Luthra brothers detained in Thailand NEW DELHI: The dramatic trail of the Goa nightclub inferno that killed 25 people on Saturday night reached a decisive turn on Thursday, with the two absconding co-owners — Saurav and Gaurav Luthra — were detained in Thailand and authorities initiated the process to bring them back to face trial.Sources…
New Delhi:An ageing van— its windows smashed, body rusted and tyres deflated — sits forgotten in a forested stretch at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus. Surrounded by overgrown shrubs, the car has clearly not moved in years.It is one of the several abandoned cars and motorcycles on campus, even as Delhi remains on high…
NEW DELHI: “He keeps on asking me whether he will get his ear back. I have no option but to lie,” says Dinesh Kumar Roy, whose son’s right ear was bitten off by a neighbour’s pit bull in northwest Delhi’s Prem Nagar last month.A day after Delhi High Court, acting on Roy’s petition, issued a…
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi may soon start restoration of its 162-year-old Town Hall, for which a consultant is already preparing a detailed project report. The report is expected within a week, officials said.Sources said that the civic body is also exploring the possibility of shifting its City Sadar Paharganj zonal office to the…
Gaurav (L) and Saurabh Luthra PANAJI: The owners of Goa nightclub Birch by Romeo Lane, where 25 people were killed in a fire on Saturday night, approached a Delhi court on Wednesday seeking four weeks’ transit anticipatory bail, claiming they are currently in Thailand on a business trip. The Rohini district and sessions court did…
NEW DELHI: On the crowded, busy streets of Delhi, where traffic regulations and ‘No Entry’ restrictions often dictate the movement of commercial vehicles, a secret, parallel system was operating in plain sight – facilitated by a humble yet powerful sticker. For a price, this unassuming sticker acted as a magic pass, granting hundreds of commercial…
NEW DELHI: The iconic Red Fort provided a befitting platform as one of India’s most widely celebrated living traditions, Deepavali, was inscribed on Unesco’s representative list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity Wednesday. A cultural programme later in the evening at the fort complex brought alive the spirit of the festival under the sublime lights…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has termed the police investigation in a case of mob attack during the 2020 North East Delhi riots as “poor,” but has also refused the plea of a gunshot victim to probe his case as a standalone offence.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna recently said that it was “evident” the investigation in…
New Delhi: Delhi govt on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) to enhance the city’s infrastructure, health facilities and public services. The partnership will focus on flyover beautification, hospital upgrades, water ATMs and modern energy hubs at DTC depots. Under the agreement, IOCL will adopt and maintain five…
New Delhi: Following last month’s car bomb blast near Red Fort that claimed 15 lives and left 28 people injured, Delhi Police is tightening norms for sale and storage of dangerous chemicals, particularly ammonium nitrate.It will soon review and may revise an existing standing order that permits established labs and educational institutions to possess up…
