New Delhi: Delhi recorded the highest level of jail overcrowding in the country, according to the Prison Statistics 2024 report released by National Crime Records Bureau. The city’s prisons housed 19,512 inmates against a sanctioned capacity of 10,026, resulting in an occupancy rate of 194.6%, followed by Meghalaya (163.5%), Jammu & Kashmir (148.3%) and Madhya…
Manjari Chaturvedi conceptualised the Patiala Gharana event of the Royal Darbar series featuring Ustad Jawaad Ali Khan A sudden downpour altered the script for a royal darbar at Bikaner House recently. As guests rushed indoors, the ballroom transformed into an unexpectedly intimate mehfil, where the sound of raindrops blended with classical notes. “As destiny had…
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday ordered the framing of charges against MLA Amanatullah Khan under sections 323, 341 and 506 of the IPC in a criminal case involving allegations of voluntarily causing hurt, wrongful restraint and criminal intimidation.The court also dismissed an application moved on behalf of Khan seeking “appropriate directions for fair…
New Delhi: Delhi recorded the highest number of road accidents among 53 cities in the country for the third consecutive year in 2024, states National Crime Records Bureau’s data released on Wednesday.The figures mentioned in ‘Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India 2024’ reveal a grim and persistent trend on the city’s roads, with 5,573 road…
New Delhi: Among the 19 metropolitan cities, Delhi recorded the highest number of convictions in IPC/BNS cases during 2024, with 38,661 people convicted. The city also registered the second-highest number of acquittals at 11,989 after Ahmedabad’s 15,461.The data also showed that Delhi recorded the highest number of disposed cases among metropolitan cities, with 2,76,474 cases…
New Delhi: A man has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting his 13-year-old stepdaughter in outer Delhi, police said on Thursday, adding that the girl is five months pregnant.According to police, a PCR call was received at the local police station on Wednesday about a minor girl being pregnant and blaming her stepfather for the…
Customs officers at Delhi’s IGI Airport intercepted three passengers arriving from Bangkok (File Photo) NEW DELHI: Customs officials at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport have seized over 24 kg of suspected marijuana valued at more than ₹24 crore in three separate cases involving passengers arriving from Bangkok, officials said on Thursday. In the biggest…
NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency has opened a small correction window that would allow students to change in their CUET-UG 2026 examination state, date and shift after widespread complaints that they were allotted centres hundreds of kilometres away from their preferred cities.In a notice on Tuesday, the agency said candidates can opt for a…
“I want the guilty to be punished. I am a mother, I do not want them to be hanged. I want life imprisonment for them,” Hasirani Rath said while speaking to reporters. NEW DELHI: Hasirani Rath, mother of Chandranath Rath, personal assistant of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, on Thursday demanded life imprisonment for those behind…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has observed that weekly markets operating in various parts of the city should be well regulated and cannot become a “security nightmare”.It has sought the stand of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on a plea by a resident of Uttam Nagar in west Delhi seeking closure of one such market…
