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81-year-old ex-IAF sergeant, wife and son arrested in building collapse probe over property ownership NEW DELHI: An 81-year-old retired Indian Air Force sergeant, a family-run paying guest accommodation and a string of properties in Gurgaon have emerged as key elements in the investigation into the Satya Niketan building collapse that killed seven people.Delhi police are…

The arrested individuals were later made to publicly apologize for their actions NEW DELHI: A crowded procession in Marhera, Etah, took an ugly turn on Aug 30 when an elderly Muslim man’s skullcap was snatched from his head and thrown down.Two days later, six men identified from video footage of the incident were arrested by…

The Cockroach Janta Party has presented seven demands following a building collapse NEW DELHI: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has put forward a seven-point list of demands following the Satya Niketan building collapse.The party has called for an independent probe into the wider nexus behind illegal constructions, structural audits of student accommodations and accountability of…

A Manipuri musician died after being assaulted by delivery workers and dhaba staff NEW DELHI: A 54-year-old Manipuri musician died after he was allegedly assaulted by a group of delivery workers and dhaba staff outside his apartment in Kilokari village in southeast Delhi in the early hours of Monday, after he objected to their shouting…

A DDA park in Delhi has been submerged by rainwater for three months NEW DELHI: A DDA park in Kailash Vihar near Rohini Sector-21 has been under stagnant rain water for three months. With walking tracks and benches submerged, locals have found an unusual pastime — fishing.Overflowing drains have brought small fish into the park,…

A building collapse in Delhi’s Satya Niketan killed seven people on Sunday NEW DELHI: A strange sound, resembling water rushing rapidly through a tap, prompted 19-year-old Nitesh Chib and his friend to rush towards the staircase moments before the building in Delhi’s Satya Niketan, where they lived, collapsed, killing seven people.Chib, a second-year http://B.Com student…

Delhi Police apprehended the owner, his wife, and their son NEW DELHI: Delhi Police have arrested the alleged owner of the building that collapsed in Satya Niketan, along with his wife and son, in connection with the incident that left seven people dead.Police identified the three as Hariram Gupta, his wife Urmila and their son…

Curated for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the exhibition brings together images from the 1930s, 1940s and early 2010s “Le gayi dil gudiya Jaapaan ki, pagal kar diya mujhe… Jaapaan, love in Tokyo,” sang Koji Sato, Director General, The Japan Foundation, after charming the gathering with his Hindi at the preview of Tokyo…

Family members mourn the death of Arpit, who succumbed to his injuries following the Satya Niketan building collapse (Photo credit: IANS) NEW DELHI: For 19-year-old Delhi University student Arpit, plans for a college day and a concert with a close friend have been cut short after he became one of seven people killed in a…

The announcement by the Rekha Gupta govt followed the collapse of a building being used as a PG accommodation in Satya Niketan. NEW DELHI: The Delhi government’s move to formulate a fresh safety policy for paying-guest (PG) accommodation may have followed the Satya Niketan building collapse, but efforts to bring such establishments under a regulatory…