In an unfortunate incident, a 29-year-old man was killed inside a car outside V3S Mall in east Delhi’s Preet Vihar around 2 am on Friday. The deceased was identifies as Vishal Suri. He arrived near the mall with two friends in a white Swift car to eat parathas. The trio[Read More…]
As the maximum temperature rose to settle at 37.4 degrees Celsius, the Thursday was a hottest day in the national capital in March since the past seven years. The highest temperature was seven marks above the season’s average while the minimum temperature was noted at 18.4 degrees, said a Met[Read More…]
After Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) decided to contest the April 23 Delhi municipal election despite the humiliating defeat in the recent Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, the Delhi municipal polls is set to see an unprecedented six-cornered clash. BSP has already declared 70 candidates. It will contest against BJP, AAP,[Read More…]
Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia University plans to have a election for a Jamia Student Council (JSC) in 2017. It is to be noted that this university has not held student union elections since 2006 over claims by the authority that student representatives had started interfering in administrative work. As per[Read More…]
As Delhi municipal elections dates are approaching, the BJP plans to its revert to its original policy of “traditional party sympathizers”, who come for meetings but do not cast their votes to campaign. Hence, the RWA and NGO committee heads will involve volunteers from the party, who will participate in[Read More…]
The priest turned politician and the 21st CM of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath is suppose to meet PM Modi on Tuesday in Parliament. As per reports, he will be meeting the PM to discuss portfolios of ministers. Adityanath will also meet Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to discuss law and order situation in[Read More…]
In reports from the Delhi Minority Commission, there are six listed cases that it had intervened in during the 2015-2016 fiscal year. Of the cases, the Trilokpuri riots and attacks on churches in the capital in its annual report in 2014 it mentioned the alleged attacks on Muslims over suspected[Read More…]
In a shocking indent, a 28-year-old man was allegedly thrashed to death by a mob on the suspicion of committing theft in Swaroop Nagar of northwest Delhi on Sunday night. His body was found lying in an open field at Vijay Chowk area near Swaroop Nagar with several injuries. A[Read More…]
A noted historian, a popular author, an active orator, and an influential columnist – the name Rana Safvi needs no introduction. Safvi’s passion for culture and heritage is known to history aficionados. A Master in Medieval History from the prominent Centre for Advanced Studies, Dept. of History, AMU, Rana is[Read More…]
The election management committee for the upcoming polls held its first meeting on Sunday evening which was chaired by BJP leader Vinay Sahasrabuddh. The BJP will begin officially begin its poll preparations from Monday by organizing a hawan in its Delhi headquarters. Out of all the committees which were decided to[Read More…]
In connection with the robbery which took place on March 12 in east Delhi, six persons including an AAP youth wing leader has been booked. JCP Ravira Yadav says that the arrested have been identified as Najeeb, his brother Naved, Jitendra a.k.a. Jhonny, Yusuf a.k.a. Faisal, Nadeem a.k.a Furkan and[Read More…]
The Jat community who had planned a protest in Delhi on Monday have postponed it for 15 days. The Jat protesters wanted a Delhi siege and they intended to protest outside the Parliament demanding reservation for their community in jobs and educational institutions. Anticipating the riot, the security measures were[Read More…]
A jawan of the CoBRA unit of CRPF allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle at Sunabeda in Koraput district on Sunday. The person has been recognized as Shankar Prasad of New Delhi. His body was found lying in a pool of blood inside the battalion premises[Read More…]
The Delhi Police have directed the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to shut down Metro services to Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, and at 12 stations in the capital in order to maintain security. Trains to Gurgaon, Noida, Faridabad and Ghaziabad will not run from late Sunday evening ahead of the[Read More…]
As a protest against “discrimination” in the Seventh Central Pay Commission, nearly 5,000 nurses of the emergency services at AIIMS planned to go on a mass casual leave on Friday. The nurses union at AIIMS has also said that they will go on an indefinite hunger strike from March 27[Read More…]
After the death of MPhil student J Muthukrishan on Tuesday, his father demanded a doctor of their choice to conduct the postmortem examination. AIIMS wrote to the police that the entire examination will be videographed. AIIMS is likely to conduct the post-mortem examination on March 15. As per reports, Dr[Read More…]
The son of a Delhi Police sub-inspector was allegedly knifed by a group of boys in south-east Delhi’s Pul Prahladpur area. The incident took place on Tuesday night. The cause of the murder looks like a consequence of rivalry over property issue; however, the police is trying to find more[Read More…]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday wrote Election Commission seeking that the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) should not be used for the upcoming municipal polls in Delhi. The polls to the three municipal corporations of Delhi will be held in April. The Aam Aadmi Party national convener demand was[Read More…]
After Bharatiya Janata Party resonating victory in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be holding a victory march in Delhi on Sunday, which will be followed by a speech. The BJP swept a clean victory in the anticipated and important state of UP. BJP was also a[Read More…]
Two women’s hostels of Delhi University have restricted their residents from going out on Holi which has got a shrill response from the students. However, DU’s International Student House for Women (ISHW) has said the decision was taken “in the best interest of residents”. The Meghdoot Hostel has issued a[Read More…]
Women working in the organised sector will now be entitled to paid maternity leave of 26 weeks, up from 12 weeks, as Parliament on Thursday passed a bill in this regard that will benefit about 1.8 million women. The new law will apply to all establishments employing 10 or more[Read More…]
