Boat Club lawns were Delhi’s primary protest venue until the early 1990s. By: Shivani KashyapAfter central Delhi was stalled for close to a week during the CJP agitation over alleged NEETirregularities in July, Jantar Mantar came into focus for a different reason when Delhi HighCourt, responding to a plea, wondered if the site in the…
A purported post-flight maintenance report for Air India flight AI2379 has revealed a series of technical warnings New Delhi: A purported post-flight maintenance report has brought a new layer to the investigation into the Air India Phuket-Delhi flight that suddenly lost around 300 feet of altitude over Odisha on August 4, with the document listing…
Saurav Das alleged police visited his family home for questioning NEW DELHI: A political controversy erupted in Puducherry after Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) co-convenor Saurav Das alleged that police visited his family’s residence and questioned his relatives, accusing the BJP-backed Puducherry government of intimidating his family at the “behest of the Union government”.Puducherry Police, however,…
The Cockroach Janta Party alleged political pressure caused a banquet hall to cancel their meeting NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Wednesday alleged that a banquet hall in Naraina cancelled its booking for a meeting of volunteers due to alleged “political pressure”, forcing the group to hold the meeting at a nearby park, where it…
Manju colluded with her 20-year-old lover, Chaman, to carry out the killing. NEW DELHI: At 5am on Aug 10, the alleyways of Ratiya Marg in south Delhi awoke to a robbery and brutal murder. Inside a ransacked house, 55-year-old Munna Lal, a small-time builder, lay in a pool of blood. Drawers were open and clothes…
New Delhi: Delhi Police detained a 51-year-old drug trafficker, identified as Dharamveer Singh, under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PITNDPS) Act. The crime branch recently prepared a proposal for his preventive detention and forwarded it to PITNDPS division of ministry of finance.Special CP (crime) HGS Dhaliwal said that considering…
New Delhi: Barapullah Phase III missed yet another promised opening date last month – its ninth deadline in nine years — but the elevated corridor and Yamuna bridge, delayed nearly a decade, is now entering what could be its final round of checks before being thrown open to traffic.Public Works Department (PWD) has ordered load…
New Delhi: Forget double-chocolate or vanilla crunch. The hottest treat rolling through some localities in central Delhi didn’t come with sprinkles; it came with a high.Under the guise of a humble ice cream vendor, 53-year-old Manoj Kumar Rai, a resident of Ghanta Ghar, allegedly peddled a strain of refreshment near Ramlila Maidan that didn’t just…
New Delhi: As Delhi govt and police prepare to answer Supreme Court’s query on a plea seeking an alternative site to Jantar Mantar for protests and demonstrations in the city, the authorities will be revisiting a tricky subject.Over 15 years ago, govt gave an undertaking before Delhi High Court that it was trying to find…
New Delhi: A passenger travelling from Delhi to Hyderabad was held at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) after CISF personnel found a monkey skull concealed inside his hand baggage during pre-embarkation security screening Monday. The skull has been seized.A CISF official stated that considering the nature of the item and its suspected connection with wildlife,…
