Delhi: News

They wanted to work in AIIMS, but through forged letter!

For getting a job anywhere, one should bring their resumes but two persons were arrested as they brought a forged letter of recommendation 'signed' by the Union Health Minister instead, to work in AIIMS as lab attendants.

24 Mar 2018

Chennai

Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi among top ten cheapest cities to live

Can you believe that Bengaluru is one of the cheapest cities in the world?

24 Mar 2018

Delhi

Why doesn't Delhi fine its drunk women drivers?

In the last five years, no woman has been fined for driving intoxicated in Delhi.

23 Mar 2018

Delhi High Court

Office-of-profit case: Delhi HC restores membership of 20 AAP MLAs

In a big relief for AAP, Delhi HC today restored membership of its 20 disqualified MLAs. It referred the case back to the Election Commission (EC).

23 Mar 2018

Mumbai

Delhi Ola, Uber drivers strike today. Encouraged by Mumbai 'success'?

Probably getting encouraged by the 'success' of the Mumbai strike, Ola and Uber drivers of Delhi have decided to launch a 'large-scale' 24-hour strike on Friday.

23 Mar 2018

Anna Hazare

Anna Hazare is back in Delhi with his anti-corruption protest

Seven years after his hunger strike shook the then UPA government, anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare is back at Delhi's iconic Ramlila Maidan.

23 Mar 2018

Delhi Government

Delhi Budget: 530 more mohalla clinics by October 2018

The Delhi Government would construct another 530 mohalla clinics and 230 school clinics by October 30, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Thursday while presenting the budget for 2018-19.

22 Mar 2018

Delhi Government

Rather than curing air pollution, Delhi focuses on preventing it

A pollution prediction model will soon be installed in Delhi, the kind which has already been installed by SAFAR across the country and the one present in Beijing, a government official said.

22 Mar 2018

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

Delhi Budget 2018: AAP presents Rs. 53,000cr "Green" Budget

Today, Delhi's Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government presented its budget.

22 Mar 2018

DNA

Man, killed by head injury, lay in DMRC-tunnel for 7-months

A man, whose decomposed body was found inside a Delhi Metro tunnel in February this year, had died due to head injuries, his autopsy report has found, complicating the case further.

22 Mar 2018

Delhi Government

Delhi Outcome Budget: 22,706 challans issued for non-possession of PUCCs

Over 22,700 challans were issued by authorities to vehicular commuters on roads for not possessing Pollution Under Control Certificates (PUCCs), the Delhi Government said in its first Outcome Budget tabled in the Assembly today.

21 Mar 2018

Arvind Kejriwal

Kejriwal calls rejection of doorstep ration delivery scheme 'petty politics'

Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has rejected the Delhi Government's proposal for doorstep delivery of ration, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said and alleged that the "important" measure had fallen victim to "petty politics".

21 Mar 2018

Arvind Kejriwal

Majithia, Gadkari, Sibal pardon Kejriwal; Will Jaitley be so forgiving?

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal is on an apology marathon. Allegedly, this is to put his party out of the financial mess caused due to multiple defamation cases slapped against him, thanks to his foolhardy statements.

21 Mar 2018

Electric Vehicles

Delhi's first 'Green Budget' to focus on electric-vehicles, solar energy

Delhi's budget, scheduled to be presented tomorrow likely by Finance Minister Manish Sisodia, will be mainly focusing on environment and renewable energy.

12,000 properties in Delhi's refugee colonies might be sealed

After sealing several complexes violating norms in Delhi, authorities have now turned their focus to residential refugee colonies.

21 Mar 2018

Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi: BJP leaders to attend all-party meet on sealing today

Delhi BJP leaders will attend an all-party meeting today that would be convened by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with the members of the Supreme Court-appointed Monitoring Committee over the ongoing sealing drive against illegal commercial properties in Delhi.

20 Mar 2018

Narendra Modi

Even as Delhi stifles, Modi, ministers to get clean air

A total of 140 air purifiers were purchased for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office and at least six other government departments between 2014 and 2017, even as Delhi's common masses continue to reel under the rising pollution levels.

20 Mar 2018

Delhi Police

JNU sexual harassment: Professor detained for questioning, eight FIRs filed

After noisy protests, letters from JNU professors and clashes, Delhi Police have finally registered eight FIRs against Professor Atul Johri of the reputed university.

Seven stations on Delhi Metro's Magenta Line to get subways

Seven subways on Delhi's Outer Ring Road will be thrown open for pedestrian access next month, senior Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) officials said.

