jail term for sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl, said PTI.[Read More…]
A pleasant morning in Delhi as rain swept through the streets of the national capital late on Monday. Giving Delhi respite to Delhiites, heavy showers continued in the national capital and the NCR till early morning on Tuesday bringing down the temperatures by several notches. Although the city experienced rain[Read More…]
A 25-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a Metro train at Qutub Minar station on Monday. The deceased, identified as Ravi, ended his life by jumping in front of the train going towards Jahangirpuri around 9 pm, police said. He was rushed to a hospital where[Read More…]
On Monday, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided Delhi Health Minister Satyender Jain’s residence whose alleged connection with a money laundering case is under the scanner. The CBI team has reached Jain’s residence to seek clarifications from his wife in money laundering case. In this case, the CBI had[Read More…]
A team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) reached the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus to carry out probe into the missing student Najeeb Ahmed’s case. The premier investigative agency had filed an FIR in the case on June 2. Notably, Najeeb is missing since October 16, 2016. He was[Read More…]
On Sunday, a 22-week-old premature baby, weighing under 500 grams, was reportedly declared dead by doctors at Safdarjung Hospital. The child was found alive, once the family started making preparations for the burial. The hospital officials have made an inquiry to look into the matter and find out why the[Read More…]
A woman filed a complaint against a man for allegedly harassing and mistreating her in an IndiGo flight on Sunday. The woman and the accused were on a flight from Hyderabad to Delhi. In her complaint, the woman said that just after she took her seat in the flight, her[Read More…]
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has directed Chief Secretary MM Kutty to submit reports of field visits of all officers by June 19. Kejriwal also recently instructed the officers to make field visits for at least half-a-day every week. “Whereas other officers may submit their reports to respective HODs/secretaries, all secretaries[Read More…]
Delhi government’s Public Works Department (PWD) has slapped a fine of Rs 27 lakh on the AAP for illegal occupation of a bungalow in Rouse Avenue in Delhi. PWD handed out a notice to AAP national secretary Pankaj Gupta over its continuous occupation of 206, Rouse Avenue as party office.[Read More…]
In order to provide a central point for processing of blood and their supply, a Metro Blood Bank is going to be launched in Chennai very soon. A state-of-the-art facility will coordinate with other health centres and will provide blood to the needy. The announcement was made by the Health[Read More…]
There may be huge celebrations of President Donald Trump’s 71st birthday on June 14 in the USA. It is with equal enthusiasm that his birthday celebrations will take place in India as well. Hindu Sena is excited to celebrate Mr Trump’s birthday in the country. The celebrations are likely to[Read More…]
On Saturday, the security at Kerala House on Jantar Mantar road in New Delhi was beefed up following reports of a political party, allegedly, planning a ‘beef festival’ in the evening. The Delhi Police received an information from Kerala House officials about the matter and security was stepped up as[Read More…]
Indian Oil Corporation on Thursday that the prices of petrol and diesel will be revised on a daily basis from June 16th all over the country. In a statement, it said, that all public sector oil companies, including IOC, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation and Bharat Petroleum, will implement the decision. However, it is[Read More…]
The tales of Delhi’s rich historic heritage can be heard way-way back. The capital holds a long history of Baolis or water bodies, which still are an integral part of Delhi’s rich historic heritage. Within a span of time, the heritages of Delhi, especially Baolis, have become engulfed in rapid[Read More…]
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi Transport Corporation to form a task force to tackle the problem of breeding mosquitoes in abandoned buses leading to a rise in dengue and chikungunya. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar asked the DTC to set up the special[Read More…]
The Jawaharlal Nehru University is soon to start its own incubation centre within three months. This initiative is aimed at converting the research projects of its faculty members into commercial ventures and startups. Out of the 30 proposals the university received from its faculty members, eight projects have been selected[Read More…]
A meeting of the 15th Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council began at the Vigyan Bhavan, Delhi, on Saturday to finalise the taxes to be levied on Six commodities, including, gold, textiles, footwear, agriculture, handloom and handicrafts. Here are the highlights: Rate for gold, gems and jewellery fixed at 3%[Read More…]
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced its result for class X today on its official website cbse.nic.in. Until now, the results of 11 regions, including, Allahabad, Chennai, Delhi, Dehradun, Trivandrum, Ajmer, Chandigarh, Bhubaneswar, Madras, Guwahati and Patna have been announced. However, the board informed that the results of[Read More…]
After a peculiar sound around midnight on Tuesday, Suraj Prakash Sharma, 26, who makes furniture for a living in Delhi, fell down, bleeding plentifully from the back of his skull. He was shot and lost consciousness, but it took doctors the next 15 hours to realize that his wound was[Read More…]
A man was sentenced to 10 years in jail for possessing 18kg of the drug hashish, or hash, a concentrated form of marijuana. The Delhi-based man was detained in 2011 for carrying the drug into the city. He was planning to sell it, said police. Now, the Thane court has[Read More…]
On Wednesday, the Delhi High Court established a committee including officials from the Centre and the city government to come to a conclusion concerning the issue of regularisation of unauthorised colonies, including the posh Sainik Farms at New Delhi. A bench consisting of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Navin Chawla[Read More…]