NEW DELHI: In a major blow to the synthetic drug trade, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has dismantled a sophisticated inter-state trafficking network, seizing narcotics valued at Rs 10 crore and uncovering a hidden manufacturing facility in Karnataka.The operation, aligned with the Union Government’s “Nasha Mukt Bharat” (Drug-Free India) initiative, resulted in the arrest of…
Ehsaas-e-Qalam aur Pashm, a multidisciplinary cultural initiative by QCCT, India International Centre (IIC) and EHSAAS, was inaugurated on January 29, 2026, at IIC. The exhibition will remain open to the public until February 8, 2026.The opening evening unfolded as an evocative confluence of calligraphy, Pashmina craft and Hindustani classical music, drawing eminent artists, cultural practitioners,…
NEW DELHI: An IndiGo flight operating from Kuwait to Delhi was diverted to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad on Friday morning after a bomb threat was reported on board. According to news agency PTI, the aircraft, carrying 180 passengers, landed safely at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport around 06.40 am. Authorities said the…
Delhi witnessed a spectacular parade of professional kite flyers (kitists) from India and abroad The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) successfully concluded the 3rd International Kite Festival at Baansera on the Yamuna bank, held from January 16 to 18, 2026. Fast emerging as a popular addition to the Capital’s cultural calendar, the festival witnessed an overwhelming…
A remarkable legacy of Satish Gujral through form, space, and memory is on view at NGMA “The function of art, above all, is to contribute to man’s understanding of himself and the world he lives in,” is how the late legendary artist Satish Gujral described his tryst with art. Satish Gujral 100: A Centenary Exhibition,…
NEW DELHI: Delhi HC has refused to entertain IRS officer Sameer Wankhede’s defamation suit against Netflix series ‘The Ba****ds of Bollywood’, produced by Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment, citing lack of territorial jurisdiction.Since both the plaintiff and the defendants are residents of Mumbai, and the alleged wrong, “as per the plaintiff’s own plaint”, also…
How a defence ministry employee killed his pregnant SWAT commando wife: ‘He made me hear my sisters screams’ NEW DELHI: Kajal Chaudhary, 27, a SWAT commando with Delhi Police’s Special Cell and four months pregnant, died on January 27 in a Ghaziabad hospital, five days after being attacked at her Mohan Garden residence by her…
NEW DELHI: Last year on May 24, nine-year-old Aryaman Chaudhary, an avid cricket enthusiast, was chasing a moment of innocent joy when he ran after a ball that had rolled near an open switchboard attached to an electric pole in a park in Kalkaji, southeast Delhi. In an instant, a playful afternoon turned into an…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Thursday said the trial in the land-for-jobs case against former railway minister Lalu Prasad and other accused will commence from March 9, directing that prosecution evidence be recorded on a day-today basis. Special Judge Vishal Gogne was hearing the matter, which was listed for the formal framing of charges….
A 27-year-old Delhi Police SWAT commando died after being brutally assaulted at her home in west Delhi. NEW DELHI: A desperate phone call, a husband allegedly announcing a killing in real time and a brother forced to listen helplessly to his sister’s screams marked the chilling final moments of a 27-year-old Delhi Police SWAT commando…
