New Delhi: Delhi Police has busted a fake call centre syndicate and arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly cheating people by offering fake franchises of a Jan Sahayta Kendra.Police received a complaint from a man alleging he had been duped on the pretext of being provided a franchise and distributor ID for the centre. The…
NEW DELHI: At least seven people have been rescued after a fire broke out at a residential building in Delhi’s New Friends Colony on Sunday afternoon.On fire incident at New Friends colony area, station officer Rajkumar from the Mathura Road Fire Station says, “We received a distress call regarding a fire at approximately 3:40pm and…
Twenty-one lives were tragically lost in a Delhi B&B fire, including twelve foreign nationals. NEW DELHI: Twenty-one people are dead. Thirteen of them were foreign nationals who had come to India seeking medical care, not a grave. And as the smoke clears over the charred shell of Flourish Stay B&B in Hauz Rani, a familiar…
NEW DELHI: Delhi experienced a sudden change in weather, with rain lashing parts of the national capital on Sunday, bringing much-needed relief from the prevailing heat conditions.Visuals from near Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport showed rain lashing several areas around the airpor.The showers led to a noticeable drop in temperature, offering respite to residents who…
NEW DELHI: The crime branch has arrested a woman and booked her under MCOCA for her alleged involvement in laundering the proceeds of an organised criminal syndicate, which was allegedly extorting traffic policemen in the city.Surekha Rani, who was taken on remand for four days and later sent to judicial custody, is the wife of…
NEW DELHI: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Sunday demolished a multi-storey building in the Khanpur area as part of its ongoing drive against unauthorised constructions across the capital following a hotel fire that claimed 21 lives.The action comes in line with chief minister Rekha Gupta’s zero-tolerance policy towards illegal constructions and unauthorised activities.The…
Keshav Negi, cook of the hotel where the fire broke out. NEW DELHI: The Delhi police brought the arrested hotel cook Keshav Negi to the the Malviya Nagar fire incident site on Sunday as part of the ongoing investigation.Negi was employed at Flourish Stays B&B, where a deadly fire broke out on June 3, killing…
NEW DELHI: The Lawrence Bishnoi gang has claimed responsibility for two recent shooting incidents targeting Indian nationals residing in Portugal. In a social media post that has rapidly gone viral, an operative identifying himself as Rahul RK Meena, a member of the notorious Sunil Meena Gang, explicitly took credit for the targeted attacks on behalf…
Police investigating the murder of a Delhi University assistant professor, Dr Debosmita Paul, suspect a property dispute may have been the motive behind the killing. NEW DELHI: Police investigating the murder of a Delhi University assistant professor, Dr Debosmita Paul, suspect a property dispute may have been the motive behind the killing.According to investigators, the…
Delhi University assistant professor, Debosmita Paul. NEW DELHI: Police have arrested a man and his wife in connection with the murder of a Delhi University assistant professor, Dr Debosmita Paul in New Ashok Nagar. The couple was known to the victim, and the motive appears to be a property dispute.At the time of the incident,…
