New Delhi: A woman and her 13-year-old daughter died after they were allegedly bit by a snake while sleeping in their home in outer Delhi’s Alipur last week.The deceased have been identified as Shafika Pravin, 41, a resident of Triveni Colony in Bakhtawarpur, and her daughter, Aafiya.Information was received at Alipur police station Wednesday from…
New Delhi: For a week, Priyanka Yadav’s family waited outside her hospital room, hoping the 26-year-old would recover from the severe head injuries she suffered in a road accident while returning from a trip to Nainital.The Ghaziabad resident, who worked as an executive in the HR department of a private company in Noida, had been…
New Delhi: Holding that allegations of caste-based harassment cannot be rejected at the threshold over perceived evidentiary gaps, a Delhi court has directed the registration of an FIR on a complaint by a data entry operator alleging workplace discrimination and verbal abuse by colleagues.“A preliminary inquiry is permissible only where the information does not, on…
New Delhi: A study of over 5,000 ATMs across Delhi this year has exposed glaring security lapses, with many kiosks lacking security guards, protective shutters and adequate CCTV coverage.The Delhi Police survey found 2,514 ATMs operating without shutter locks and 2,044 lacking security guards. Further, 767 kiosks did not have CCTV cameras outside their premises,…
New Delhi: A Delhi BJP delegation led by New Delhi MP Bansuri Swaraj met the deputy commissioner of police (New Delhi) Saturday and sought registration of an FIR against Congress’ Rahul Gandhi, independent MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, Samajwadi Party MP Awadhesh Prasad and others, alleging that they had hurt Hindu sentiments during an…
New Delhi: Union housing and urban affairs minister Manohar Lal Saturday inspected Bhalswa landfill to review the progress of legacy waste remediation and directed Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to expedite fresh waste processing to accelerate the site’s cleanup.During the inspection, the civic body informed the minister that 99 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of legacy…
New Delhi: Delhi Police has busted an interstate cocaine trafficking network with the arrest of two Nigerian women at Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station. Around 2.3 kg of cocaine, estimated to be worth over Rs 20 crore in the international market, was seized from their possession, police said Saturday.The accused have been identified as Chikanso James…
New Delhi: A court has granted bail to IPS officer Deepak Gahlawat, nearly a month after his arrest by CBI in a bribery case, observing that no further custodial interrogation was required and his continued incarceration would not advance the investigation.Special judge Sushant Changotra also noted that the investigation had substantially concluded. “As submitted in…
New Delhi: On Saturday, in the blistering afternoon heat at Delhi Gate in central Delhi, motorists expecting a routine traffic check instead found themselves in an open-air classroom. Along with reaching for challan books, traffic police officers asked them to picture the people waiting for them at home. The question was: “Is saving a few…
New Delhi: Days after the protest against the alleged NEET-UG paper leak was withdrawn, academicians, students and legal experts Saturday raised concerns about the alleged police action in several states.During a discussion on ‘The Movement Against Paper Leaks, State Repression and The Way Forward’, a panel comprising SC advocate Colin Gonsalves, journalist and human rights…
