NEW DELHI: Heavy rain lashed parts of Delhi-NCR on Wednesday morning, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting more showers, thunderstorms and gusty winds across the region over the next five days.IMD has issued a Yellow alert for Wednesday and Thursday. During this period, Delhi is expected to witness a generally cloudy sky, intermittent light…
New Delhi: Rain lashed parts of the city around 2pm Tuesday, triggering traffic congestion across several key corridors that continued till the evening rush hour. By 4pm, queues of vehicles started building up, affecting traffic for hours on key stretches, including Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway, Noida Link Road, parts of Ring Road, and key stretches in south…
New Delhi: A key gateway into the capital has turned into a civic nightmare, with overflowing sewage, cratered roads and chronic traffic snarls crippling movement near the Dera Mandi toll plaza on the Delhi-Haryana border. For months, wastewater from a drain has flooded a busy stretch in the area, forcing thousands of commuters to navigate…
New Delhi: A Delhi court recently sentenced a 67-year-old security guard to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl and directed that the survivor be paid Rs 10.5 lakh as compensation.While pronouncing the sentence, the court said the crime had caused deep physical and psychological trauma to the child, warranting stringent punishment…
New Delhi: A Delhi court has pulled up police for allegedly mishandling an investigation into the death of a man in Shahbad Dairy who, before dying, consistently alleged that a person had assaulted him, chased him in a vehicle and deliberately run over him.Despite the victim’s statements, medical evidence and a forensic opinion indicating that…
New Delhi: Police have arrested five people in an extortion case, including the alleged shooter, after he broke into a private builder’s office in central Delhi’s Paharganj area.On June 29, an armed man allegedly entered the office in Arya Nagar, demanded Rs 30 lakh, including an immediate payment of Rs 5 lakh, and threatened that…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court Tuesday refused to grant bail to Athar Khan in the UAPA case pertaining to the alleged “larger conspiracy” behind the Feb 2020 northeast Delhi riots, holding that his role in the violence was prima facie established and that he posed a flight risk.Dismissing Khan’s appeal against a trial court’s Jan…
HIGH COURT IN DELHI. PHOTO BY RAJESH MEHTA. New Delhi: Delhi High Court Tuesday unequivocally told Delhi govt to withdraw its tree felling exemption provision and warned it will bring contempt proceedings if this is not done.“Your intention is to make Delhi a desert…. This notification is atrocious,” Justice Jasmeet Singh told the govt counsel…
New Delhi: Union home minister Amit Shah Tuesday flagged off 300 electric buses and inaugurated three bus depots to support Delhi’s growing e-bus fleet.He also virtually opened 40 automated vehicle testing centres, which will replace manual ones and improve transparency, enhance road safety and ensure compliance with emission and fitness standards. The recently developed Nand…
Rather than asking her family to meet those demands, Akriti believed she could resolve the issue herself. NEW DELHI: Akriti Sutar, a 28-year-old Delhi woman who died less than three months after her wedding, had searched for ‘how to die easily’ on Google before her death, investigators said while probing allegations of dowry harassment. According…
