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Rahul takes truck ride from Delhi to Chandigarh, listens to ‘Mann Ki Baat’ of drivers
Chandigarh: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi travelled in a truck from Delhi to Chandigarh to listen to the problems faced by truck drivers, the party said on Tuesday. Gandhi undertook the journey Monday…
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Ahead of G20 events, demolition drives intensified, allege Delhi activists
New Delhi: Evictions and demolitions have intensified in Delhi and other cities hosting G20-related events rendering several people homeless, activists have alleged. At a public hearing here on Monday, civil society and community…
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‘A lie’: Delhi school over video alleging students suspended for wearing ‘Kalawa’
New Delhi: The Delhi Police and Vanasthali Public School, Mayur Vihar Phase 3 have denied the incident of a few students allegedly being placed under suspension for wearing ‘Kalawa’ (the Hindu sacred…
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Security beefed up ahead of farmers’ meet in support of protesting wrestlers: Police
New Delhi: The security has been beefed up at Jantar Mantar and on Delhi’s borders ahead of a farmers’ meeting in support of the protesting wrestlers on Sunday, police said. Multi-layer barricades…
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Man shot dead near Delhi’s Jama Masjid
New Delhi: A 30-year-old man was allegedly shot dead by an unknown assailant early on Thursday in central Delhi’s Jama Masjid area, police said. The incident took place near the Ya-Rub-Chala De…
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‘Thook jihad’: Bajrang Dal creates ruckus at Muslim run juice shop in Delhi
Members of the Bajrang Dal created a ruckus objecting to a Hindu shop owner, Raju, renting out his shop to a Muslim juice seller under the former’s name. Raju, who owns the…
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Delhi PWD minister approves repair and maintenance of 16 major city roads
New Delhi: Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Atishi has approved repairs and maintenance of 16 major city roads to make them more durable as well as improve their ride quality. This project…
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Will ensure political executive doesn’t turn a blind eye: SC on Manipur violence
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will ensure that the political executive does not turn a blind eye to the law-and-order situation in Manipur while stressing that it won’t…
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Severe turbulence on Air India Delhi-Sydney flight; several injured
New Delhi: Passengers on board a routine Air India flight from Delhi to Sydney suffered injuries after the aircraft encountered severe turbulence. Fortunately, none of the injured passengers required hospitalisation, and all…
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Gadkari gets threat call at his official Delhi residence, police launches probe
New Delhi: A threat call from a landline number was received at Union Minister Nitin Gadkari’s official residence at Motilal Nehru Road on Monday night, a Delhi Police official said on Tuesday.…
- Delhi
Fire breaks out at plastic factory in Delhi; no casualties
New Delhi: A fire has broken out at a plastic factory in outer Delhi’s Bawana area on Monday, an official said. No causality, however, has been reported, a fire department official said.…
- India
Four injured after driver loses control over the car in Delhi
New Delhi: Four people including two women were injured after the driver lost control over the rash and recklessly driven car and hit the other two cars near Delhi’s Keshav Puram metro…
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Karnataka: Three Congress central observers meet Mallikarjun Kharge in Delhi
New Delhi: After holding discussions with newly-elected Congress MLAs in Bengaluru, the party’s three central observers met its president Mallikarjun Kharge at his residence here on Monday evening and held deliberations over…
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Wrestlers to take protest against WFI chief global, approach international Olympians
New Delhi: The protesting wrestlers on Monday decided to make their “agitation global” by approaching Olympic medallists and athletes from other countries and warned that if their demand for the arrest of…
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Declining budgetary priorities for development of minorities in Delhi
Dr. Jawed Alam Khan Delhi’s minority population is about 18.22% of the total population of the state, i.e. 35,18,126 persons in all. SCs (16.75%) and OBCs (48%) also have significant populations in…