NEW DELHI: Delhi blast investigators suspect that triacetone triperoxide explosive aka TATP could be one of the key components of the IED that was in the car that exploded on 11 of November, Monday evening near Red Fort.TATP, has been used in several major bombings across the world over the past two decades, earning the…
NEW DELHI: In a major development in the Red Fort car blast case, Delhi Police sources on Sunday confirmed that the three cartridges recovered from the site—two live and one empty—were 9mm calibre, a type of firearm prohibited for civilian use.A senior official said that although a cartridge was recovered, no pistol or its parts…
NEW DELHI: Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda on Saturday virtually inaugurated 10 new AMRIT centres across major medical institutions in the country and released a commemorative postal stamp to mark a decade of Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment (AMRIT) programme — an initiative aimed at improving access to quality medicines and implants…
New Delhi: After staying closed since the Monday evening blast near Red Fort, Netaji Subhash Marg was reopened to vehicles on Saturday afternoon, offering much-needed relief to commuters, traders and delivery networks.The stretch is far more than a routine link — it is Old Delhi’s primary north-south spine, connecting Red Fort, Daryaganj, Delhi Gate, Rajghat…
NEW DELHI: Investigators probing Monday’s car blast near Red Fort are increasingly focusing on the possibility that triacetone triperoxide (TATP) — infamously nicknamed ‘Mother of Satan’ for its extreme volatility — may have been a key component of the improvised explosive device that tore through the vehicle, killing driver Dr Umar Un Nabi. According to…
New Delhi: Delhi’s air quality stayed in the upper range of the very poor category on Saturday, showing little improvement from Friday, as pollution levels hovered near hazardous levels. The city recorded an air quality index (AQI) of 386 at 10 am, rising slightly to 390 by noon, close to the severe category, before settling…
New Delhi: “Back in Chug Valley in Arunachal, people had almost stopped eating puttangkhazi — the traditional buckwheat and millet noodles. It was just full of maida,” recalls 24-year-old Leikei Chomu, her voice carrying the weight of a culture quietly fading. “Once Damu (restaurant) has revived the dishes, farmers have started to grow buckwheat again….
New Delhi: Dr Umer Un Nabi, the bomber behind the Nov 10 blast near Red Fort, had set up a laboratory at his house near the Al-Falah University in Faridabad, where he would test various kinds of explosives and try out the bomb-making techniques shared with him by his Pakistani handlers via Telegram.Sources close to…
New Delhi: Despite the city’s heightened threat perception, thousands of property owners don’t comply with mandatory tenant verification procedures. This year, Delhi Police has booked, on average, nearly 15 property owners every day for violating related rules.According to Delhi Police data, 4,650 cases were registered against property owners up to Oct under Section 223 (disobeying…
New Delhi: Fresh CCTV footage has provided a close-up look at car bomber Umar Un Nabi days before the Monday blast near Red Fort, confirming that he was using two mobile phones. Another footage captures him at a tea shop in north Delhi’s Wazirpur on the day of the blast.The first footage, captured on Oct…
