New Delhi: Nine days after violence broke out during the student protests in Delhi on July 20, Vinita, a 25-year-old constable, lies in her bed, recovering from severe head trauma. Stitches line her scalp, where a brick hit her, while she was on crowd-control duty near Janpath Metro station.Posted with the social media cell in…
New Delhi: Delhi Police has written to X seeking the removal of abusive and defamatory content targeting constitutional authorities, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during the recent student protests. It has also sought account details of users, responsible for posting such content.In one of the notices sent to the social media platform, cops listed posts…
New Delhi: A newly designated fast-track court Wednesday granted CBI three more days to file the “documents, witness statements and other material” referred to in its nearly 20,000-page chargesheet against 13 accused in the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case.Special judge Anu Grover Baliga took the chargesheet on record, observing that it was accompanied only by…
New Delhi: The formation of an interstate monitoring committee comprising representatives from Delhi, UP and Haryana to develop an institutional framework for the long-term restoration of Yamuna floodplain has emerged as one of the key recommendations for inclusion in the draft Yamuna rejuvenation plan being prepared by Delhi Development Authority (DDA).The proposal was discussed during…
New Delhi: Every six minutes, one Indian died prematurely because of air pollution from road transport in 2024. Every 34 minutes, a child developed asthma linked to the same pollution. Together, vehicle emissions were responsible for an estimated 90,000 premature deaths in India — second only to China’s 1.7 lakh — and 15,300 new paediatric…
New Delhi: A 60-year-old partially handicapped woman was beaten to death allegedly by her son after she refused to give him money to purchase liquor in south Delhi’s Maidan Garhi on Wednesday. The accused son has been arrested, police said.The deceased woman has been identified as Chinta Devi, a resident of UP Colony in the…
New Delhi: Two school van drivers have been arrested for allegedly molesting a 10-year-old girl repeatedly over three years in north Delhi’s Civil Lines, police said Wednesday. The survivor, a Class VI student, confided in a teacher following a classroom awareness session on ’good touch and bad touch’.According to police, both men were employed as…
New Delhi: A court Wednesday stayed for a day a non-bailable warrant (NBW) issued against SFI joint secretary Aishe Ghosh in connection with a 2021 protest outside Banga Bhawan in the city.While hearing Ghosh’s application seeking cancellation of the NBW, judicial magistrate first class Vijayshree Rathore noted that she “couldn’t appear on the last date…
A handwritten note recovered from the room stated that he could not live without the woman. (AI-generated image) NEW DELHI: A 27-year-old man allegedly died by suicide in a hotel room in Delhi’s Nangloi area after reportedly feeling distressed over his separation from his girlfriend, leaving behind a note apologising to his family and requesting…
New Delhi: Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has asked Punjab and Haryana to procure drones ahead of the winter season to detect stubble burning incidents in real time, complementing the work of ground teams.The move follows a pilot project conducted by CAQM in Patiala district in May, where drone footage was found to be…
