New Delhi: A woman (53) died after she was hit by a dump truck in southeast Delhi’s Nehru Place Saturday.The deceased, Rajwati, was a resident of the Hauz Rani area of south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar.The driver, identified as Sobaran (55), a resident of Faridabad, Haryana, was nabbed on the spot by the public and eyewitnesses,…
New Delhi: A 64-year-old man and his friend have been arrested for allegedly killing the man’s 38-year-old son by assaulting him with a stone and strangling him in southeast Delhi’s Kalindi Kunj. Talukdar Ansari told police that his son, who was schizophrenic, had become aggressive and he was frustrated by his behaviour. Ansari also said…
New Delhi: A 21-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district survived a rare combination of life-threatening injuries after her clothes became entangled in a tractor wheel, dragging her and leaving her with massive blood loss, a ruptured intestine and a torn diaphragm.The woman was rushed to Sarvodaya Hospital, Faridabad, in critical condition. Doctors said she…
New Delhi: In a separate case, police have levelled the charge of attempt to murder against Imran alias Aqib, accused of killing 21-year-old content creator Muskan Sharma at her residence in west Delhi’s Tilak Nagar.Police sources said that while trying to apprehend Imran, he allegedly fired at police with the intention of harming them. Subsequently,…
New Delhi: Public Works Department (PWD) has inspected 140 chronic waterlogging spots across the city to assess the ground situation and identify immediate measures to tackle the problem during the remaining monsoon.The inspections, undertaken in coordination with Delhi Police, followed lieutenant governor TS Sandhu’s direction during a meeting on Aug 25 to review the waterlogging…
New Delhi: For years, Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) politics has largely been a contest between two parties. The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), and Congress-backed National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) have dominated the electoral space.Left-backed All India Students’ Association (AISA) and Students’ Federation of India (SFI),…
New Delhi: Delhi has drawn up a seven-month Information, Education and Communication (IEC) plan to raise public awareness about pollution. The plan includes workshops for vehicle owners, commercial operators, students and citizens on the harmful effects of end-of-life vehicles, reducing idling, lane discipline, parking and timely vehicle servicing. It will also include seminars for road-owning…
New Delhi: The Delhi–Ghaziabad–Meerut Namo Bharat corridor recorded its highest-ever daily ridership of around 1.7 lakh passengers Friday, surpassing the previous day’s record of 1.6 lakh passengers.“The corridor recorded its highest-ever daily ridership Friday on the day of Raksha Bandhan. Namo Bharat trains have maintained consistent performance even during peak demand, extreme heat, monsoon conditions…
New Delhi: Nearly 47.6 lakh registered voters in Delhi are unlikely to find their names in the draft Special Intensive Revision (SIR) electoral roll to be published by Election Commission Monday, with around one-third of the capital’s 1.4 crore electors unable to submit their enumeration forms during the verification exercise.Election officials said many voters were…
New Delhi: Days after a 28-year-old man was allegedly electrocuted after coming in contact with a pole in east Delhi’s Anand Vihar, police Saturday said they had registered a case of negligence. Section 289 of the BNS, which deals with negligent conduct with respect to machinery, has been invoked. Investigators will approach the agencies concerned…
