New Delhi: Santosh Patel, 45, is already halfway up the electricity pole when the city begins to wake up beneath him. From this height, east Delhi appears washed in a grey haze, the skyline blurred as if smeared with charcoal. The smell of smoke hangs thick in the air, mixing with dust kicked up by…
AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj has welcomed Union minister Nitin Gadkari’s comments on Delhi’s air pollution. NEW DELHI: AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj has welcomed Union minister Nitin Gadkari’s comments on Delhi’s air pollution.“I want to thank him that at least there is one leader who is raising the voice of the common people and telling the…
NEW DELHI: Security personnel in Delhi reportedly prevented survivor of the 2017 Unnao rape case and her mother to protest on Wednesday. The two have been protesting against the Delhi high court’s decision to grant relief to former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in 2017 Unnao rape case.The victim’s mother said, “We did not get…
AI-generated representational image. NEW DELHI: A teenager was allegedly drugged and killed by two of his friends over his relationship with the cousin of one of the accused in outer north Delhi, police said on Wednesday. The body of the victim, identified as Ankit (18), a resident of Sadar Bazar, was recovered from the Munak…
BJP councillor apologises for targeting fgn footballer NEW DELHI: Under fire over her intemperate language targeted at an African national, BJP councillor Renu Chaudhary from Patparganj apologised on Tuesday, saying she had no intention of hurting anyone’s sentiments. The apology came after she was summoned by Delhi BJP earlier in the day.“The MCD park is…
Delhi Police (File photo) NEW DELHI: Twelve people, including three alleged arms suppliers, were arrested after police used open source intelligence (OSINT) to track social media posts of young men flaunting firearms across north and central Delhi. Investigators found that the suspects, aged between 18 and25, uploaded photographs and videos displaying pistols, country-made firearms, knives…
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police returned more than 270 mobile phones that were reported lost or stolen, reuniting owners with devices recovered over the past few months in Dwarka on Tuesday.The phones were handed over during a programme held at the DCP Dwarka District office complex. Police said the recoveries were made by the district’s Monitoring…
NEW DELHI: “I wanted to kill myself then and there, but I stopped after thinking about my family,” those were the words of the Unnao rape survivor on Tuesday evening, as she sat on the lawns of India Gate hours after a Delhi high court order granted bail to former Uttar Pradesh MLA Kuldeep Singh…
NEW DELHI: Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) University has suspended a faculty member from its Department of Social Work following complaints about the content of an end-semester examination paper.The order, dated 23 December, said the university received several complaints regarding the paper titled “Social Problems in India” for the B.A. (Hons) Social Work programme, Semester I,…
Air quality dips to ‘very poor’ with AQI 349 NEW DELHI: Delhi’s overall Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 349 on Wednesday, placing it in the ‘very poor’ category, according to the Sameer app, as dense layer of toxic smog continued to blanket large parts of the national capital, including areas around India Gate. Data…
