Manoj Tiwari (File Photo) NEW DELHI: An FIR was registered on Thursday after North-East Delhi MP Manoj Tiwari filed a police complaint alleging that an unknown person or group created and operated a fake Facebook account using his name, photographs and videos to spread misleading and false content on social media.According to the FIR registered…
NEW DELHI:: Despite receiving excess rainfall of 33%, Jan, this year was more polluted than last year. The average AQI in Jan 2026 was 307, compared to 305 in Jan last year, according to an analysis of Central Pollution Control Board’s data.Also read: Foul air causing deaths in India? ‘Yes’, ‘can’t say’ — 2 govt…
New Delhi: Delhi govt has extended its late payment surcharge waiver scheme (LPSC) on water bills until Aug 15, 2026, to provide relief to thousands of domestic consumers burdened by long-pending dues inflated by penal interest.The scheme, before the extension announced by water minister Parvesh Verma on Friday, had offered a complete waiver for those…
New Delhi: An illegal construction belonging to a woman criminal was demolished during a joint drive by Municipal Corporation of Delhi and police in southeest Delhi’s Dabri on Friday.According to police, the house, located in JJ colony in Uttam Nagar, was demolished as part of an ongoing crackdown on illegal encroachments and properties linked to…
New Delhi: Days after a man was shot inside a cafe in northeast Delhi, police have arrested the accused, identified as 23-year-old Mohammad Moin Qureshi. Police said he had killed 24-year-old Faizan on Jan 23 at the cafe in Kabir Nagar by firing multiple rounds at him in the presence of several people. Qureshi later…
NEW DELHI: A 55-year-old man and his wife were found dead at their residence in north-east Delhi’s Jyoti Nagar on Thursday, in what police suspect is a case of suicide by the couple.A note found at their home hinted at financial distress, brought by the burden of mounting loans, police said. Their two sons were…
NEW DELHI: Vijay Mochi came from Begusarai to Delhi with his wife, Ruby, hoping to build a better future. Instead, an act of shocking negligence cost him his life and left his family shattered.On Feb 21 last year, Vijay (35), who had no prior experience in cleaning sewers, was asked to enter a sewer chamber…
NEW DELHI: A 45-year-old Delhi man is critically ill with a rare drug reaction after he took HIV post-exposure medicines bought without prescription, after taking advice from an AI chat platform.The man developed Stevens-Johnson syndrome, a rare but potentially life-threatening reaction from the drugs he self-administered after a high-risk sexual contact. Post-exposure drugs are taken…
NEW DELHI: Is air pollution directly causing deaths in India? The ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MOEFCC) and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) under health ministry have offered starkly different answers to this question, exposing a policy contradiction at the heart of the govt’s public health and environment response.On Thursday, MOEFCC…
New Delhi: A Jawaharlal Nehru University hostel warden has allegedly constructed an accommodation for his house help on the lawn of his official university quarters in violation of govt housing rules, triggering a complaint by several students. The warden of Periyar hostel allegedly built the structure without approval, despite rules prohibiting permanent alteration to govt-allotted…
