Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav opened up about his personal journey with ‘purification’ rituals NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday joined the political row over the alleged ‘purification’ of a venue after a Congress leader’s visit, recalling that a temple in Kannauj and even his official residence had also been washed with…
Arvind Kejriwal criticized the Election Commission’s deletion of voters’ names NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Monday hit out at the Election Commission over the deletion of nearly 47 lakh names from Delhi’s draft electoral roll published after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).He claimed that the exercise would eventually reduce India’s…
A 12-year-old girl died in Delhi after her family alleged teacher mistreatment (AI-generated image used or representational purposes) NEW DELHI: A 12-year-old girl died under mysterious circumstances in east Delhi’s Pandav Nagar area, with her family alleging that she had been scolded and beaten by a teacher at a government school days before her condition…
16-year-old allegedly gangraped on Delhi bus; Opposition slams govt, police over women’s safety NEW DELHI: The alleged gangrape of a 16-year-old girl inside a moving sleeper bus in Delhi has triggered major political row, with opposition leaders questioning the BJP dispension in Delhi, UP and the Centre.The sharp reactions came as details of the crime…
The bus company reported that its vehicle was sent for repairs on August 4 NEW DELHI: The bus company whose vehicle was allegedly used in the gang-rape of a 16-year-old girl in Delhi said the driver and conductor had been instructed to take the bus to Timarpur for repairs on the night of August 4,…
Bhalswa and Okhla are targeted for clearance by December, while Ghazipur has been given until December 2027 (Photo credit: Piyal Bhattacharjee) NEW DELHI: For years, Delhi’s three giant landfill sites at Bhalswa, Okhla and Ghazipur have been hard to miss — both physically and as a reminder of how badly the capital has struggled to…
The sleeper bus had curtains around its berths, which police said allegedly helped the accused conceal what was happening inside during the journey. NEW DELHI: A family row, a wrong stop, and an empty bus returning from a repair workshop set off a chain of events that ended in the alleged gang-rape of a 16-year-old…
47.5 lakh Delhi voters missing from draft SIR roll (File Photo) NEW DELHI: Nearly one in three registered voters of Delhi have been struck off the draft Special Intensive Revision (SIR) electoral roll which was published by Election Commission Monday morning.The draft rolls include the names of 97,53,577 voters while names of 47,56,722 among 1.45…
The court had on August 20 convicted Chandrasekhar under sections 170, 189 and 507 of the IPC, dealing with impersonation and threat. NEW DELHI: A Delhi court sentenced conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar to eight years of rigorous imprisonment for impersonating a Supreme Court judge and attempting to influence a bail proceeding in another criminal case.Chief judicial…
The girl alleged that both the driver and conductor subsequently raped her and threatened to kill her when she resisted. NEW DELHI: Stranded amid heavy rain and darkness after getting off at the wrong stop, a 16-year-old from Uttar Pradesh was allegedly gang-raped inside a moving sleeper bus after boarding the vehicle seeking help, police…
