NEW DELHI: A 24-year-old man, identified as Faizan, was shot multiple times on Friday night outside Mr King Lounge and Cafe in Delhi’s Shahadara area, prompting a heavy police deployment in the vicinity.Police said the shooting was carried out by a father-son duo, with the motive suspected to be a dispute over an unpaid loan.Providing…
NEW DELHI: A year-and-a-half after a mother and her three-year-old son drowned in an open drain near Ghazipur in east Delhi, the hazard remains unchanged continuing to overflow and threaten lives, with winter rain in Delhi on Thursday once again exposing the civic negligence. The drain, which flooded after the rain, continued to emit a…
NEW DELHI: The national capital and surrounding areas woke up to clear skies on Saturday, following a fresh spell of heavy rainfall throughout Friday. The sudden change in weather brought slight relief from pollution, improving air quality and visibility in the region.Delhi recorded an overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of 256 at 7 am, keeping…
New Delhi: The city got light to moderate showers on Friday, overcast skies and gusty winds. The overcast sky kept the minimum temperatures high, the winds cool, and the day hazy. The impact of snowfall on the mountains up north kept the outdoors cool. Delhi logged 13.2 mm of rainfall between 8.30 am and 5.30…
New Delhi: The south district police have arrested an alleged narcotics kingpin and uncovered a “chemical kitchen” of sorts that was operating as a factory for manufacturing high-end psychotropic substances like MDMA and heroin. The action to bust synthetic drug distribution in the city led to the arrest of Emmanuel (36), a Nigerian national. He…
New Delhi: Doctors at AIIMS Delhi removed nearly 20 kg of tumour tissue from a 42-year-old woman with advanced colon cancer, in a complex operation that specialists say underscores both advances in cancer surgery and the growing impact of lifestyle-linked disease.The patient, from Durgapur in West Bengal, consulted multiple hospitals and was told she had…
New Delhi: Over 1,700 private unaided schools released their first list of selected students on Friday, marking a key stage in nursery admissions for the 2026–27 academic session. The list includes confirmed selections as well as waiting-list candidates for entry-level classes—nursery, KG and Class I—under the general category. Delhi Headlines Today — The Biggest Updates…
New Delhi: After they allegedly committed three gold chain snatchings within a day in south east Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar, two men have been arrested. Their jeweller has been apprehended.Police said that all of the snatchings by two bike-borne suspects had taken place on Jan 16, the first of which was reported near Lajpat Nagar Metro…
New Delhi: With rain disrupting the Republic Day dress rehearsal and worsening traffic across the city on Friday, another full dress rehearsal has been scheduled on Saturday.The rehearsal will begin at 10.15am from Vijay Chowk and proceed along Kartavya Path to India Gate, officials said. Kartavya Path will remain closed to all traffic from Vijay…
New Delhi: Delhi govt, in a notification dated Jan 8, issued directions under Section 5 of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, to double the vehicle parking fee whenever stages III (severe) or IV (severe-plus) under Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) is imposed in the city. However, this contradicted the GRAP schedule of Commission for Air Quality…
