New Delhi: A Delhi BJP delegation led by New Delhi MP Bansuri Swaraj met the deputy commissioner of police (New Delhi) Saturday and sought registration of an FIR against Congress’ Rahul Gandhi, independent MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, Samajwadi Party MP Awadhesh Prasad and others, alleging that they had hurt Hindu sentiments during an…
New Delhi: Union housing and urban affairs minister Manohar Lal Saturday inspected Bhalswa landfill to review the progress of legacy waste remediation and directed Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to expedite fresh waste processing to accelerate the site’s cleanup.During the inspection, the civic body informed the minister that 99 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of legacy…
New Delhi: Delhi Police has busted an interstate cocaine trafficking network with the arrest of two Nigerian women at Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station. Around 2.3 kg of cocaine, estimated to be worth over Rs 20 crore in the international market, was seized from their possession, police said Saturday.The accused have been identified as Chikanso James…
New Delhi: A court has granted bail to IPS officer Deepak Gahlawat, nearly a month after his arrest by CBI in a bribery case, observing that no further custodial interrogation was required and his continued incarceration would not advance the investigation.Special judge Sushant Changotra also noted that the investigation had substantially concluded. “As submitted in…
New Delhi: On Saturday, in the blistering afternoon heat at Delhi Gate in central Delhi, motorists expecting a routine traffic check instead found themselves in an open-air classroom. Along with reaching for challan books, traffic police officers asked them to picture the people waiting for them at home. The question was: “Is saving a few…
New Delhi: Days after the protest against the alleged NEET-UG paper leak was withdrawn, academicians, students and legal experts Saturday raised concerns about the alleged police action in several states.During a discussion on ‘The Movement Against Paper Leaks, State Repression and The Way Forward’, a panel comprising SC advocate Colin Gonsalves, journalist and human rights…
New Delhi: Dermatologists are warning of an emerging side effect linked to the growing use of GLP-1 weight-loss medicines: excessive hair loss.Doctors say they are seeing a growing number of patients complaining of sudden hair fall after rapid weight loss on these medications, with many having started the injections without medical supervision after being influenced…
New Delhi: Parts of the city saw drizzle that led to humid weather. The heat index at 2.30 pm was 46.5 degrees celsius against the actual temperature of 34 degrees celsius. The maximum temperature is likely to hover around 32-34 degrees celsius Sunday.On Saturday, base station Safdarjung recorded 35 degrees celsius, a notch above normal….
The dramaturgical perspective of society suggests that everyone is performing, constantly managing impressions depending on who is watching. If Only, written, directed and produced by Vidushi Mehra, explores this school of thought. Set in Mumbai’s Hindi film industry, it suggests that for those chasing success in showbiz, the performance never really ends. There is no…
Sharmistha Panoli (L) was jailed for remarks, while Ruchika Singh (R) faces a zero FIR for alleged abuse. NEW DELHI: Last year it was Sharmistha Panoli, the law student jailed over a communal post on Operation Sindoor. This year it’s Ruchika Singh, named in a zero FIR for allegedly abusing PM Narendra Modi at a…
