New Delhi: Two branch managers of a private bank are under the scanner for allegedly facilitating a mule-account racket that channelled cybercrime proceeds worth Rs 7.3 crore.Six people, including Shobhit Aggarwal, branch manager of the bank’s Saraswati Vihar branch, have been arrested, while Sushant Kumar, branch manager of the Tri Nagar branch, is absconding. Police…
New Delhi: Central govt will now deal with issues related to Delhi’s O-Zone, which is the protected Yamuna floodplain area. The Union housing and urban affairs ministry will coordinate with agencies on demarcation, land ownership and the status of settlements in the floodplain area.In a letter to South Delhi MP Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, Union minister…
New Delhi: Preventive/prohibitory orders are losing their teeth due to frequent violations with “little or no consequences”, a court has pointed out, citing the recent protests and drawing parallels with the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.“The recent events in Delhi have again brought this problem to the forefront. They force us to ask a simple question:…
New Delhi: Crossing the busy Vikas Marg junction on foot could get easier with Public Works Department (PWD) seeking architectural and engineering consultancy services to design a 500-metre skywalk near Nirman Vihar Metro Station. The proposed facility aims to streamline pedestrian movement across four directions, including Laxmi Nagar, Shakarpur, Preet Vihar and V3S Mall-Laxmi Nagar…
New Delhi: Two men were caught red-handed tampering with an ATM to fraudulently withdraw cash Friday. Police seized 16 iron strips, 10 debit cards, three mobile phones, Rs 1,900 cash and a car from them in southwest Delhi’s Bindapur.DCP (Dwarka) Kushal Pal Singh said, “The accused, Samim (30) and Munfed (33), both residents of Haryana’s…
New Delhi: Delhi Police has arrested a husband and wife for allegedly murdering a man following a dispute over ancestral property in southeast Delhi’s Jasola village.The victim, Sanjay Verma, was injured during a quarrel on Oct 21 and was taken to Apollo Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead. His wife, Soni alias Nargis, and…
New Delhi: Delhi’s excise department issued a public notice Friday mandating that banquet halls and farmhouses secure a separate liquor permit (P-10) for every function serving alcohol ahead of the upcoming wedding and festive seasons.“All banquet halls and farmhouses hosting weddings, parties or other social functions in Delhi must obtain a separate P-10 permit for…
New Delhi: Hundreds of protesters, including students, farmers and civil society organisations, gathered in central Delhi Friday to demand the resignation of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the scrapping of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Over 100 of them were later detained by police.Carrying the national flag and raising slogans against the…
New Delhi: The number of people caught for trespassing on railway tracks has more than doubled compared to last year.As per Railway Protection Force (RPF) data, till Sept 10 this year, 6,379 were caught trespassing, up from 3,147 during the corresponding period in 2025. The fines collected also rose sharply, from about Rs 14 lakh…
New Delhi: AAP Friday alleged corruption in printing textbooks that are given for free to Delhi govt school students, alleging that “BJP govt has pocketed 40% commission.”Delhi BJP dismissed the charge as “baseless”. “AAP’s govt in Punjab is disintegrating, that is why AAP is leveling allegations against BJP govt in Delhi to offset its own…
