NEW DELHI: The investigation into the murder of a dairy businessman, identified as Ratan, in south Delhi’s Fatehpur Beri has revealed that the shooters travelled from Faridabad and waited at the scene for nearly half an hour before opening fire.Sixty-nine bullets were found inside body.Police sources said 12 to 13 people are suspected to be involved in the killing. Investigators are also probing the...
New Delhi: For over a decade, Ashutosh Pandit lived as invisibly as a ghost.After allegedly orchestrating a Rs 17-crore fraud against Indian Overseas Bank in Pune in 2013, the director of House of Laptops, a private company, vanished into the ether.By the time CBI took over the case from the economic offences wing of Mumbai Police, the trail had gone cold. In April 2018, a court officially declared...
New Delhi: A head constable displayed quick thinking and bravery when she foiled a knife-point robbery at a bus stand near Peeragarhi flyover in Mangolpuri on Dec 8, police said. The act of bravery was lauded by Commissioner of Police Satish Golchha. Head constable Sushila, a resident of Sadh Nagar, was waiting for a bus around 1.30 pm when three men approached her, armed with knives. They threatened...
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...
Compare listings
Compare