The operation at Jantar Mantar on Saturday marked the first significant move under Kumar, a 1994-batch AGMUT cadre IPS officer who assumed office on Friday. NEW DELHI: Just a day after taking charge as Delhi Police commissioner, Anurag Kumar oversaw his first major operation as activist Sonam Wangchuk was shifted to Safdarjung Hospital after his…
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke broke down in tears at the Jantar Mantar protest site following Wangchuk’s removal by the Delhi Police. (Photo credit: Tarun Rawat/TNN) NEW DELHI: Hours after climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was shifted to Safdarjung Hospital by Delhi Police on the 21st day of his indefinite hunger strike on Saturday morning, the agitation…
Dipke is seen requesting the doctors not to “get into political things”, saying he understood there may be pressure on them but asking them not to become part of a political issue. NEW DELHI: A video shared by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Saturday showed activist Sonam Wangchuk opposing efforts to shift him to…
Activist Sonam Wangchuk was moved to a hospital after his health declined. NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Saturday shifted activist Sonam Wangchuk to a hospital after his health deteriorated during his indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. Police said no one was detained and no lathi charge was carried out.“As per orders…
New Delhi: A 25-year-old tempo driver, whose father and brother are lodged in Rohini Jail in connection with a murder case, blew the lid off the massive extortion racket allegedly flourishing inside Delhi’s prisons. It was his complaint to the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) that triggered an investigation, which uncovered the network.According to sources, the complainant’s…
Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was removed from Jantar Mantar by Delhi Police early on Saturday and shifted to a hospital NEW DELHI: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was removed from Jantar Mantar by Delhi Police early on Saturday and shifted to VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital after his hunger strike against alleged irregularities in the NEET examination…
Anurag Kumar (L), Satish Golchha (R) NEW DELHI: In a move that left power corridors both surprised and intrigued, Anurag Kumar, an intelligence veteran and 1994-batch IPS officer, was appointed Delhi Police commissioner Friday, replacing Satish Golchha.Kumar, who was posted as special director in the Intelligence Bureau, served in Delhi Police till the rank of…
New Delhi: A Delhi Police investigation has uncovered a well-organised extortion racket thriving in Tihar, Rohini and Mandoli jails.Several prison staffers intimidate and extort new inmates by threatening to transfer them to barracks where violence among occupants is rampant or to wards where they will be assigned labour-intensive duties, unless their families pay up, according…
New Delhi: To commemorate the centenary of the martyrdom of Sardar Teja Singh Samundri, lieutenant governor TS Sandhu, his grandson, organised a special Shabad Kirtan at Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib in the city Friday. Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) also held a commemorative function at Teja Singh Samundri Hall in Amritsar.The programme in Delhi was…
New Delhi: City saw the highest minimum temperature in four years, even as the weather department had issued a yellow alert for hot and humid conditions.According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the heat index was 50.4 degree Celsius with actual temperature 38.4 degree Celsius at 2.30pm.On Friday, the minimum temperature was recorded at 31…
