NEW DELHI: Activist Sonam Wangchuk, in a letter to Union ministers J P Nadda and Jitendra Singh, said Wednesday he was willing to end his 25-day indefinite hunger strike if the Centre gave an “unequivocal assurance” that none of the young protesters who participated in Monday’s Sansad Chalo march would face punitive action. Wangchuk also…
Protesters allegedly hurled stones and bottles at security personnel deployed near Tolstoy Marg NEW DELHI: Fresh violence erupted during the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) protest in the national capital on Wednesday evening, with an assistant commissioner of police (ACP) injured after miscreants allegedly attacked police personnel with stones and bottles in Connaught Place.According to Delhi…
NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Thursday alleged that outsiders were being brought to disrupt the ongoing protest and tarnish the movement’s image.Abhijeet Dipke accused the BJP of sending “goons” to provoke violence as the protest gathered momentum. “People are being sent from outside to deliberately disrupt the protest. We have…
Police said as many as 10,000 protesters had gathered at the site through the day. (Image Credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: As protesters stood their ground at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday, they clashed thrice with cops — 4.30pm, 8.30pm and 9pm — leaving 4-5 cops, including two ACPs, injured, police claimed.Police said as many as 10,000…
Supporters nationwide send food and medicines to protesters at Jantar Mantar. By: Priyamvada Sharma & TN Mohammed Ishan NEW DELHI: If food is a love language, it has spoken freely at Jantar Mantar.Samosas, pizzas, kadhi chawal, medicines and more have arrived for the protesters through Swiggy and Zomato orders made by supporters from across the…
Delhi Police face difficulties tracing Bluetooth mesh messaging communications used by protesters NEW DELHI: Intercepting or tracing Bluetooth-aided mesh messaging communications, allegedly used by protesters Sunday and Monday, may prove to be an extremely difficult task for Delhi Police, according to sources.Platforms like Bitchat or Briar require no phone numbers, SIM or email addresses to…
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation suspended entry and exit at 16 stations today NEW DELHI: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Thursday suspended entry and exit at 16 metro stations across the national capital from 7.30am, claiming ‘security reasons’.In a post on X, DMRC said the decision was taken due to security concerns.While passengers will not…
New Delhi: Delhi govt Wednesday said 88% of the construction work on the Karawal Nagar double-decker flyover project in northeast Delhi had been completed and a revised cost of Rs 291 crore had been approved, with the project targeted for completion by Dec.The revised estimate was cleared at the fifth Expenditure Finance Committee meeting chaired…
New Delhi: Delhi has simplified the rooftop solar installation process to improve ease of adoption and expand distributed renewable energy generation by adopting several amendments, including waiving technical feasibility assessment for domestic systems of up to 10kW, reducing the three-stage process to two, introducing digital connection agreement and mandating time-bound approvals.Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission has…
New Delhi: The matter of mass deployment of teachers from Delhi govt, municipal and govt-aided schools for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls has reached Delhi High Court through a public interest litigation (PIL), which alleges that the exercise has severely disrupted classroom teaching and violated the fundamental rights of lakhs of students….
