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2020 Delhi riots: HC dismisses police appeal against bail to Ishrat Jahan
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday, April 24, refused to interfere with a trial court order granting bail to former Congress councillor Ishrat Jahan in a case concerning the “larger…
- India
Delhi’s Tri Nagar remains volatile amid claims of pig worship
New Delhi: Tensions remain high in Tri Nagar, northwest Delhi, after Muslim residents who protested the presence of pigs in the area were reportedly attacked twice within a single week. Weeks after…
- India
600 pc gas price spike due to Iran war lit fuse for worker strikes around Delhi
A wave of labour unrest has swept through the industrial belts of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, with thousands of workers, many of them migrants, walking off factory floors to demand a minimum…
- India
Delhi court to hear voter list case involving Sonia Gandhi today
New Delhi: A Delhi Court is set to hear a criminal revision petition against Sonia Gandhi on Saturday, April 18, in connection with the alleged fraudulent inclusion of her name in the…
- India
Air India pilot sent back from US for allegedly possessing marijuana
New Delhi: An Air India pilot, travelling as a passenger on a flight from the national capital to San Francisco, was allegedly found in possession of marijuana and was sent back by…
- India
EWS can’t seek age relaxation, enhanced attempts: Delhi HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has held that aspirants belonging to the economically weaker section (EWS) cannot claim parity with the SC/ST/OBC categories for seeking age relaxation or enhanced attempts in…
- Crime in Hyderabad
Delhi court grants 5-day transit remand to two in Hyderabad cyber fraud case
New Delhi: A Delhi court has granted five days’ transit remand to the Telangana Police of two Delhi-based bank employees arrested in connection with a cyber fraud with a 74-year-old retired doctor…
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Delhi: Toddler among three killed in Budh Vihar fire
New Delhi: A couple and their two-year-old child were charred to death in a massive fire that broke out in a cluster of shanties out near Mange Ram Park in Delhi’s Budh…
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Bomb threat at Delhi Assembly triggers security scare; nothing suspicious found
New Delhi: Security forces rushed to the Delhi Assembly on Monday, April 13, after a bomb threat was received via email, prompting a swift response from multiple agencies, police sources said. The…
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Factory workers’ protest over wage hike turns violent in Noida
Noida: Vehicles were torched, property was vandalised and stone pelting was reported from Phase 2 and Sector 60 areas in Noida on Monday, April 13, as protests by factory workers demanding a…
- Hyderabad
The tombs, its secrets and the organisation restoring them in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: It was a fitting setting when about 300 people gathered in an interpretation centre at the Qutb Shahi Tombs complex in Hyderabad’s Deccan Park, which isn’t open yet, stuck in litigation and…
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ANI’s Smita Prakash walks into empty hall in college event she was invited to
New Delhi: Indian journalist and Editor-in-Chief at ANI news agency, Smita Prakash, was invited as the Chief Guest at Miranda College of Delhi University on April 11. However, she not only received…
- Delhi
Fake degree racket busted in Delhi; 7 arrested
New Delhi: Delhi Police has busted a fake degree and certificate racket operating from southeast Delhi and arrested seven people, an official said on Friday, April 10. The operation was carried out…
- Hate Crime
Locals ‘worship’ pigs in Delhi’s Tri Nagar to drive Muslims away
In a narrow lane in Delhi’s Tri Nagar colony, pig cages sit outside the doors of certain houses. On the walls nearby hang posters of a pig-faced deity, adorned with jewellery like…
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Allahabad HC judge Justice Yashwant Varma, facing impeachment, resigns
New Delhi: Embattled Allahabad High Court judge Yashwant Varma, who was facing heat after wads of burnt currency notes were recovered from his residence here last year, has submitted his resignation to…