NEW DELHI: In an effort to deter heavy vehicles from using Delhi as a transit route and adding to pollution, the Supreme Court on Thursday accepted the recommendations of the Commission on Air Quality Management for a steep hike in the Environment Compensation Charge (ECC) for LMVs from Rs 1,400 to Rs 2,000 and for…
New Delhi: A chartered accountant from southwest Delhi’s Bijwasan has emerged as the mastermind behind a transnational racket that systematically defrauded thousands of people and siphoned off proceeds using a Dubai-based fintech platform and a network of shell companies.Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sought the custody of Ashok Kumar Sharma, the CA, who was…
New Delhi: A 25-year-old woman was found dead inside a hotel room in north Delhi in the early hours of Thursday. Police are suspecting that she was murdered and are searching for a man who had checked in with her earlier in the day.According to police, information was received at 12.30am on Thursday that a…
New Delhi: A massive fire tore through the Mansa Ram Park shanties in southwest Delhi’s Uttam Nagar on Wednesday night, gutting about 300-400 jhuggis. Firefighting went on till nearly 3am on Thursday. Delhi Fire Service and Bindapur police station got calls about the blaze at 11.57 pm on Wednesday, after which 28 fire tenders and…
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday allowed a protest petition seeking further investigation by the father of a deceased aspirant in the case pertaining to the death of three civil service aspirants in a flooded basement of a coaching centre in Old Rajendra Nagar on July 27, 2024. “The protest petition is allowed. The…
New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has suspended 21 security personnel, including six senior supervisors, for up to seven days for failing to stop rusticated JNUSU office-bearers, barred from the campus for a year, from erecting an encampment on a campus lawn during the recent weeks-long class lockdown.The encampment had become the site of a…
New Delhi: Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday challenged in Delhi High Court the two-week interim bail granted to Al Falah University group chairman Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui in a money laundering case, arguing that the trial court failed to consider his alleged involvement in the Red Fort blast case.Appearing before Justice Saurabh Banerjee, ED contended that…
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Wednesday launched Operation Shastra, a 24-hour crackdown on the carrying and use of weapons—especially knives—in public places, arresting 47 people, including 21 notorious offenders. During the operation, police teams from three districts—Rohini, Outer North and North West—conducted intensive raids, resulting in the seizure of 31 knives, 13 country-made pistols, 16…
New Delhi: An accidental bump on a crowded street may, in some cases, be a planned theft. Police have busted a gang that allegedly robbed pedestrians by deliberately colliding, sparking an argument and using the distraction to slip cash or valuables from their pockets before fleeing. Police have arrested two members of the so-called ‘Takkar…
NEW DELHI: Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) has assured consumers that the supply of Piped Natural Gas (PNG) for household cooking and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) for vehicles will continue without disruption despite volatility in global energy markets triggered by the escalating conflict in the Middle East.The assurance follows the Natural Gas (Supply Regulation) Order, 2026,…
