New Delhi: Around 150-200 people were detained by Delhi Police from the Jantar Mantar protest site Sunday as several people gathered in response to social media posts calling for a protest over reservation reforms. Police said no permission had been granted to any individual or organisation for protest or gathering at the site. Police warned…
Police detained over 20 protesters for demonstrating without permission NEW DELHI: Around 300 people gathered at Connaught Place’s outer circle in Delhi on Sunday to protest against caste-based reservation and seek changes in the existing quota system, with police detaining more than 20 protesters for holding the demonstration without permission, officials said.The protesters raised slogans…
New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC) has achieved ISO 55001:2024 certification for its asset management system for Mumbai Metro Line-3, becoming the first metro organisation in India to receive certification to this latest international standard for asset management.ISO 55001:2024 provides a globally recognised framework for managing assets across their entire lifecycle. Its…
The situation is being closely monitored through regular surveillance (Representative Image) NEW DELHI: Scientists at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have clarified that no new strain of Influenza A (H1N1) has been identified in India, saying there is no cause for panic over the seasonal influenza virus currently in circulation.According to an ICMR…
A 17-year-old juvenile was apprehended after a group allegedly attacked three policemen, NEW DELHI: A 17-year-old juvenile was apprehended after a group allegedly attacked three policemen with bricks and sticks and threw chilli powder into their eyes while they were performing patrolling duty in northwest Delhi’s Mukundpur area on Saturday, police said. One of the…
Sheoraj would graduate from SM College, Chandausi, taking the pen name, “Bechain (Restless)”, from poet Kunwar “Bechain”, who had been to the same college. Sheoraj Singh “Bechain” was five years old when his father, who cobbled shoes for a living, went to attend a wedding. He kept vomiting on return.The general view at his basti…
FSSAI suspends license of Marche Retail; restrains SDP Industries from selling ghee NEW DELHI: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has stepped up enforcement against food businesses, suspending the licence of Delhi-based Marche Retail Pvt Ltd for 30 days over serious food safety violations and ordering Daman-based SDP Industries Pvt Ltd to…
Security heightened outside Delhi’s Shah Auditorium NEW DELHI: Security was heightened outside Shah Auditorium in Delhi on Sunday after social media posts and videos claimed that permission had been granted for a protest against the UGC Equity Regulations (2026) and the reservation system.Delhi Police, however, said no such permission had been granted and warned people…
The Crime Branch of Dwarka has arrested four alleged members of the syndicate NEW DELHI: Delhi Police’s Crime Branch has busted an alleged international narco-terror module involved in cross-border opium trafficking, a drugs-for-weapons nexus and terror financing, with investigations revealing alleged links to designated Khalistani terrorist Arshdeep Singh Gill alias Arsh Dalla, officials said on…
The deceased was identified as Nazia Khanam. NEW DELHI: A 30-year-old pregnant woman working with the Ministry of Defence was found dead at her home in southwest Delhi’s Dwarka on Friday, police said.Police have registered a case of cruelty and abetment of suicide against her husband and in-laws after her family alleged she was harassed…
