New Delhi: A 45-year-old Rapid Action Force (RAF) staffer sustained grievous injuries after he was allegedly assaulted and attacked with swords and sticks by a protesting crowd in Connaught Place Tuesday.“An FIR has been registered in connection with the attack and police are analysing video footage to identify those involved,” said DCP (New Delhi) Sachin…
New Delhi: Under humid conditions, an informal network of volunteers is holding the CJP protest together. From afar, it is a sea of anger, loud chants; up close, it is a tapestry of care, held together by shared shade and hand-woven breeze.Right at the heart of the sea of sitting protesters, a constant, rhythmic rustle…
New Delhi: Reporters covering CJP’s protest found themselves at the receiving end Monday with several of them allegedly heckled and assaulted.Reporter Shafali Nigam was among those targeted. Videos purportedly from the protest site showed a crowd surrounding her as she attempted to report live. They tried to block her cameraperson’s lens with Tricolour, while one…
New Delhi: Visuals of Monday’s protest showed a few men in civilian clothes, wearing little more than shirts, trousers and chappals, yet equipped with police helmets and actively engaged in crowd control, wielding lathis. The images attracted sharp criticism regarding who these people were and why they were not in uniform with name tags.A few…
New Delhi: Delhi Metro suspended operations at 17 of its stations across central Delhi for seven and a half hours Wednesday on the directions of police, citing security reasons and inconveniencing thousands of commuters.Trains passed through the affected non-interchange stations without halting, leaving many stranded on platforms and inside trains. It was only at 6.25…
Arvind Kejriwal has urged the Central Government to refrain from taking action against students demonstrating at Jantar Mantar NEW DELHI: AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday appealed to the Centre not to initiate any action against students protesting near Jantar Mantar over the alleged NEET-UG paper leak, warning that any “misadventure” would prove “counterproductive”…
The escalation came hours after an ACP-rank officer was injured in stone-pelting near Tolstoy Marg NEW DELHI: Fresh clashes broke out between protesters and security personnel at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday, following which tear gas shells were fired and police resorted to a cane-charge to disperse the crowd. Five police personnel were injured during the…
Veteran activist Anna Hazare urged Prime Minister Modi for dialogue on NEET protests NEW DELHI: Veteran activist Anna Hazare has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing his pain over the violence during the recent protest in Delhi and calling on the government to adopt positive communication to resolve the ongoing agitation.This is the second…
New Delhi: Two students were rescued after a fire broke out in a building housing a leather shoe godown and a paying guest accommodation in central Delhi’s Karol Bagh Wednesday.According to Delhi Fire Service (DFS), a call regarding the blaze was received around 11am. Five fire tenders were rushed to the spot.The fire broke out…
New Delhi: A 17-year-old boy, who had reportedly left home after writing a suicide note, was traced and reunited with his family at Punjabi Bagh West metro station Tuesday night.Around 10 pm, CISF Metro Control received information from the Cyber Cell of Delhi Police regarding the teenager suspected to be present at Punjabi Bagh metro…
