Around 2.5 lakh mobile phones in Delhi were reported to be snatched, stolen or lost in 2025 (AI Image) NEW DELHI: When smartphones are snatched or stolen in crowded streets, the snatchers aren’t the ones getting rich. They are the lowest link in what is a remarkably efficient shadow economy.What begins as a quick grab…
A bottle of beer was reportedly seen inside the Mercedes following the accident. NEW DELHI: A road accident involving a Mercedes car and another four-wheeler was reported in the Narela area of Delhi on Saturday morning.According to preliminary information, the two vehicles were involved in a collision.A bottle of beer was reportedly seen inside the…
Waterlogging is particularly harmful in Delhi because a few vulnerable spots can disrupt movement across large areas of the capital. NEW DELHI: Delhi has seen a very rainy start to August, with Safdarjung recording 127mm of rain in the first seven days—making it the wettest first week of August in at least 16 years. Delhi…
Delhi Police arrested a man on August 5 for allegedly stabbing his wife and daughter (Image used for representational purpose only). NEW DELHI: A man accused of stabbing his wife and 15-year-old daughter following a domestic dispute was arrested by Delhi Police on August 5, nearly four days after the alleged attack in the Mansarovar…
Senior advocate N Hariharan said there are SC rulings mandating the hospitals to treat injured persons yet lapses continue to occur (AI Image) NEW DELHI: Seeking to escape criminal prosecution and compensation liability for turning away a minor girl grievously injured in a brutal sexual assault and who later died, two Ghaziabad hospitals on Friday…
Along with bringing relief, the incessant rain also caused traffic snarls and waterlogging, and uprooted trees. NEW DELHI: Friday was the season’s wettest day in many parts of Delhi, and the fourth straight rainy day, testing the capital’s infrastructure to the maximum.There was familiar traffic chaos as many arterial stretches were flooded, particularly in south…
New Delhi: Women from different parts of Delhi Friday visited Delhi Legislative Assembly and tied rakhis to Chief Minister Rekha Gupta ahead of the festive occasion, expressing their appreciation for the govt’s women-centric initiatives.The women said that Delhi Lakshmi Yojana, providing financial support to eligible women and their families, had given a new meaning to…
New Delhi: Two months after a devastating fire at a bed and breakfast in south Delhi claimed 23 lives, tourism minister Kapil Mishra Friday introduced a Bill in assembly to withdraw a nearly two-decade-old law governing such set-ups in the city as Delhi govt seeks to bring in a more “flexible and facilitative policy”.Delhi Bed…
New Delhi: Delhi govt has proposed reserving 25% of seats for Delhi students in every course offered by private universities under the draft Delhi Private Universities Bill, while also putting in place a stringent regulatory framework to govern them.Approved by the cabinet Friday, it is a legislative proposal to establish a statutory framework allowing the…
New Delhi: No existing house in the O-zone, which is the Yamuna floodplain, will be demolished, Delhi minister Kapil Mishra said in the monsoon session of the assembly Friday, and alleged that AAP was politicising the issue.His remarks came after AAP MLA Sanjeev Jha said homes were being demolished in the O-zone areas. He mentioned…
