In photo: Hariom Sisodiya, Gulaab, Md Ishtiyaq and Pawan Thakur NEW DELHI: It was a normal Sunday afternoon in Satya Niketan market – till the earth suddenly thundered, shook violently and dust overwhelmed the entire neighbourhood. “When the dirt finally settled, we saw that an entire building had turned to rubble,” said Md Ishtiyaq, an…
Noise pollution complaints in Delhi have risen significantly this year. NEW DELHI: Long after midnight, when residential neighbourhoods are expected to fall silent, loudspeakers, DJ systems and other sources of noise continue to keep many Delhi residents awake. An analysis of noise pollution complaints filed this year points to both rising disturbances and a growing…
Chongtham Vikram Singh, a gifted guitarist, died after being beaten outside his home. NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: Chongtham Vikram Singh was a gifted guitarist who had spent years turning music into his language, playing lead guitar for bands in Manipur before moving to Delhi nearly 20 years ago and building a life around his passion. On Sunday…
The rescue and search operation has concluded while a small part of the debris is yet to be cleared. NEW DELHI: Delhi Police Monday arrested Hariram Gupta (81), who was operating the five-storey PG accommodation that collapsed in south Delhi’s Satya Niketan on Sunday, from Bhiwadi in Rajasthan. He is a retired IAF sergeant. Gupta’s…
A Manipur musician died after a dispute over loud noise outside his home NEW DELHI: Close to Sunday midnight, when the cacophony outside a dhaba in front of his home became unbearable, a 55-year-old musician from Manipur went downstairs to ask them to tone down the noise.The argument flared up and he was beaten to…
New Delhi: A Delhi court Monday remanded self-styled Hindutva influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj to 14 days in judicial custody in connection with the alleged attack on a man during a Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest in June.Bhardwaj was produced through video conference, owing to security concerns, in Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Pratap Singh Laler’s after his…
New Delhi: Four days after retired central govt officer Ashish Joshi was detained and questioned for over eight hours in connection with a special cell case over a tweet allegedly related to Election Commission of India, the 60-year-old Monday approached a city court seeking a copy of the FIR. Later in the day, Joshi posted…
New Delhi: A day after the tragedy in Satya Niketan, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Monday launched a crackdown against unsafe structures. It issued show-cause notices to five buildings and a demolition notice to one in south zone. The properties include five in Said-ul-Ajaib and one in Maidangarhi.On Sunday, the civic body served vacation notices…
New Delhi: A van carrying nine schoolchildren overturned at Karkari Mor Flyover in east Delhi’s Gagan Vihar Monday, leaving two children injured.A PCR call regarding the accident was received at Jagatpuri police station around 12:25 pm.The injured children were taken for medical examination at two hospitals. The driver, Harsh, is a resident of Shahdara. An…
New Delhi: Delhi Police solved two unrelated murder cases reported from separate areas in the capital, they said Monday.In the first incident, police from northeast district cracked the murder of 19-year-old factory worker Sahil within four hours of receiving information from JPC Hospital, where he was declared brought dead with stab injuries on Sept 6.Cops…
