Delhi: News

06 Sep 2017

Women Safety

Delhi cabs to have child-lock stickers for women safety

Cabs operating in Delhi will now have to paste at least four stickers informing passengers about the car's child-lock system and explaining how to disable it.

05 Sep 2017

Health & Wellness

Delhi: Deadly dengue cases in the city up to 1,185

As Delhi is experiencing a season-change with the onset of monsoon, deadly vector-borne diseases in the city are on the rise.

East Delhi sinking under garbage piles; lack of waste-dumping space

East Delhi is facing a severe sanitation crisis after Rani Khera residents refused to allow dumping of waste in their neighborhood.

05 Sep 2017

Delhi Police

Delhi: Father seeks police protection from his own alcoholic son

66-year-old Rajvir Sharma filed a plea in Delhi HC seeking police protection from his 22-year-old alcoholic son so that he and his wife can live in peace with self-respect.

05 Sep 2017

Delhi High Court

Delhi HC: Why are women-prisoners denied benefits?

Asking why the benefits of semi-open and open prisons aren't extended to women prisoners and the reason behind this discrimination, Delhi HC sought responses from Delhi's Government, Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal, and Director General of Prisons.

05 Sep 2017

Anil Baijal

Delhi: L-G Anil Baijal gives go-ahead for new mohalla clinics

Lieutenant-Governor of Delhi, Anil Baijal, has given the approval to the Kejriwal-led AAP Government for setting up new mohalla clinics in the city.

05 Sep 2017

Gurugram

Delhi: British national arrested over sexual abuse of blind children

A British national has been arrested in Delhi over alleged sexual abuse of blind children at a house for visually-impaired persons in RK Puram.

04 Sep 2017

Athletics

Rickshaw-puller's son breaks 100m, 200m U-16 national records

On Saturday, 15-year-old Nisar Ahmed bagged two gold medals (100 metres and 200 metres) at the Delhi State Athletics Meet in the under-16 category.

04 Sep 2017

Delhi Government

Delhi metro's longest line may not be ready before 2018-end

Delhi Metro's line connecting north and west Delhi with south and east Delhi has been further delayed.

04 Sep 2017

Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi: CM Kejriwal to take charge of Water Ministry

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal is reportedly going to take over the Water Resources Ministry from Rajendra Pal Gautam, who took over the department about three months earlier.

04 Sep 2017

Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi: JNU's reaction to Sitharaman's appointment as Defense Minister

Ahead of Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University polls on 8 September, the appointment of JNU alumna Nirmala Sitharaman as the Defense Minister has become a heated subject of discussion among the university's political parties.

03 Sep 2017

Faridabad

Bandhwari waste treatment plant worries Gurugram, Faridabad residents

Only a day after a huge pile of trash collapsed at a landfill site in Delhi's Ghazipur killing two, Gurugram and Faridabad residents raised alarm over the hazards posed by defunct waste treatment plant in Gurugram's Bandhwari.

03 Sep 2017

Delhi Police

Delhi: Jailed gangsters make presence felt on social media

Several dreaded gangsters with their names in Delhi Police's records are reportedly very active on Facebook.

03 Sep 2017

Air Pollution

Delhi: 40-member teams to observe, report on pollution

The Central Pollution Control Board constituted 40 two-member teams to observe and submit daily and weekly reports on the pollution in Delhi over the next four months.

03 Sep 2017

Sexual Assault

Delhi: Man arrested for sexually assaulting, killing six-year-old boy

A six-year-old boy of Delhi's Harsh Vihar was sexually abused and murdered by a 40-year-old laborer, Ram Niwas.

03 Sep 2017

Delhi Police

Delhi: Man arrested for sexually assaulting, killing six-year-old boy

A six-year-old boy of Delhi's Harsh Vihar was sexually abused and murdered by a 40-year-old laborer, Ram Niwas.

02 Sep 2017

Yogi Adityanath

BJP leader Gajendra Bhati shot dead in Ghaziabad

BJP leader Gajendra Bhati was shot dead in broad daylight this afternoon in Ghaziabad's Khora Colony.

02 Sep 2017

Shakuntala Devi

Delhi: Dead girl's kidneys save two lives

A 19-year-old girl from Delhi's Chhattarpur, Shakuntala, died at Safdarjung Hospital after consuming poison.

02 Sep 2017

Gurugram

Car catches fire due to CNG-kit malfunction

Three men from Gurugram's Palda village were burnt to death near the city's Lemon Tree Hotel as the car they were traveling in had caught fire allegedly due to CNG kit malfunctions.

