NEW DELHI: The breakthrough came from a father’s fractured memory: a white car, a yellow commercial plate, vanishing into the night with his young daughter. It was a slender thread, but enough for the investigators to launch a manhunt across city limits.According to police, the suspect, Basu Kumar Singh, a driver linked to three major…
New Delhi: Door-to-door visits will start in Delhi from June 30 as part of a special intensive revision (SIR) of voters’ lists to cleanse and update the electoral rolls which includes nearly 1.5 crore voters.The booth-level officers (BLOs) will do the door-to-door enumeration till July 29, distributing pre-printed enumeration forms to all existing voters who…
New Delhi A bus, which was allegedly speeding, hit a taxi and three motorbikes, dragging some of the vehicles and a biker under it, in northeast Delhi’s Nand Nagri Wednesday.One of the motorcyclists was killed. The driver of the bus fled the scene.The bus was coming from the Uttar Pradesh side and travelling from the…
President Droupadi Murmu confers the Padma Bhushan on former Jharkhand chief minister Shibu Soren (posthumously) during the Civil Investiture Ceremony-II at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Tuesday. His wife Rupi Soren received the award on his behalf from the President Ranchi: Dishom guru and JMM’s patriarch Shibu Soren was conferred the Padma Bhushan posthumously…
New Delhi: In a long-awaited decision that is likely to benefit lakhs of slum-dwellers, chief minister Rekha Gupta Tuesday announced that Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) has extended the cutoff date of the slum rehabilitation scheme from Jan 1, 2015 to Jan 1, 2025. In other words, residents of all eligible slum clusters established…
At the 16th BRICS National Security Advisers’ Meeting in New Delhi, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval delivered a sharp assessment of the global security environment, warning that traditional mechanisms for conflict resolution are weakening at a time of rising transnational threats. Speaking before security chiefs from BRICS nations and partner countries, including Russia, China, Iran,…
New Delhi: A motor accident claims tribunal in Delhi has awarded Rs 44.69 lakh compensation to a 47-year-old man whose leg had to be amputated following a road accident in 2020.Presiding officer Shirish Aggarwal was hearing a petition filed by Sanjay, who said he was waiting in his e-rickshaw in Delhi Cantt on February 12,…
New Delhi: Refusing bail to a man accused of murdering his wife, who died after spending 13 months in a vegetative state following an alleged assault, a Delhi court held that his continued custody was necessary as seven doctors are yet to testify and there is a possibility that, if released, he could influence witnesses…
Varanasi: The Indian Institute of Vegetable Research (IIVR) on Tuesday signed licensing agreements with several private seed companies to ensure the availability of high-quality seeds for farmers.An agreement was signed with Fateh Seeds, Ballia, for the improved okra variety, Kashi Utkarsh. The variety offers high productivity due to its plant height of around 110–115 cm…
New Delhi: Eight years after an antique dealer was allegedly cheated of nearly Rs 9 crore in an elaborate “rice puller” scam, the economic offences wing of Delhi Police has arrested a 53-year-old temple priest from Jaipur, who was part of the gang of cons and had evaded arrest for 12 years.The rice-puller scam is…
