New Delhi: 20-year-old Mohamed Faisal Jama is set to return to normal life after carrying a bullet dangerously close to his spine for nearly six years, thanks to the doctors in the capital who performed the complex five-hour surgery. A teenage Jama was returning from school when he was caught in crossfire at a local…
The road was being cleaned, but traces of the protest lingered. NEW DELHI: The stage where activist Sonam Wangchuk sat on hunger strike was gone. The tents, temporary kitchens and crowds that had occupied the road for weeks had disappeared. Yet Jantar Mantar was far from silent.Two days after the 36-day student agitation came to…
PIL alleging intrusive surveillance of peaceful protesters during the CJP-led agitation at Jantar Mantar had become infructuous NEW DELHI: The central government on Monday informed the Delhi high court that a PIL alleging intrusive surveillance of peaceful protesters during the CJP-led agitation against the NEET paper leak at Jantar Mantar had become infructuous.A bench comprising…
Police said that notices are being issued to social media accounts under the Information Technology (IT Act). NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has started issuing notices to social media accounts directing them to delete “abusive” or “illegal” posts against senior leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during the recent CJP protest at Jantar Mantar, news agency…
A Delhi court granted bail to Keshar Negi (L), a cook arrested in connection with a fatal hotel fire (Representative image) NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday granted bail to a cook arrested in connection with the fire at a hotel in Malviya Nagar that claimed 22 lives last month.Additional sessions Judge Samar Vishal…
The accident site where a 20-year-old student was killed in Delhi’s Vasant Kunj Friday Another young life has been claimed after a vehicle fell into a drain in the national capital, once again laying bare a civic failure that Delhi has seen time and again over the years. Expert warnings, standard engineering guidelines and multiple…
The Cockroach Janta Party voiced concern over recent detentions of protesters (Visuals from West Bengal, Bihar protest) NEW DELHI: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Monday expressed concern over reports that students and other protesters were being detained or arrested in Assam, West Bengal and Bihar despite the Centre’s assurance that no punitive action would…
New Delhi: Delhi, which has recorded a rain deficit of 14% so far this monsoon, is likely to receive moderate showers Tuesday and Wednesday.Some parts of the city received very light rain Sunday.The maximum temperature was 36.6 degrees Celsius, two notches above normal. However, due to high humidity, the heat index or ‘feels-like temperature’ touched…
NEW DELHI: A man who was distributing food to protesters at the Jantar Mantar protest has alleged that he was picked up by police Friday night, questioned, blindfolded and taken to Mussoorie.The protester, Junaid, claimed he was kept blindfolded throughout the night. The next morning, an officer allegedly questioned him about the source of his…
Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds are also expected in several regions. NEW DELHI: Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to continue across several parts of the country on Tuesday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing rain alerts for large parts of northwest, central, east, northeast and peninsular India.Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning…
