Sarita Vihar

Timelines

12 Apr 2020

Mild earthquake strikes Delhi; Kejriwal tweets, 'Hope everyone is safe'

A mild earthquake struck the national capital of Delhi on Sunday evening. The earthquake measured 3.5 on the Richter scale.

18 Feb 2020

Sit-in agitation will continue, site might change: Shaheen Bagh protesters

Shaheen Bagh, a small pocket in South Delhi, got a new identity in December when hundreds of women decided to sit on the streets to protest against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

10 Feb 2020

#NewsBytesExclusive: Abhijit Iyer-Mitra on Shaheen Bagh and Gunja Kapoor episode

The Shaheen Bagh protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act should not have been "allowed" to go on for so long, feels Defense analyst Abhijit Iyer-Mitra.

07 Feb 2020

SC to hear pleas against Shaheen Bagh protest after polls

Two pleas demanding that Shaheen Bagh protest site is vacated were put on hold by the Supreme Court on Friday and will be taken up on Monday, two days after Delhi casts its vote to choose the next Chief Minister.

05 Feb 2020

Shaheen Bagh: Right-wing YouTuber heckled for asking "too many questions"

In a strange turn of events, a YouTuber had to face the wrath of protesters of Shaheen Bagh as she entered the site wearing a burkha and asked "too many questions".

26 Dec 2019

Places in Delhi to donate warm clothes, blankets this winter

As winter is here, many people must be busy upgrading their winter wardrobe with new sweaters, jackets, boots, and other things.

28 Oct 2019

Day after Diwali, air-quality in Delhi slips to "very poor"

On the morning after Delhi residents celebrated Diwali with much pomp and show, the air quality in the national capital deteriorated and was recorded at "very poor".

05 Jul 2019

School principal raped, threatened female teacher for 2 years, arrested

A South-Delhi school principal was arrested yesterday for allegedly raping one of the female teachers repeatedly, and threatening her for two years.

10 Jun 2019

IIT Professor rapes former student, asks the woman her "price"

A 45-year-old assistant professor at Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur, was arrested for allegedly raping a 35-year-old woman, who claims to be his former student, on the pretext of giving her a job.

25 Dec 2018

Ganga activist Swami Gopal Das' disappearance raises questions on government

For the last six months, Swami Gopal Das has been fasting for Ganga river.

18 Nov 2018

Delhi: Woman found dead with throat slit in her home

A 73-year-old homemaker, identified as Sarita Pandey, was found dead with her throat slit at her house in Southeast Delhi's Sarita Vihar on Saturday.

29 Sep 2018

From Jaguar, man peeps to spit pan-masala, dies after car-crash

A 27-year-old man succumbed to serious injuries after his Jaguar crashed on Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida.

22 Jul 2018

Delhi: Space crunch major hurdle for increasing power distribution network

Space crunch is posing a major challenge in augmentation of the power distribution network in Delhi's densely-packed unauthorized colonies, officials said.

10 Mar 2018

Man accidentally shot dead by minor cousin while taking selfies

A 23-year-old man named Prashant Chauhan was killed after his cousin accidentally fired from a pistol while they were attempting to click a selfie posing with the firearm in southeast Delhi.

09 Mar 2018

Delhi: 23-year-old shot dead while clicking selfie with pistol

Posing with a pistol for a selfie has become a recent trend and a dangerous one.

20 Feb 2018

Delhi Police takes senior citizens for heritage tour

As a part of the Delhi Police Week celebrations of this year, the force took a group of 60 senior citizens from the South-East district of Delhi for a heritage tour of the city on Sunday.