A fire erupted in a first-floor office on Barakhamba Road this morning (Representative image) NEW DELHI: Panic gripped a commercial building on Delhi’s busy Barakhamba Road on Thursday morning after a fire broke out inside an office.The blaze, which damaged electronic equipment, documents and furniture, was brought under control within minutes, with no injuries or…
Delhi woman found hanging; alleges harassment by in-laws (Picture credits: X) NEW DELHI: Hours before she was found hanging at her matrimonial home in outer Delhi’s Nangloi area, a 24-year-old woman allegedly recorded a video on her mobile phone accusing her in-laws of harassment and speaking about the distress she had been facing, police said…
IMD has warned of heavy to very heavy rainfall along the west coast, Northeast India, and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim over the coming week. NEW DELHI: The southwest monsoon has further advanced into parts of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its latest update. Conditions remain…
After he cleaned the vehicle, police said Singh accepted a ride from Chakkarpur in Gurgaon and dropped the passenger in Nangloi (L); AI image used for representative purpose (R) NEW DELHI: Behind the wheel of a routine commercial cab sat a habitual offender who, after a heinous crime, allegedly operated with the precision of a…
– Delivery person’s morning ride exposes massive water leak near Punjabi Bagh cremation ground New Delhi : For Shambhu Kumar (29), a delivery person who spends most of his day navigating Delhi’s roads delivering online shopping parcels, a routine Monday morning ride turned into an unexpected discovery of a major water wastage issue.Kumar, a resident…
New Delhi: As the city is predicted to witness rain and thunderstorms till the month-end, the heatwave season is likely over. Parts of the city experienced two spells of heatwave conditions this summer, with base station Safdarjung recording two heatwave days. This was the lowest number of heatwave days recorded at the base station in…
New Delhi: Launching a citywide crackdown on coaching institutes, Delhi govt has ordered extensive safety inspections across major coaching hubs and warned of strict action against centres found violating norms.As part of an immediate enforcement drive, Delhi’s minister for education, higher education and technical education, Ashish Sood, directed Delhi Development Authority, MCD, Delhi Fire Service…
New Delhi: Six people were injured after a car rammed into a roadside tree and divider near Malviya Nagar metro station in south Delhi late Tuesday night.The injured people have been identified as Sangam Vihar residents Sonu Kanojiya (21), Anish Kanojiya (26) and Prince Kumar (19), along with Chhavi Chopra (20) from Neb Sarai, Vicky…
New Delhi: “My eldest daughter is only 11, yet every night she stands guard with me. We sleep on the outside, keeping the younger children tightly between us and the wall so no one can take them.”This is the nocturnal strategy of Fatima, a mother living with her children under a flyover. In the aftermath…
New Delhi: A history of multiple criminal cases in Bihar failed to flag a driver who easily secured employment with app-based cab aggregators. Now accused of the rape and murder of a 10-year-old homeless girl, his seamless onboarding highlights a dangerous loophole in the background verification processes used by major ride-hailing aggregator platforms.While drivers themselves…
