Sources added that those living on the streets will also be informed about govt facilities where they can access food and shelter; Representative Image(R) NEW DELHI: After a cab driver allegedly raped and killed a 10-year-old girl in south Delhi’s Mehrauli area, police plan to reach out to district magistrates, Delhi govt and cab aggregators…
A fire erupted in a first-floor office on Barakhamba Road this morning (Representative image) NEW DELHI: Panic gripped a commercial building on Delhi’s busy Barakhamba Road on Thursday morning after a fire broke out inside an office.The blaze, which damaged electronic equipment, documents and furniture, was brought under control within minutes, with no injuries or…
IMD has warned of heavy to very heavy rainfall along the west coast, Northeast India, and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim over the coming week. NEW DELHI: The southwest monsoon has further advanced into parts of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its latest update.Conditions remain favourable…
Delhi woman found hanging; alleges harassment by in-laws (Picture credits: X) NEW DELHI: Hours before she was found hanging at her matrimonial home in outer Delhi’s Nangloi area, a 24-year-old woman allegedly recorded a video on her mobile phone accusing her in-laws of harassment and speaking about the distress she had been facing, police said…
New Delhi: Delhi LG Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Wednesday directed Delhi Police to adopt a proactive, citizen-centric and technology-driven policing model while emphasizing that the safety of women, children and senior citizens was “completely non-negotiable”.The directions were issued during a review meeting chaired by LG at Police Headquarters which was attended by the commissioner of…
Police sources said after abducting, raping and killing a 10-year-old girl in Mehrauli area, driver Basu Singh carefully tried to cover his tracks. NEW DELHI: Behind the wheel of a routine commercial cab sat a habitual offender who, after a heinous crime, allegedly operated with the precision of a professional.Police sources said after abducting, raping…
New Delhi: A fire gutted around 200 sheds used as accommodation for migrant labourers at a construction camp near Nirman Bhavan and Udyog Bhavan in central Delhi in the early hours of Wednesday, leaving hundreds displaced. No casualties were reported.Delhi Fire Service (DFS) received a call at 3.02am about the fire that allegedly started in…
New Delhi: As Delhi ramps up preparations for the monsoon, PWD minister Parvesh Verma inspected desilting works in the Moti Nagar assembly constituency and reviewed the progress of drainage and flood-prevention measures across the city.The inspection is part of a wider campaign under which senior officers, chief engineers and field teams are carrying out physical…
New Delhi: Recognising the right to life of a minor rape survivor, Delhi High Court on Wednesday allowed a 15-year-old girl to undergo medical termination of pregnancy with over 26 weeks of gestational period, noting that she would suffer grave mental injury if forced to give birth to the child. The court also factored in…
New Delhi: A Delhi court dismissed a man’s appeal to preserve his wife’s call detail records and upheld her right to privacy. It said that “talking to any person even at odd hours of the day cannot by itself put a question mark on the character of the woman.”“Indian society no longer remains a primitive…
