New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency on Tuesday took over the probe in the case of Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Deputy Superintendent Davinder Singh, who was arrested on January 11 for transporting two top Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists. The Ministry of Home Affairs approved the transfer to the NIA, following the revelations made by Singh during […]
Category: Delhi
BJP may field Kapil Mishra or a senior against Kejriwal
New Delhi: The BJP is planning to field former Delhi Minister and rebel AAP leader Kapil Mishra against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from New Delhi assembly constituency, party leaders said. “Mishra’s candidature as a probable candidate against Kejriwal from New Delhi constituency has been discussed,” said a senior BJP leader, adding no final discussion has […]
Deadly fires claim 48 lives so far in Delhi
New Delhi: December of 2019 was the deadliest month in five years for the Delhi Fire Service (DFS), according to officials in the department. The figures available with the fire service show that 2,437 distress calls were received in December. In addition to this, a total 603 distress calls were received at the fire services’ control […]
AAP asks ‘Kejriwal versus who’ in Delhi
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party is attempting to encash the lack of a chief ministerial face in the opposition BJP with an unofficial campaign that takes a leaf out of the saffron party’s book. The Arvind Kejriwal-led party raised the question of “Kejriwal vs who” on the lines of a similar campaign run by BJP […]
Delhi tops metro cities’ crime list in 2018: NCRB
New Delhi: With 2,37,660 cognisable cases registered in 2018, Delhi leads over 18 other metro cities in terms of crimes. According to the 2018 edition of the ‘Crime in India’ report released on Thursday, Delhi accounts for a 29.6 per cent share of the overall figures for this category that includes Indian Penal Code (IPC) […]
Three ISIS terrorists arrested by Delhi Police
New Delhi: Three ISIS terrorists were arrested by the special cell of Delhi Police after a brief encounter on Wednesday, highly placed sources told IANS on Thursday. The trio were arrested from Wazirabad area in North-East Delhi, a source said. Suspicious objects were also recovered from them. According to the sources, the terrorists have been […]
Kejriwal calls BJP-ruled MCD ‘most corrupt department’
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday released a report card on the BJP-controlled Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). Speaking to the media here, Kejriwal said the state of rubbish disposal in the city is making people call it the “garbage capital”, in a situation where waste management is the responsibility […]
Deepika’s JNU visit riles section of Twitterati
New Delhi: Bollywood star Deepika Padukone’s visit to the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus, here on Tuesday, to meet protesting students didn’t go down well with a section of Twitterati who called for a boycott of her upcoming film ‘Chhapaak’. #deepikapadukone trended on Twitter with 34.8K tweets as it was reported that she had also met […]
Nirbhaya’s mom confident that court verdict will be in her favour
New Delhi: A Delhi Court on Tuesday reserved its order on the application seeking issuance of death warrant against the four convicts in the Nirbhaya Rape and murder case. Additional Sessions Judge Satish Kumar Arora was expected to pronounce the order at 3.30 p.m. The mother of the 23-year-old woman, who was gang raped and […]
Delhi goes to polls on Feb 8, counting on Feb 11
New Delhi: The election commission on Monday announced February 8 to be the date of Delhi assembly elections. Model code of conduct comes into effect with the announcement, the EC said. The date of notification is January 14, while January 21 will be the last date of filing nominations. There are total of seventy seats […]