02 Sep 2017

Murder

Fight over drugs: Boy killed in front of his mother

A 16-year-old boy, allegedly addicted to inhaling adhesive-based sulochen solution, has been stabbed to death by his friends in Delhi's Kabir Nagar.

02 Sep 2017

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

Delhiites can finally say goodbye to crowded buses!

Delhi's AAP government finally approved a proposal for the procurement of 2,000 buses on Delhi's roads after a three-year delay.

02 Sep 2017

Delhi High Court

Will ensure ration for everybody: Delhi HC

While hearing a petition by an NGO Delhi Rozi Roti Adhikar Abhiyan, Delhi HC stated it would ensure no one in Delhi sleeps hungry, and everyone gets a ration.

02 Sep 2017

Delhi High Court

Delhiites will have to pay more for electricity from September

The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) has hiked the electricity charges in the city, introducing a surcharge of 3.7% from September, in addition to the existing 8% cess.

01 Sep 2017

Building Collapse

Delhi: Building collapses in Sadar Bazaar; two injured

After heavy rains battered Delhi, a four-storied building in Paan Mandi in old city's Sadar Bazaar near New Delhi Railway Station has collapsed today evening.

01 Sep 2017

Ghazipur

Delhi: Two dead, several feared dead as Ghazipur landfill collapses

Two people were killed and others are feared dead as part of the garbage landfill at Delhi's Ghazipur collapsed.

01 Sep 2017

Blue Whale Challenge

Blue Whale Challenge: Delhi-NCR schools ask parents to be careful

The fatal 50-day Blue Whale Challenge has left many Delhi-NCR schools worried.

One in every ten drivers in Delhi has no license

At least 5 lakh people are driving on Delhi's roads without driver's licenses thanks to the lack of coordination between Delhi Transport Department and traffic police.

01 Sep 2017

India

Delhi-NCR: One cyber crime incident reported every 10 minutes

Cyber security expert, Rakshit Tandon, revealed that at least one cyber crime takes place in every ten minutes in Delhi-NCR.

01 Sep 2017

Delhi High Court

High Court judges travel in autos to conduct surprise-inspections

On 31 August, Delhi High Court judges conducted a surprise inspection of the six district courts in New Delhi.

Delhi commuters can travel on Magenta Line's driverless metros soon!

After missing a series of deadlines, the Delhi Metro is finally going to open a section of Magenta Line driverless trains in October.

31 Aug 2017

Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi CM Kejriwal inaugurated over 1200 community toilets

Stepping up efforts to make Delhi open-defecation free, the AAP Government inaugurated 1,206 more community toilets in 36 jhuggi-jhopri clusters in the capital.

31 Aug 2017

Gurugram

Gurugram: 12-year-old raped by her own father for seven years

A shocking incident came to light when a 12-year-old Gurugram schoolgirl revealed her father has been raping her for the past seven years.

31 Aug 2017

Delhi

Delhi: Forget women, even female puppies are not safe here!

In a very disturbing incident, a female puppy has bled to death after being raped by a cab driver in Delhi's Naraina locality.

Delhi: L-G Anil Baijal-AAP war over proposed Mohalla clinics

The war of words between Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal and Aam Aadmi Party MLAs intensified after their meeting to discuss the Kejriwal government's project to build 1,000 Mohalla clinics in New Delhi.

31 Aug 2017

Gurugram

Delhi: Forget women, even female puppies are not safe here!

In a very disturbing incident, a female puppy has bled to death after being raped by a cab driver in Delhi's Naraina locality.

31 Aug 2017

India

Investigation: Over 800 'firms' located at two vacant Delhi addresses

The menace of shell companies is an undeniable reality in India. Last month, PM Narendra Modi announced over 37,000 such firms have already been detected, and registrations of one lakh others have been cancelled.

30 Aug 2017

Delhi High Court

New Delhi: Man beheads sister-in-law for family honor

A 35-year-old man, Rama Shankar, brutally murdered his 31-year-old sister-in-law, Kalawati, by chopping off her head and hands in Delhi's Rohini.

29 Aug 2017

Delhi High Court

Delhi: Metro ridership witnesses sharp decline in June after price-hike

Following the fare hike in May, Delhi Metro witnessed a decline of nearly 1.5 lakh commuters a day in June.

28 Aug 2017

India

'Super rich' businessman husband ordered to pay Rs. 4L alimony

In an eyebrow-raising case, a "super rich" husband has been directed by a Delhi court to pay his wife Rs. 4L monthly and an additional 15% raise annually!