Delhi

Man arrested for series of house burglaries in Dwarka NEW DELHI: A 22-year-old man allegedly involved in a series of house burglaries across Dwarka district was arrested.The case came to light when a complaint was filed by a woman from Uttam Nagar on Dec 12, who reported that gold and silver jewellery was stolen from her house after a rear window was broken open. A case was registered at Bindapur...

NEW DELHI: Delhi minister Parvesh Verma on Thursday acknowledged that toxic air has become a serious menace for the national capital, while squarely blaming former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for what he described as years of inaction on pollution control.“We accept that toxic air is a big menace,” Verma said, alleging that the previous AAP government failed to...

New Delhi: Twenty-three years after Delhi Metro started operations and quickly changed the way the capital used to commute, you will now get a chance to experience life in motion from a driver's cabin.A museum opened by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) offers an immersive experience — a real-life simulator of the loco pilot's workspace is the showpiece — to visitors curious about how the...

New Delhi: A 49-year-old man was arrested for impersonating as a police officer with his associates and conducting a fake raid at a jewellery-making workshop in central Delhi's Karol Bagh, fleeing with over 1 kg of gold.The accused was identified as Sheikh Akram. On Nov 27, police received a complaint from the workshop owner, who reported that six unidentified persons entered the premises. One of them...

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday permitted Delhi-based journalist and activist Gautam Navlakha to move back to his residence in Delhi until the framing of charge proceedings begin in the 2018 Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case. This permission comes with certain conditions, including that he cannot leave the capital without prior permission and must visit the Kalkaji police station every...

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...