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NEW DELHI: Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the online movement Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), on Saturday criticised the government for allegedly focusing on the organisation’s social media activity instead of addressing its demands, including the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged irregularities in examinations and recruitment tests. Dipke addressed a gathering at Jantar Mantar…

NEW DELHI: Six people were detained by the Delhi Police on Saturday to avert a possible clash between two groups during a protest organised by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) at Jantar Mantar, officials said.The detentions were carried out as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order after police received intelligence inputs about possible…

Father, minor son found dead at Jyoti Nagar house in Delhi (Image used for representational purpose only) NEW DELHI: Police recovered the bodies of a 54-year-old man and his 13-year-old son from a house in northeast Delhi’s Jyoti Nagar area on Saturday, officials said.The man, identified as Praveen Sharma (54), was found hanging inside a…

Delhi Police has arrested a cook working at a south Delhi hotel where a devastating fire killed 21 people earlier this week, with investigators alleging that his negligence may have played a role in triggering the blaze, officials said on Saturday. NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has arrested a cook working at a south Delhi hotel…

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has granted permission for a protest at Jantar Mantar on Saturday by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), an online youth movement campaigning against alleged irregularities in competitive and school examinations.Police officials met him at the airport upon his arrival. Following this, the Cockroach Janata Party asked protesters to reach Jantar Mantar…

Bashir Badr in his Bhopal home, where he spent his last decades. NEW DELHI: In 2008, during Hajj, Bashir Badr slipped away into the crowd while his wife, Rahat Badr, searched frantically until a Pakistani admirer recognised the celebrated poet and led him back to their Indian camp. Years later, the family recalled it as…

Cockroach Janta Party spokespersons Saurav Das, Vijeta Dahiya, and Ashutosh Ranka during a press briefing at the Constitution Club of India, New Delhi NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Friday said that it had not received any request from the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) seeking permission to hold a protest at Jantar Mantar on Saturday.“If any…

Cops probe owner for int’l human trafficking NEW DELHI: Delhi Police is now investigating Lovkesh Bajaj, whose B&B went up in flames and led to 21 deaths in Hauz Rani, for his suspected involvement in an international human trafficking racket. He likely used medical tourism as a front to smuggle foreign nationals into India illegally,…

New Delhi: Two firefighters suffered injuries while battling a blaze that broke out in a battery room at a Tata Communications office building in South Delhi’s Greater Kailash-I early Friday morning.Delhi Fire Services received a call regarding the fire at 2.47 am, and 11 fire tenders were deployed. During the firefighting efforts, two personnel sustained…

NEW DELHI: Investigators probing the murder of Debosmita Paul, an assistant professor at a Delhi University college, are trying to trace two persons seen in her housing complex with their faces covered.The duo, a man and a woman, were seen walking one behind the other and exiting the premises in east Delhi’s Vasundhara Enclave separately,…