New Delhi: Parts of the city got rain Sunday but hot and humid conditions stayed and added to the discomfort.India Meteorological Department has predicted light to moderate rain over the next seven days and issued a yellow alert for Tuesday as there could be moderate rain.Between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm Sunday, Naraina in south-west…
New Delhi: Three days after a 37-year-old property dealer was shot dead outside his residence in outer Delhi’s Kanjhawala, Delhi Police have arrested two accused linked to Tillu Tajpuria gang following an encounter. The accused were in touch with a US-based Tillu gang handler through encrypted apps cops said.The accused, identified as Vicky alias Rahul…
Academics, intellectuals and civil society members hold an informal conversation with students over tea at the residence of scientist-poet Gauhar Raza and activist Shabnam Hashmi on Sunday afternoon, following recent CJP protests. New Delhi: Hoping to better understand Gen Z, whose distinct vocabulary, modes of expression and political engagement have come under heightened public scrutiny…
New Delhi: Polling for the constitution of 23 Town Vending Committees (TVCs) across 12 MCD zones concluded Sunday. While nearly 90,000 registered street vendors were eligible to vote, a turnout of around 41% was recorded. Counting of votes will begin at 8am on Aug 4.The elections, conducted under Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation…
New Delhi: Two women and a three-year-old girl had a narrow escape after a fire broke out at their residential building in west Delhi’s Rajouri Garden Sunday.The trio used sarees as a makeshift rope to climb down from the second-floor balcony to the first floor. The three-year-old girl, her paternal grandmother (60), and her mother…
NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) spokesperson Vaishnavi Gaur on Sunday hit back at RTI activist Amit Tiwari after he sought an investigation into the finances of CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke’s father over his children’s education expenses in the United States.Responding to Tiwari’s allegations, Gaur posted on X, writing, “Ek private individual ke education expenses…
NEW DELHI: Purnia MP Pappu Yadav on Sunday alleged that there was a plot to kill him after a clash broke out at his Delhi residence during a press conference, claiming, “Some ‘baba’ was saying, ‘Burn him alive,’ while others were saying, ‘Kill him.‘ If people hadn’t been here, I would have been finished.”Yadav claimed…
NEW DELHI: A clash broke out at the residence of Independent MP from Purnea, Pappu Yadav, in Delhi on Sunday while he was addressing a press conference.According to news agency ANI, a man allegedly carrying a knife created a commotion during the event. The MP’s supporters intervened and overpowered him before the situation could escalate.Pappu…
Priyanka Yadav’s (L) family donated her organs, giving others a second chance. Sagar’s (R) family also chose donation, reflecting his helpful nature NEW DELHI: For a week, Priyanka Yadav’s family waited outside her hospital room, hoping the 26-year-old would recover from the severe head injuries she suffered in a road accident while returning from a…
New Delhi: Holding that allegations of caste-based harassment cannot be rejected at the threshold over perceived evidentiary gaps, a Delhi court has directed the registration of an FIR on a complaint by a data entry operator alleging workplace discrimination and verbal abuse by colleagues.“A preliminary inquiry is permissible only where the information does not, on…
