New Delhi: For 86-year-old Shyamji Slawan, Partition is not merely a chapter in history. It still haunts him as a vivid nightmare that he, as an eight-year-old child, endured on a train his family took from Lahore to Jalandhar.Shyamji can still feel the panic in the air, hear the screams of people being hunted down…
New Delhi: A 12-year-old girl died after a DTC bus hit her in east Delhi’s New Ashok Nagar on Friday. Police have apprehended the bus driver.The accident triggered commotion at the spot for a brief while when residents and commuters allegedly vandalised the bus. Visuals of the spot showed the windscreen was damaged.The girl, Kayna…
New Delhi: On the eve of Independence Day, 21 CBI and 17 Delhi Police officers were awarded police medals for distinguished and meritorious service.President’s Medal for Distinguished Service (PSM) is awarded for a special distinguished record in service and Medal for Meritorious Service (MSM) is awarded for valuable service characterised by resource and devotion to…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has upheld the conviction of a man accused of sodomising an 11-year-old homeless boy, asserting that a child surviving on the street cannot be expected to give precise details about date, time or clothing with the same accuracy as a witness living in a settled environment.Dismissing the appeal of the…
New Delhi: Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has secured the extradition of fugitive drug kingpin Virender Singh Basoya from UAE under Operation Global Hunt, marking a major victory in India’s crackdown on transnational drug cartels. Detained in June via an Interpol Red Notice, Basoya was linked to Delhi’s biggest cocaine seizure of Rs 13,000 crore, besides…
New Delhi: The overarching vision of Master Plan of Delhi 2047 (MPD 2047), passed by Delhi Development Authority (DDA) in its meeting earlier this week, is a push towards vertical growth.Considering there is limited scope for horizontal expansion in the landlocked city, the plan focuses on ways to incorporate vertical expansion across residential, commercial and…
Lucky Rawat reached North Pole aboard the 50 Let Pobedy, the world’s largest, most powerful nuclear-powered icebreaker ship on Aug 4. NEW DELHI: When Lucky Rawat looks out from his Moscow hotel window, the Arctic already feels almost like a dream. Outside are trees, an open stretch of road, a parking lot lined with cars,…
New Delhi: A spell of light rain is likely on Independence Day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoists the national flag at the Red Fort.The India Meteorological Department, which has issued a special forecast for the Red Fort for Independence Day, has predicted light to very light showers Saturday between 4am and 6am, with a…
New Delhi: Delhi govt’s Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) Friday opposed interim bail to former Director General of Health Services (DGHS) Vatsala Aggarwal and co-accused Dr Vinod Kumar Ranga in the alleged Rs 700-crore medical procurement scam, alleging they colluded to concentrate decision-making powers in their hands to favour bidders like alleged mastermind Rajeev Kumar Rangeela, who…
The Supreme Court quashed FIRs against Samay Raina and four other social media personalities (File photo) NEW DELHI: Comedian and YouTuber Samay Raina has received relief from the Supreme Court, which on Friday quashed the FIRs and criminal proceedings against him and four other social media personalities over remarks concerning persons with disabilities.But the case…
