NEW DELHI: The Crime Branch of Delhi Police busted an illegal call centre allegedly involved in defrauding US citizens by posing as customer support executives. Seven people were apprehended during a late-night raid at a flat in Gujarawala Town, North Delhi.Police said the accused used toll-free numbers to receive calls from US nationals. Using Voice over IP (VoIP) technology and remote-access...
NEW DELHI: Dense smog continued to blanket the national capital on Wednesday, sharply reducing visibility and keeping air quality in the very poor to severe range, even as authorities stepped up curbs to rein in pollution. Delhi’s overall Air Quality Index (AQI) stood near 350, a marginal improvement from day earlier, but conditions remained hazardous. Data from the Central Pollution Control Board...
New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday said the long-pending desilting of Sunehri Nullah would help tackle decades-old waterlogging issues in several south Delhi colonies, offering much-needed relief to residents during the monsoon. Gupta made the remarks while inspecting the 1-km-long drain, also known as the Barapullah drain, where about 14,000 metric tonnes of silt have been removed so...
New Delhi: A 36-year-old man who jumped parole four years ago was arrested on Monday by Delhi Police's Crime Branch. The man, identified as Rohit Balara from Neb Sarai, was convicted in 2019 for sexually assaulting an eight-year-old boy in 2012 and was sentenced to three and a half years in prison. He was granted emergency parole for 90 days in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic, but failed to...
Family Business’ of Fraud NEW DELHI: Delhi Police busted a fake call centre in South Delhi’s Sangam Vihar, operated by members of a family, which was cheating people by offering instant online loans.Police received a complaint on September 3 from Shuaib, a resident of North Delhi’s Sadar Bazar. He said that while looking for a loan and approaching various banks, he received a WhatsApp call on...
NEW DELHI: After a sleepless night, the morning air is thick with anticipation — and the usual cocktail of toxins. But today, the lungs take a back seat. This is a day for the heart. And the heart wants only one thing: Messi.By afternoon, the sun pushes through the haze, but Delhi’s air quality — or the lack of it — has the final word. We wait, disappointed yet undeterred, as the star’s...
NEW DELHI: The Indian Youth Congress (IYC) on Monday staged a protest at Jantar Mantar here, alleging "systematic vote rigging" and raised slogans of "Vote Chor, Gaddi Chod." Led by its national president Uday Bhanu Chib, the protesters later attempted to march towards Parliament as part of a 'Parliament Gherao' call, following which over 20 IYC workers were detained, police sources said. ‘Amit...
Luthra brothers likely to arrive in India on Tuesday NEW DELHI: The Luthra brothers are likely to arrive in India on Tuesday morning after being deported from Bangkok, sources said. They are scheduled to land at the Delhi Airport, from where they will immediately be taken into custody by a team from the Goa Police.A senior Goa Police officer confirmed the developments.Woman Claims Brutal Assault At...
Goa nightclub owners Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra have been detained in Thailand for illegal stay and are being deported to India NEW DELHI: The Indian Embassy in Bangkok is in close coordination with Thai authorities following the detention of Goa nightclub owners Saurabh Luthra and Gaurav Luthra in Phuket, sources said to news agency ANI. The duo, owners of the now-charred nightclub Birch by Romeo Lane...
New Delhi: Two men allegedly set a resident's car on fire in southwest Delhi's Safdarjung Enclave last Wednesday.The 34-year-old man told the police that he left his car near his house in Humayunpur village around 8:15 pm. He discovered it was on fire by 1:30 am, when he made a PCR call. He claimed that CCTV footage showed the two men approaching the car from the Krishna Nagar side around 1:15 am....
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