New Delhi: The cousin of the 17-year-old girl, who was murdered in north Delhi’s Burari, had bought a suitcase a day earlier just to stuff her body and dump it. He allegedly took her to his friend’s shop, where he killed her, police said.The friend allegedly helped him get rid of the body, police have…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court Tuesday permitted Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to continue with the admission process for its postgraduate courses, which was earlier halted by a single-judge bench over a challenge to the award of ‘deprivation points’ to certain candidates.Deprivation points are awarded to candidates belonging to certain geographical locations considered disadvantageous so that…
New Delhi: AAP Tuesday alleged former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain was arrested by ACB “at the behest of BJP” in another “fake case”. BJP dismissed the charges, saying Delhi govt’s Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) had established the money trail of the alleged embezzlement before arresting Jain and others.Jain, who is currently the co-in-charge of AAP in…
New Delhi: Women eligible for the Rs 2,500 monthly financial assistance under govt’s Delhi Lakshmi Yojana will start receiving sanction letters from Aug 26 onwards. The money will be credited directly to their bank accounts from Sept 1, chief minister Rekha Gupta said Tuesday after a meeting in the Delhi secretariat.On Aug 1, govt started…
New Delhi: A Delhi court Tuesday granted four weeks’ interim bail on medical grounds to Dr Vatsala Aggarwal, former Director General of Health Services (DGHS), who was arrested in an alleged Rs 700-crore medical procurement scam.On Monday, the Rouse Avenue court had rejected the regular bail plea of Dr Vinod Kumar Ranga, an ex-Central Procurement…
New Delhi: National Green Tribunal has directed Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to submit a further progress report on its ongoing study into exposure to potentially cancer-causing flame-retardant chemicals inside cars. The research is now expected to be completed by May 2027.The direction was issued by NGT’s principal bench on Aug 13 in a…
Former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain was arrested in a corruption case. NEW DELHI: Former Delhi minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Satyendar Jain was among six people arrested by the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) on Tuesday in connection with an alleged corruption case involving the tendering process for sewage treatment plant projects of the Delhi Jal…
New Delhi: A 70-year-old singer was found dead inside his locked house in southeast Delhi’s Govindpuri Extension, nearly three days after he was last contacted, police said.The deceased, identified as Rabi Dey, originally from Kolkata, was residing alone for the past three years. Police said they received a PCR call around 11 pm on Aug…
The BWF World Championships, New Delhi 2026 will be held from August 17 to 23 With 30 days to go for the BWF World Championships, New Delhi 2026, Union Sports Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya and Badminton Association of India president Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma unveiled the tournament’s official mascot, Peacko, and championship anthem on Saturday.Inspired…
Judge said the officers’ duty was to search for the minor’s father. (Representative Image) NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has dismissed a plea filed by four Gujarat Police officers accused of taking a minor boy from Delhi to Ahmedabad while searching for his father, observing that the policemen acted like “colonial overlords” and used the…
