New Delhi: In a significant ruling, Delhi High Court has said the Delhi Victim Compensation Scheme (DVCS) can’t be applied retrospectively, rejecting a plea for compensation by a victim of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.Clarifying the legal position, a bench of Justices Subramonium Prasad and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar also noted that DVCS compensation can be paid…
New Delhi: Despite heavy rainfall on four days in 2025 so far, Delhi is yet to witness a single good air day — an air quality index in the range of 0 to 50. The city recorded the last good air day almost two years ago on Sept 10, 2023, with an AQI of 45.Since…
New Delhi/Noida: Harsha, a street dog left to die on a road in Shalimar Bagh with her stomach slashed, was rushed to an NGO-run care home for stray animals in Noida two weeks ago. Harsha is on her way to recovery in the ICU there. However, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s order on…
New Delhi: Taking note of the rising number of stray dogs within its premises, Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a fresh directive mandating that all leftover food be disposed of exclusively in covered dustbins.“Under no circumstances should food be discarded in open areas or uncovered containers. This measure is crucial to prevent animals from being…
New Delhi: Two nine-year-old girls were allegedly gang-raped late last week by two men, a contractor and a caretaker, near an under-construction swimming pool on a private property in outer Delhi’s Narela. Both men have been arrested.Police said the girls, who are neighbours, were lured to an area near the pool on some pretexts. Anil…
New Delhi: A woman has filed a complaint alleging that she was gang-raped and blackmailed by three men for several years. The Timarpur police registered a case and initiated an investigation after receiving the complaint on Thursday. No arrest has been made yet.According to the complaint, the 31-year-old survivor, who stays in Narela, first met…
New Delhi: In the weathered doorway of his home in Raj Nagar in southwest Delhi’s Palam Colony, 81-year-old Sawarn Singh raised his trembling hands, eyes moist as he recreated the final moments of his 26-year-old brother-in-law’s life. “That’s how he died,” Singh said. “He put up his hands to surrender, but the mob shot him…
New Delhi: A Delhi court has sentenced a man to five years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl in 2018, emphasising that a conviction can be based solely on the testimony of the child victim if it is found to be reliable and credible.Additional sessions judge Rohit Gulia noted that courts should…
New Delhi: LG VK Saxena has given his approval to notify all police stations in the capital as “designated places” from where police officers can provide evidence to the court through video conference, Raj Niwas officials said on Tuesday. This, officials said, will ensure that police officers dealing with various cases do not have to…
New Delhi: Delhi Police has arrested seven people allegedly involved in vehicle theft in the city, recovering nine vehicles, including six scooters and three motorcycles, from the accused. One of the accused, identified as Dinesh alias Teda, was caught during police patrolling on the service road of Rohtak Road, towards Punjabi Bagh. The 29-year-old has…
