(Representative image) Delhi’s gig workers face significant road safety risks daily NEW DELHI: The delivery rider rushing past a red light, the bike weaving between cars, the cab driver stuck in traffic with another trip waiting on the app. For Delhi’s gig workers, the city’s roads are not just the route to work; they are…
A woman was allegedly stabbed to death by her husband inside a north Delhi hotel NEW DELHI: A woman was allegedly stabbed to death by her husband inside a hotel in north Delhi’s Lahori Gate area Thursday. Police suspect the man also attempted suicide after the killing.A preliminary inquiry has revealed that the couple had…
Swatantra Bharadwaj (L) Nishu Aazad (R) NEW DELHI: Activist and self-styled influencer Swatantra Bharadwaj has clarified his earlier claim of attacking the father of CJP activist Nishu Azad during a protest at Jantar Mantar, saying the incident was an act of ‘self-defence.‘“What people are calling an attack was an act of self-defence. If I had…
Delhi Police denied claims of political influence in a Jantar Mantar protest violence case. (Swatantra Bhardwaj (L), Nishu Aazad (M), Sanjay Kumar (R) NEW DELHI: “Feel the power!” influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj posted a photograph flaunting his kada on Instagram, days after allegedly boasting in a podcast about “cracking” the skull of a CJP protester’s father…
Two New Delhi Municipal Council employees died after a speeding SUV hit their motorcycle (Representative image) NEW DELHI: Two New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) employees were killed after a Mahindra Thar hit the motorcycle they were on from behind in Delhi Cantonment Wednesday evening.The driver of the SUV, who is also its owner and was…
Two women YouTubers allege police personnel beat them at Saket police station. NEW DELHI: Two women YouTubers alleged that they were assaulted by Delhi Police personnel after being taken to Saket police station on Thursday, while the police denied the charges, calling them “factually incorrect” and “misleading”.The women alleged that they were detained while covering…
Gloria Steinem’s early year in India profoundly shaped her understanding of feminism and activism. Gloria Steinem was 22. Having graduated from Smith College, she received a Chester Bowles Asian Fellowship that gave her the chance to spend a year in India. Long after, the journalist, activist and feminist said it was in India that she…
New Delhi: A fresh debate on the pedestrianisation of Connaught Place’s Inner Circle has begun after recently-appointed NDMC chairperson Manoj Kumar Dwivedi Thursday took to social media to invite suggestions on restricting vehicular movement in the area and making it more pedestrian-friendly.Dwivedi said every person in NCR would have visited CP at least once, and…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea challenging a notice for removal of jhuggis allegedly constructed on govt land along GT Karnal Road, observing that footpaths are meant for pedestrians and cannot be encroached upon.Justice Jasmeet Singh was hearing a petition filed by Lohar Basti Lal Bagh Azadpur Vikas Samiti against a notice…
New Delhi: The Centre assured Delhi High Court Thursday that it won’t take any coercive action till Sept 16 against the iconic Gymkhana Club in connection with its eviction from the 27.3-acre premises on Safdarjung Road.Govt gave the statement before Justice Avneesh Jhingan during the hearing of petitions by a Delhi Gymkhana Club member and…
