New Delhi: Delhi Police arrested a man in connection with a digital arrest fraud case targeting a 76-year-old retired engineer in northwest Delhi’s Keshavpuram area. Cops are investigating possible international links and examining foreign connections related to the case.The accused was identified as Sonu Ansari, 26, a resident of Basantpur Part-2 in Faridabad.According to the…
New Delhi: Delhi University‘s Laxmibai College is likely to discontinue its much-debated Laxmibai Regiments — NCC units named after goddesses Durga, Kali and Chandi — that were introduced last year to respond to harassment complaints by students around the campus of the girls’ college.While the initiative was projected as a way of empowering young women,…
New Delhi: For a 44-year-old housewife from Sangam Vihar, the past few months were nothing short of a nightmare. Bedridden, unable to breathe without ventilatory support, and weighed down by a body mass index (BMI) of 80.4, she felt life slipping out of her hands. However, on Aug 18, she underwent a sleeve gastrectomy at…
New Delhi: PWD minister Parvesh Verma has directed immediate measures to modernise tolling across the city, recover outstanding revenue, and eliminate illegal encroachments during a UT-Level coordination committee meeting. This meeting was held to address issues between the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).Chairing the meeting with senior officials…
New Delhi: A court on Saturday convicted a man of kidnapping and murdering a two-year-old girl in 2014. Ravinder, an alleged serial killer, is already undergoing life imprisonment for raping and murdering a six-year-old girl in 2015.The court of additional sessions judge Amit Sehrawat noted that it was established that the girl’s body was recovered…
New Delhi: A large crowd of animal lovers gathered outside the Animal Birth Control (ABC) Centre in Rohini’s Sector 27 on Saturday. They wanted their questions about the condition of dogs held at the centre answered. The uproar came a day after Supreme Court directed that dogs picked up to be sterilised, inoculated and dewormed…
New Delhi: Inspecting a 47km stretch of Outer Ring Road and Ring Road on Saturday, Public Works Department minister Parvesh Verma directed officials to address problems ranging from traffic congestion and encroachments to broken roads, open drains, waterlogging and poor sanitation.Calling it the Govt on Wheels campaign, Verma took a team of principal secretaries and…
New Delhi: Delhi govt’s forest and wildlife department has submitted an affidavit to the National Green Tribunal, assuring it that it would issue the final notification for bringing approximately 3,287 hectares, or nearly 53%, of the Southern Ridge under Section 20 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927. within the next two months.This notification, pending since…
New Delhi: Inspired by a Bollywood movie, a man and his associate, a woman, allegedly duped aspiring actors by posing as TV and OTT producers. They have been arrested.According to police, a complaint was received through the National Cyber Reporting Platform (NCRP) portal, where a victim’s mother alleged that her daughter, who was pursuing a…
New Delhi: In his first crime review meeting after taking charge, Delhi Police commissioner Satish Golcha on Saturday issued a strong message to the force’s top brass, directing them to bring crime under control at all costs. The commissioner stressed the importance of improving public-police interaction and instructed officers to ensure that police personnel treat…
