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24 Aug 2021
DelhiMosquito breeding: SDMC serves notices to 20 DTC bus depots
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) issued legal notices to 20 DTC bus depots for allegedly failing to curb mosquito breeding during monsoon, the civic body said on Tuesday.
24 Aug 2021
DelhiEighteen-year-old shot dead at southwest Delhi restaurant
An 18-year-old service boy at a restaurant in southwest Delhi's Chhawla area has been shot dead by two people.
23 Aug 2021
DelhiIndia's first smog tower inaugurated in Delhi
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated the "country's first smog tower" at Connaught Place in Delhi on Monday and said it will prove to be a milestone and many such structures can be installed in the city if the pilot project yields results.
20 Aug 2021
DelhiSisodia slams Centre for stance on investigation of oxygen-related deaths
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday said Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has again rejected the Delhi government's proposal to form a panel to "investigate deaths due to oxygen shortage" in Delhi.
20 Aug 2021
Delhi PoliceDelhi Police Commissioner asks personnel to adopt latest technology
Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana has asked the force's personnel to work toward making policing more people-friendly and adopt latest technologies to bring about greater efficiency, officials said.
19 Aug 2021
DelhiKejriwal to inaugurate Delhi's first smog tower on August 23
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will inaugurate Delhi's first smog tower at Connaught Place on August 23, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Thursday.
18 Aug 2021
DelhiCivic body approves construction of puzzle parking in South Delhi
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has approved the construction of a multilevel puzzle parking lot at Amar Colony in Lajpat Nagar with an aim to solve parking and traffic problems in the area, officials said on Wednesday.
18 Aug 2021
DelhiDelhi University will soon have a Himalayan Museum
The Delhi University will soon have a Himalayan Museum on its campus, acting Vice-Chancellor Professor PC Joshi said, adding that the varsity is concerned about the future of the mountain range.
18 Aug 2021
Delhi PoliceDelhi: Dispute over plot leads to clash between two communities
Members of two communities clashed over the alleged unauthorized installation of a statue of BR Ambedkar on a plot in Tughlaqabad village in southeast Delhi and hoisting of the national flag on Independence Day, police said on Tuesday.
17 Aug 2021
DelhiDelhi government's tourism department resumes boating in Naini Lake
After remaining closed for nearly four months, the Delhi government's tourism department has resumed boating in the Naini Lake situated in north Delhi, officials said on Tuesday.
14 Aug 2021
Delhi PoliceThree held for beating man suspecting him to be thief
Three men were held for allegedly beating a man after tying him to a pole in the Burari Nagar area in North Delhi on suspicion of vehicle theft, police said on Saturday.
14 Aug 2021
DelhiDelhi: NDMC launches 'Cleancity' app to improve sanitation
North Delhi Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh on Friday launched a GPS-driven mobile application "Cleancity" that will allow residents of the area to register complaints related to the picking of garbage by designated vehicles.
13 Aug 2021
DelhiInauguration of Delhi's first smog tower expected on August 23
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is expected to inaugurate the national capital's first smog tower at Connaught Place on August 23, Delhi government officials said on Friday.
13 Aug 2021
DelhiCourt acquits child rape accused, says was falsely framed
A Delhi court has acquitted a man accused of sexually assaulting minors, noting that the children were heavily tutored by their parents and that there is ample evidence to show that he was falsely framed due to caste hatred.
13 Aug 2021
DelhiDelhi records zero COVID-19 fatality; 49 fresh cases
No death due to COVID-19 was recorded in Delhi on Thursday, the second consecutive day when the daily fatality count was nil, while 49 fresh cases were reported with a positivity rate of 0.07 percent, according to health department data.
12 Aug 2021
DelhiDelhi Metro feeder e-buses begin plying; entry through smart cards
In a first for Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), state-of-the-art feeder electric buses began operations in the city from Thursday to boost last-mile connectivity for commuters with the Delhi Metro network.
12 Aug 2021
DelhiDalit girl rape: SDM seeks protection of victim's parents, witnesses
The Delhi Police said the district authorities have sought protection for the parents of the Dalit girl who was allegedly raped and killed in southwest Delhi's Old Nangal area last week.
11 Aug 2021
Delhi PoliceMiffed over friendship with ex-girlfriend, twenty-year-old stabs man to death
A 20-year-old man and his juvenile friend allegedly stabbed a person in Delhi's Mangolpuri for talking to his former girlfriend, police said on Wednesday.
11 Aug 2021
Delhi PoliceBihar man arrested in extortion case in Delhi
In a joint operation, the Delhi Police in coordination with the Bihar Police has arrested a 23-year-old man in Delhi in connection with an extortion case, officials said on Tuesday.
09 Aug 2021
Delhi PoliceDoctor arrested for duping Delhi man of lakhs
A doctor has been arrested from Kolkata for allegedly duping a Delhi-based man of lakhs on the pretext of getting his son admitted to a medical college, police said on Monday.
09 Aug 2021
DelhiMan tries to extort Rs. 20 lakh from jeweler; arrested
A 21-year-old man aspiring to join the Indian Army was arrested for allegedly trying to extort Rs. 20 lakh from a jeweler in east Delhi's Madhu Vihar, police said on Sunday.
