NEW DELHI: Burglars in east Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar allegedly locked multiple flats from the outside before breaking into a home and fleeing with cash, jewellery, and valuables worth around Rs 25 lakh, while the occupant was away to celebrate Rakshabandhan.The incident occurred around 4.30 am on Saturday in Mangal Bazar. CCTV footage shows two masked…
New Delhi: A 38-year-old woman who regularly ferried high-quality ganja from West Bengal to Delhi by train, earning money per trip, was arrested by Delhi Police’s Crime Branch.According to police, the accused, identified as Archana Manna, a resident of Kolkata, worked for a narcotics network operating along the Odisha–West Bengal–Delhi route. She allegedly used encrypted…
New Delhi: Delhi Police‘s Crime Branch has arrested a 39-year-old man from Madhya Pradesh who was allegedly supplying crude opium extract and chemicals used in heroin production.The accused, identified as Tufan Singh, alias Dale Singh, hails from Palkhanda village in Mandsaur district. According to police, Singh was a key link in a heroin supply network…
New Delhi: Following extensive restoration work along the Yamuna floodplains, lieutenant governor V K Saxena on Monday unveiled Maa Yamuna Prathima, a 10-foot-high statue standing on a 7-foot pedestal, at Nigambodh Ghat.Crafted from a composite of granite and graphite powders bound with resin, the statue weighs 150 kg. The site is accessible through the DDA…
New Delhi: A day after the city received heavy rainfall, the day temperature rose on Sunday as rain activity paused. The city may receive very light to light rain on Monday and Tuesday, with a possibility of one or two light-to-moderate spells on Wednesday and Thursday.The maximum temperature on Sunday rose to 33.6 degrees Celsius,…
New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday announced that a new film policy is being framed to position the capital as an international shooting destination. The policy will include a single-window clearance system for approving film and other shoot applications, along with comprehensive plans to develop the necessary infrastructure to transform Delhi into a…
New Delhi: Even as Delhi battles monsoon flooding, the matter continued to raise political tempers, with PWD minister Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma on Sunday highlighting efforts to eliminate waterlogging, even as Aam Aadmi Party’s Delhi state president Saurabh Bharadwaj accused the BJP-led govt of destroying official records to conceal corruption in drain desilting work.Inspecting the…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has ordered the Delhi government and civic bodies to begin removing stray dogs from streets and housing them in shelters, calling the city’s dog bite situation “extremely grim”. A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said the government must create shelters for about 5,000 stray dogs, with…
The exhibition focused on sustainable production and consumption of textile Delhi wore National Handloom Day with pride, embracing traditional Indian textile at NationalCrafts Museum. Cotton from around the country found its place at the Ministry of Textile’s exhibition. It primarily focused on sustainable production and consumption of textile. Local artisans from around the country had…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated 184 newly constructed Type-VII multi-storey flats for Members of Parliament (MPs) at Baba Kharak Singh Marg in New Delhi. At the event on Monday, Modi also planted a Sindoor sapling at the premises and interacted with shramjeevis – the workers who helped build the flats.The four towers…
