Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut labeled Union minister Amit Shah and PM Narendra Modi as ‘Goonga Gudda’ regarding their silence on July 20 Jantar Mantar protest NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday took a jibe at Union home minister Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling them “Goonga Gudda…
New Delhi: Election Commission (EC) has extended the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Delhi by over a week, pushing back schedule of every revision activity, including the publication of the draft electoral roll and the final electoral roll.According to a communication issued by EC to the chief electoral officer (CEO) of…
New Delhi: A foreigner sustained serious injuries after allegedly jumping from the fourth floor of a building while trying to evade officials during a raid by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in south Delhi’s Mehrauli area Monday evening.Police said the incident took place around 6pm during an NCB operation at the premises. The woman, whose identity…
New Delhi: Armed with over 2.3 lakh public petitions demanding withdrawal of the E20 policy, AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday attempted to march to the PM’s residence along with about 100 others, including several party functionaries. The march was stopped by Delhi Police, following which Kejriwal and other AAP functionaries staged a dharna on…
New Delhi: BJP Tuesday dismissed AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal’s protest against E20 petrol as “characteristic drama” involving baseless allegations, insisting that there was no official and authentic study by any established company or laboratory to back the charge that the fuel damaged vehicles.“He is again trying to mislead people in his usual dramatic style…
An Air India flight from Phuket experienced severe turbulence, causing injuries. NEW DELHI: Thirteen holidayers returning from Phuket and four crew members on the Delhi-bound Air India flight were hospitalised Monday after the plane encountered severe turbulence.The Airbus A320 (VT-EXO) with 145 people suddenly dropped 300 feet, tossing passengers off their seats and sending them…
New Delhi: Delhi Police is learnt to be probing the role of several YouTubers and social media influencers for allegedly spreading misinformation during the July 20 Sansad Chalo march, which later turned violent.Cops suspect the involvement of more than 200 social media influencers and YouTubers. According to police, every time officers tried engaging with the…
Anti-drug push gathers pace amid rising concern over youngsters’ experimentation with tobacco, alcohol, inhalants and drugsNew Delhi: The warning signs have been visible for some time. School counsellors speak of children as young as those in Class VI struggling with substance abuse, teachers recount instances of students experimenting with tobacco, alcohol, inhalants and drugs, and…
The action comes a day after the issue was flagged to the chief minister. NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday said the licence of a vendor operating a medical store at a government hospital in Dwarka has been cancelled after staff allegedly refused to provide medicines to patients and attendants.The action came…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has expressed concern over the “uninhabitable” condition of thousands of flats constructed in the capital under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) incurring an expenditure of Rs 2,000 crore.A bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia observed that although JNNURM was a scheme to alleviate…