06 Aug 2021
Delhi PoliceMan dupes 64 farmers of crop proceeds worth Rs. 3.5cr
Delhi Police's Economic Offenses Wing has arrested a man for allegedly duping over 60 farmers by persuading them to retain the proceeds of their sold crops with him on the pretext of giving them higher returns, officials said on Friday.
06 Aug 2021
Delhi PoliceMan on bail kills wife; court pulls up Delhi Police
A Delhi court pulled up police after a man allegedly murdered his wife while out on interim bail, noting that the system has failed in its duty to protect the hapless victim because of "indolence on part of authorities."
06 Aug 2021
DelhiPink Line becomes Delhi Metro's longest operational corridor
In a major boost for Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, a small segment of its Pink Line at Trilokpuri, which had proved a bottleneck for authorities for a long time, was inaugurated on Friday, making it the longest network operational corridor.
05 Aug 2021
DelhiDelhi: Private hospitals, laboratories welcome capping of RT-PCR, RAT prices
Private hospitals and laboratories on Wednesday welcomed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's announcement regarding the capping of the rate of conventional RT-PCR and Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) for COVID-19 detection in private hospitals and laboratories.
04 Aug 2021
Delhi PoliceDelhi: Gangster who killed BJP leader found dead in Tihar
A 29-year-old Tihar jail inmate was found dead in his cell and his two cellmates were found injured on Wednesday morning, officials said.
04 Aug 2021
DelhiKejriwal announces magisterial probe into death of Dalit girl
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said the Delhi Government will order a magisterial inquiry into the death of a nine-year-old Dalit girl following an alleged sexual assault.
04 Aug 2021
Delhi PoliceNCPCR seeks police report in Dalit girl's 'rape and murder'
The apex child rights body NCPCR has sought a detailed action taken report from the Delhi Police in the alleged rape and murder of a nine-year-old Dalit girl in southwest Delhi.
03 Aug 2021
DelhiDelhi: Two-year-old girl who weighed 45 kg undergoes bariatric surgery
A two-year-old girl who weighed nearly 45 kg and was wheelchair-bound was operated upon for removal of a part of her stomach at a private hospital in Delhi, with the hospital claiming she could be the youngest bariatric surgery patient in the country in over a decade.
03 Aug 2021
Delhi PoliceDelhi: Man hired to kill customs clearance agent arrested
A 40-year-old man was arrested from the Subhash Nagar area in west Delhi for allegedly being hired by a money lender to kill a person over a monetary dispute, police said on Tuesday.
02 Aug 2021
DelhiDelhi records 52 dengue cases so far this year
Fifty-two cases of dengue have been reported in Delhi so far this year, according to a civic report released on Monday.
02 Aug 2021
DelhiMinor girl dies under suspicious circumstances; cremated without parents' consent
A nine-year-old girl died under suspicious circumstances, with her parents alleging that she was cremated without their consent by a crematorium's priest in Old Nangal village in southwest Delhi, police said on Monday.
31 Jul 2021
DelhiDelhi: Childless for eight years, woman gives birth to quadruplets
After being childless for eight years since marriage, a woman has given birth to quadruplets (four babies) via in-vitro fertilization procedure at a private facility in Delhi, hospital authorities said on Saturday.
31 Jul 2021
Delhi PoliceDelhi Police arrests Rajasthan don Anuradha
A day after wanted gangster Kala Jathedi was held from Uttar Pradesh, the Delhi Police's Special Cell on Saturday said it has arrested the infamous woman don of Rajasthan.
31 Jul 2021
DelhiTwo held over abduction, killing of man in East Delhi
Two more men involved in allegedly abducting and killing a 28-year-old man in a road rage case at New Ashok Nagar in Delhi were arrested from Rajasthan even as efforts are being made to recover the body of the victim from a canal in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Friday.
30 Jul 2021
Delhi PoliceTwo decomposed bodies found in a Rohini apartment
Two highly decomposed bodies of a man and a woman were found inside a house on Thursday in Rohini's Sector-34 in Delhi, police said.
29 Jul 2021
DelhiDelhi: Water levels in Yamuna rise after heavy rains
The water level in the Yamuna in Delhi on Thursday rose to 203.37 meters, close to the warning mark of 204.50 meters after heavy rains in the upper catchment areas of the river, officials said.
28 Jul 2021
DelhiCashless surgery scheme extended for mucormycosis patients: Satyendar Jain
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday said the city government has extended its cashless surgery scheme of Delhi Arogya Kosh for the treatment of patients suffering from black fungus or mucormycosis.
28 Jul 2021
DelhiMan held for sexually assaulting minor girl in Delhi
A 27-year-old man was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a nine-year-old girl in northwest Delhi's Shalimar Bagh area, police said on Wednesday.
28 Jul 2021
DelhiDelhi: IMD issues orange alert; warns of major traffic disruptions
Another spell of moderate to heavy rain is likely in the national capital on Wednesday with the India Meteorological Department issuing an orange alert, warning of major traffic disruptions and waterlogging in low-lying areas.
