New Delhi: It is the duty of a doctor to verify every claim by a patient, Delhi High Court has said, refusing to stay criminal proceedings against a medical practitioner for illegally terminating a 16-year-old girl’s six-week pregnancy and failing to report the matter to the authorities.While the doctor claimed that the minor’s age at…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court Thursday dismissed Olympian wrestler Sushil Kumar’s bail plea in the Sagar Dhankar murder case of 2021.Justice Purushaindra K Kaurav found no merit in the bail plea and dismissed the same. However, the detailed order is awaited.Kumar had approached HC and cited changed circumstances to seek bail. His counsel had highlighted…
New Delhi: Delhi govt‘s Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) project, aimed at overhauling and digitising its financial processes, has failed to attract any bidders despite receiving approval more than seven months ago.The proposal for the IFMS project was approved by Delhi govt in Dec last year, following which the finance department floated the request for…
New Delhi: After the defence counsel arrived late during the hearing in the NEET-UG paper leak case, a fast-track court Thursday remarked, “Understand my anxiety please. Every minute here is important.”CBI was arguing on the bail plea filed by Mangilal and Vikas Biwal, when special judge Ajay Gupta noted the absence of the defence counsel…
New Delhi: The slogans rang out once again across Delhi University’s Arts Faculty Thursday as students returned to the streets, insisting that the movement ignited at Jantar Mantar was far from over.Leading the mobilisation, All India Students’ Association (AISA) organised a ‘victory gathering’ that kept the spotlight on unemployment, fee hikes and what it described…
New Delhi: Delhi University has formally initiated the process for the 2026-27 Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections by constituting the election panel and appointing key officials to oversee the conduct of the polls.According to a notification issued by the university, vice-chancellor Yogesh Singh, in his capacity as patron of DUSU under Chapter IV, Clause…
New Delhi: A fresh spell of rain Thursday morning left several roads waterlogged and triggering widespread traffic congestion across the city during the office rush hour.Waterlogging was reported from several locations, with visuals showing inundated stretches near Red Fort, Dwarka, Sadar Bazar and Sangam Vihar. In northeast Delhi’s Shastri Park, rainwater entered a few shops,…
New Delhi: Delhi Police has set up four sub-control rooms at strategic locations along kanwar yatra route in northeast Delhi to monitor the movement of pilgrims and manage traffic.Twelve to 13 cops have been deployed round the clock at each of the facilities at Y-Point, Dharampura, Maujpur Chowk, Khajuri Khas Chowk and near Gokalpuri T-Point….
New Delhi: Three schoolchildren fell into an overflowing drain amid severe waterlogging in north Delhi’s Jagatpur on Thursday. They were immediately rescued by locals.CCTV footage of the incident, which shows the children in school uniform, later surfaced on social media.The 41-second clip, dated Aug 6 and timestamped around 12.47 pm, shows a road completely submerged…
New Delhi: Ending a nearly three-decade game of hide-and-seek, the Delhi Police crime branch has captured Rajinder Bairagi, a fugitive wanted for the 1998 murder of Haryana Police personnel Jai Bhagwan. Police also claimed to have cracked two attempted murder cases that had remained unsolved since 1997.A former kabaddi player-turned-criminal, Bairagi’s journey into crime began…