20 Mar 2018

Manish Sisodia

Delhi's economy improves, estimated to grow at 11.22%

Even as Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal goes on an apology spree, he has one thing to feel proud of.

20 Mar 2018

Sexual Harassment

JNU sexual harassment: Hundreds block roads while child lays bleeding

Hundreds of JNU students marched to the Vasant Kunj Police station yesterday evening, demanding arrest of a professor accused of sexually harassing several students.

19 Mar 2018

Delhi Government

Delhi government launches app to scout singing, dancing talent

To give a platform to aspiring singers and dancers in the city, the Delhi Government today launched a mobile application that would allow deserving applicants down to the ward-level to showcase their talent on a big stage.

19 Mar 2018

Delhi Police

After traveling 2,500 kms, Delhi Police nab Nigerian criminal

In an escape that can make for a riveting Bollywood plot, a 35-year-old Nigerian criminal was finally nabbed on Saturday after being on the run for ten days.

19 Mar 2018

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal granted bail in molestation case

AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal was on Monday granted bail by a Delhi court in a molestation case lodged against him last year.

19 Mar 2018

Delhi Police

Delhi Police goes all out, reunites 7-year-old with family within-hours

A seven-year-old boy was reunited with his family within hours, thanks to the efforts put in by the Delhi Police who went door to door looking for his relatives.

19 Mar 2018

Mumbai

Ola, Uber drivers launch indefinite strike in Delhi, Mumbai, others

Ola and Uber drivers have launched an indefinite strike across major Indian cities, leaving commuters in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Pune, Hyderabad and elsewhere helpless.

18 Mar 2018

Hardeep Singh Puri

Elderly, students might soon get discounted Delhi Metro fares

In a bid to offset the burden of Delhi Metro's fare hike on students and senior citizens, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri has asked the body to evolve a mechanism to offer special tariffs to them.

18 Mar 2018

Tihar Jail

Why are victims refusing to take compensation from Tihar Jail?

In 2010, Tihar jail authorities came up with an ingenious scheme to help crime victims: they would deduct money from wages earned by prisoners and disburse it as compensation.

18 Mar 2018

Murder

Delhi: Elderly intervenes to stop fight over water, killed

A 60-year-old man was beaten to death in northwest Delhi's Wazirpur allegedly amid a fight over who will fill water from a tanker first, police said.

17 Mar 2018

Delhi Police

Delhi: Two inter-state drug racketeers arrested; Rs. 5.6cr-worth drugs seized

Two persons have been arrested for allegedly running an inter-state drug racket and narcotics; 1kg heroin worth Rs. 4cr in the international market was seized from them in northwest Delhi's Rohini.

17 Mar 2018

Monsoon

Delhi: Rains to hit next week, would bring relief

Though many cities received rains in the past few days, Delhi was less fortunate and will remain so for sometime.

17 Mar 2018

Narendra Modi

Indian Navy's second, third Scorpene-class submarines undergoing sea trials

The second and third of the six Scorpene-class submarines, part of Project-75 of the Indian Navy, are undergoing sea trials while the rest are under construction, a senior naval officer said.

17 Mar 2018

Lok Sabha

Delhi: 100 arrested for hacking user-data of online shopping websites

The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (UPSTF) has arrested over 100 fraudsters for hacking user database of leading online shopping websites and insurance companies.

17 Mar 2018

India

Man kills minor boy after he resists sexual assault

A man was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting and killing a minor boy in Delhi's Jaitpur after he tried to resist the crime.

Man poses as Piyush Goyal's secretary; dupes youngsters of lakhs

A 56-year-old Delhi man has been arrested for cheating youngsters by posing as Railways Minister Piyush Goyal's personal secretary.

16 Mar 2018

Albert Einstein

Hawking said Veda's theory superior to Einstein's 'Relativity': Harsh Vardhan

Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan claimed today that renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, who passed away two days ago, had said that the Vedas have a theory superior to Albert Einstein's theory of relativity.

16 Mar 2018

Mumbai

Do you have trouble sleeping? A salary raise might help

The higher your salary raise, the better you sleep.

Over 120 SpiceJet, IndiGo flights to ply from Delhi T2

Ending a four-month battle with Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), IndiGo and SpiceJet have agreed to shift their flight operations partially to Delhi Airport's revamped T2 (Terminal-2) from March 25.

16 Mar 2018

Hardeep Singh Puri

After 2017 fare hikes, Delhi Metro loses 2.6cr riders

Two drastic fare hikes in the Delhi Metro last year has hit ridership severely; annual ridership registered a decline for the first time in a decade.