Students of JNU angered by the seat-cut according to the new UGC gazette staged protests on Friday both inside and outside the Campus. While a bunch of students who blocked the main gate of the university, some marched till the UGC office at ITO hoping to meet with the officials[Read More…]
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Delhi: Massive fire breaks out at a plastic factory in Narela
A massive fire broke out in a plastic factory in Delhi’s Narela at early hours of Saturday morning. As per latest reports, one person who was a worker of the factory has been severely injured while several others are feared to be trapped inside the burning factory. As many as[Read More…]
Delhi: Man shot dead near east V3S mall
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…]
Video: Doctor brutally thrashed by relatives of deceased patient
Just after the Doctors in Maharashtra called off their strike last night. A video set in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh has been posted by ANI of a doctor being brutally thrashed by relatives of a patient. The attack on the doctor in Uttar Pradesh took place on Thursday and the video[Read More…]
Sena MP barred from flying after assault on AI staffer
Sena MP hits Air India staff with slippers
AIIMS doctors wear helmets to work
In solidarity with resident doctors in Mumbai, doctors have turned up at AIIMS hospital wearing helmets. Doctors are wearing it as a precautionary measure after relatives of a deceased patient had beaten up a resident doctor in Mumbai. Over 4,000 resident doctors from across Maharashtra have gone on mass leave,[Read More…]
MCD elections: BJP reaches out to ‘traditional voters’
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…]
DMC intervene in six cases to prevent communal disrupt
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…]
Delhi: Man ‘lynched’ over suspicion of theft
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…]
IPL 10 schedule to change due to MCD elections
BJP appoints leaders to head Delhi municipal poll campaign
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…]
AAP ‘youth leader’ arrested for theft in Delhi
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…]
Jat agitation in Delhi postponed
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…]
Jat agitation: Police beefs up security
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…]
Delhi: MS Dhoni rescued from hotel fire in Dwarka
Former India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was rescued from a fire in a hotel in Delhi’s Dwarka neighborhood this morning. No casualties were reported in the fire so far, said Delhi Fire Services. The officials got a call around 6:30 am that alerted them about the fire inside the[Read More…]
AIIMS nurses to plan mass casual leave
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…]
‘It costs Rs 2.87 and Rs 3.77 to print new currency notes’
Irregularities in EVMs transferred AAP’s votes to opponents: Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that there was a need to relook at the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) in the electoral process until faith is restored in it. He said that several countries in the west are using ballot system instead of EVMs. “Developed[Read More…]
Sub-inspector’s son stabbed by group of boys
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…]
AAP, Congress urge for ballot papers in MCD elections in Delhi
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…]
PM Modi arrives at BJP HQ in Delhi
PM Modi will hold a victory road show in Delhi
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…]
Huge fire breaks out at Delhi’s furniture market
DU hostels issue notice prohibiting students to step out on Holi
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…]