NEW DELHI: In an interesting turn of events, a thief who had entered a wine shop to steal, started drinking and passed out inside the shop itself. His partner in crime, who escaped, was spotted by a patrolling party leading the cops to the wine shop.On October 25, while patrolling near a government wine shop around 4:50am, a police party saw a man moving around in a suspicious manner.When the cops...
NEW DELHI: Like in schools, students of 19 industrial training institutes (ITIs) are attending morning assemblies from October 23. Besides conducting the assemblies, students also take part in a news reading session and listen to motivational speeches by the principals on diverse topics. The assembly ends with the national anthem.According to the government, the assembly is an initiative to promote...
NEW DELHI: In 2015, the Public Works Department (PWD) came up with the idea to ease the commute between Sarai Kale Khan and Malviya Nagar in south Delhi with a combination of infrastructure interventions that would include two new flyovers and the construction of a loop.While the second flyover at Sarai Kale Khan ISBT has been opened to the public, the long-term project remains incomplete.Work on the...
NEW DELHI: A white Santro car, which had changed ownership several times, an Aadhaar card of a woman sex worker and a wrong phone number were what police had at hands while probing the case of a woman found dead, bound in chains. But these were the slim clues that helped them solve the case in less than 12 hours.The CCTV footage recovered from Block 18 of Tilak Nagar, where the Swiss woman's body was...
NEW DELHI: Ahead of Dussehra and Navratri celebrations at Red Fort and in Chandni Chowk, Delhi Traffic Police has imposed certain restrictions and issued an advisory asking motorists to avoid some stretches as large gatherings are expected there from the weekend. Senior officers have also asked those coming to north Delhi to travel by public transport to avoid traffic.According to police, three major...
NEW DELHI: The investigation into the fake "ED raid" which culminated in a robbery of Rs3 crore in Dwarka has revealed that the conspiracy was hatched two weeks ago when the victim had received the final instalment of the pay-out in a land deal.While four people have been arrested, a manhunt has been launched for at least four others who were suspected to be key players in the conspiracy, police said,...
NEW DELHI: Appreciated for being brave enough to distribute ration during the peak of Covid but facing the ire of the common man for forcing them to wear masks in public, the Civil Defence volunteers have taken everything gamely. However, working without compensation is testing their patience. Engaged now in large numbers as bus marshals to oversee passenger safety, the volunteers had to resort to...
NEW DELHI: The city saw a slight drop in maximum temperature and low wind speed on Saturday. The air quality was 'poor' despite the number of stubble burning incidents dropping in Punjab.Residents found the outdoor weather unpleasant even towards the evening. Track the pollution level in your cityThe air quality is likely to remain 'poor' for the next six days. Weather analysts said the the wind...
NEW DELHI: A young, disillusioned, hard-up artist decided to get rich quick by printing fake currency notes. He got his friends together and put his idea to work, but the police got wind.If the crime sounds like it's inspired by the OTT thriller Farzi, helmed by Shahid Kapoor, that's because it is. Shakur Mohammed (25) was indeed inspired when he saw Kapoor play the accomplished artist with a cash flow...
NEW DELHI: As Delhi government explores the idea of artificial rain to control pollution in the winter months, experts said that the prerequisite conditions - which led the scientists to shelve the idea of cloud seeding in the city two years ago - remained the same even though Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, had experimented with the technology.Earlier this month, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal...
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