New Delhi: Four days after a 69-year-old woman was murdered during a robbery at her home in southeast Delhi’s Jangpura, police arrested the 24-year-old alleged accused from Cooch Behar in West Bengal. He is being brought to Delhi on transit remand.Ashrif, a history-sheeter previously involved in six criminal cases and a resident of Sarai Kale…
New Delhi: More than 72 hours after a boy fell into an open drain in south Delhi’s Jasola village, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Tuesday managed to fish out his body from a stretch of Agra Canal, 500 metres from the spot where he had presumably drowned.The dramatic yet frustrating search operation, carried out by…
New Delhi: The investigation into a recent drug trafficking racket busted by the crime branch has revealed a barter system where opium was being trafficked to Canada and weapons were being procured in return.The nexus was headed by designated Khalistani terrorist Arshdeep Singh Gill alias Arsh Dala, the successor to slain terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.Confirming…
New Delhi: Delhi Police’s crime branch has arrested two alleged arms suppliers linked to the Bambiha gang and Kapil Sangwan alias Nandu gang, including a man accused of supplying the pistol used by Shahrukh Pathan during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.Special commissioner of police (Crime) HGS Dhaliwal said 40-year-old Waseem alias Hazi Waseem was arrested…
New Delhi: The protest by foreign medical graduates (FMGs) over Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) held this June entered its sixth day Tuesday, with candidates continuing their agitation in Delhi over their demand for relief to examinees, even as an expert committee set up by National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has recommended…
New Delhi: For decades, photos of half-submerged buses stranded in the flooded Minto Bridge underpass have been representative of Delhi’s monsoon woes.This monsoon, several roads around Connaught Place and parts of Lutyens’ Delhi appeared to be heading towards a similar infamy, with key stretches remaining waterlogged for hours following showers.Feroz Shah Road, Baba Kharak Singh…
New Delhi: Senior BJP functionary and former minister of state Vijay Goel Tuesday alleged that Municipal Corporation of Delhi and govt officials ignored requests from MPs, MLAs, and corporators for lifting garbage and other waste from their constituencies.In a post on social media platform X, Goel said, “What an irony that MCD and govt officers…
New Delhi: Zamir Khan (31), a resident of Thoubal district in Manipur, would make multiple trips from the northeastern state to Delhi and target motorcycles and scooters parked in different parts of the city. Once the two-wheelers were stolen, his accomplice allegedly arranged for them to be moved to Manipur and other states.The trail began…
New Delhi: “Wow, so this is Qutub Minar!” For a visitor with visual impairment, recognising one of Delhi’s most familiar monuments did not require seeing it. Running their hands over its form, feeling its tapering structure and architectural details was enough to turn something encountered in textbooks into something they could visualise.That experience lies at…
New Delhi: Motorists may soon be able to approach local sub-divisional magistrates (SDMs), tehsildars and other gazetted officers to get pending traffic challans disposed of, with Delhi govt planning to empower nearly 700 officials across departments to help clear a backlog of more than four crore challans.The move is aimed at giving people more options…
