Delhi News

Catch all that is happening in and around Delhi, here.

30 Jul 2018

West Bengal

Delhi: He shot her dead to prove gun was real

After being on the run for two days, a man who 'accidentally' shot a woman in Shahdara's Dilshad Garden was finally arrested on Friday.

29 Jul 2018

Dwarka

Dwarka: Thieves flee with ATM machine having Rs. 30L cash

Dwarka police are on the lookout for a gang which uprooted an ATM machine and decamped with it yesterday.

28 Jul 2018

Technology

Delhi pollution chokes parking sensors, unable to detect empty slots

Sensor-based parking, New Delhi Municipal Corporation's ambitious project, has been clouded by Delhi's rising air-pollution levels.

27 Jul 2018

Crime Against Women

Delhi: Man uploads woman's intimate photos to get wedding cancelled

A Delhi-based man decided to upload on the internet intimate photos of a woman he had promised to marry, in order to get the wedding cancelled.

27 Jul 2018

Haryana

Yamuna swells amid heavy rains,flood warnings issued in Delhi, Haryana

The Yamuna has swollen after days of heavy rains resulting in steep rise of water-level at Haryana's Hathnikund barrage, which crossed 1.36L cusecs yesterday morning.

26 Jul 2018

Haryana

Dwarka: Wearing sunglasses at night foils kidnapping bid

Without proper planning, anything is a colossal failure. This is what happened to Vatan Ram and Janmahan Singh when they kidnapped a man, but made him wear sunglasses at night, which raised police's suspicion.

26 Jul 2018

Delhi Government

Delhiites, now pay more for Johnnie Walker, VAT-69 in bars

With a target to achieve 20% revenue growth over 2017, Delhi Government has planned something that'll be a sure downer for tipplers.

25 Jul 2018

Delhi

Delhi: 3 sisters found dead under mysterious circumstances in Mandawali

Three sisters were found dead under mysterious circumstances in east Delhi's Mandawali area, police said today.

Delhi sealing: Nearly 5,700 properties sealed by civic-bodies since Dec'17

Nearly 5,700 properties have so far been sealed by three municipal corporations in Delhi for allegedly violating provisions of Delhi Master Plan 2021.

24 Jul 2018

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

Auto fares in Delhi to increase roughly 30%

Appeasing to their strong vote-bank of auto-rickshaw drivers, Delhi government is set to increase auto fares. Compared to the current Rs. 25 for the first 2kms, now only the first kilometer will cost that much.

23 Jul 2018

Health & Wellness

This Gurugram eight-year-old had 100+ tapeworms in her brain

For six months, this eight-year-old had been suffering from severe headache and epileptic seizures.

23 Jul 2018

Haryana

'Make our city safer,' say Gurugram-residents after several sex-racket busts

Four days after a sex-racket was busted in a club in Gurugram's MG Road, residents of the area carried out a candle march on Sunday demanding action against pubs and clubs inside malls.

Delhi Metro Blue Line: Services affected due to technical snag

Services were briefly affected from 9-9:15am on Delhi Metro's Blue Line (Line-3/4) today due to a technical snag near Rajouri Garden station.

21 Jul 2018

Delhi Police

Delhi pollution: Citizens cannot suffer anymore, SC says, summons top-cop

Concerned over growing congestion and air pollution in Delhi, the Supreme Court asked the Delhi Police chief to come up with some urgent remedies to tackle the menace.

21 Jul 2018

Suicide

Delhi: Man commits suicide by jumping in front of metro-train

A 23-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a Delhi Metro train at Jangpura metro station yesterday.

21 Jul 2018

Mumbai

Delhi airport: Semi-robotic TaxiBots to help curb air pollution

After 'air-purifier' plants, Delhi airport authorities have taken another environment-friendly step by introducing TaxiBots, 'pilot-controlled semi-robotic machines' which reduce emissions and fuel-consumption by a stunning 85%.

20 Jul 2018

Delhi High Court

9-month-old appeals to Delhi HC for making public-breastfeeding possible

Highlighting the need to enable women breastfeed in public, Delhi HC recently asked the Central and state authorities to provide facilities for the same.

20 Jul 2018

Rainfall

Delhi: Pavement outside GK metro station caves in amid rains

A portion of a pavement outside the underground Greater Kailash metro station in Delhi caved in early today due to accumulation of water after heavy rainfall, a DMRC official said.

19 Jul 2018

Delhi Police

This four-legged 'Babu' of Delhi Police is an all-India gold-medalist!

Delhi Police's Model Town office is receiving a lot of attention recently, courtesy Babu.

19 Jul 2018

Uttar Pradesh

UP 'baba' charges woman Rs. 60,000 to "save marriage," held

With the promise of 'solving' unemployment, relationship and marital problems, including infertility and pregnancy, a UP man has been duping hundreds of gullible people since 3-4 years.

18 Jul 2018

DNA

14 mobile teams to help Delhi Police in evidence collection

In a bid to bring down pending cases, which stand at 4,500 at the moment, Delhi Police may set up 14 district-level crime scene management teams (DMCS).

17 Jul 2018

Arvind Kejriwal

One train removed from Delhi Metro's Magenta-Line after technical glitch

One train was removed from service on Delhi Metro's Magenta Line today after it had some technical problems, officials said, adding services were briefly delayed.

17 Jul 2018

Delhi Police

Delhi: Six-year-old mercilessly raped outside famous temple

Tainting Delhi's name once again, a man allegedly raped a six-year-old outside a temple at DDU Marg in central Delhi on Saturday.

16 Jul 2018

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

Delhi: Pay just Rs. 50 to get key government-documents home-delivered

Just pay Rs. 50, and get as many as 100 services, such as birth-certificate, caste-certificate, driving-license, ration-card and more delivered to your doorstep.

16 Jul 2018

Domestic Violence

Delhi air hostess 'commits suicide', family claims murder

An air hostess associated with Lufthansa Airlines allegedly jumped to her death Friday in Delhi's posh Panchsheel Park locality.

15 Jul 2018

Haryana

Gurugram roads collapse after just 21mm of rain

Despite assurances by Gurugram authorities of being monsoon-ready, all it took was 21mm of rainfall to prove it wrong.

15 Jul 2018

Delhi

South Delhi eatery attacked by 'employees' miffed with owner

A group of 25 boys barged into a restaurant in Delhi's Kalkaji on Saturday and started vandalizing it.

120 trucks entering Delhi fined for overloading this month

In a drive conducted earlier this month against overloaded commercial vehicles entering the national capital, Delhi Transport Department and the NHAI imposed fines on 120 trucks.

Supreme Court: High time L-G gets Delhi's garbage cleared

Coming down heavily on Delhi's L-G Anil Baijal, an angry Supreme Court questioned him as to when he's planning to clear off the 'mountains of garbage in Delhi.'

12 Jul 2018

Delhi

Delhi: Burglar shakes a leg after successful burglary

A burglar apparently indulged in an impromptu victory dance after other members of the gang successfully broke into multiple shops in North Delhi's Lahori Gate area on Tuesday.

12 Jul 2018

Delhi Police

No weddings in Delhi this year, astrologers say

"Subh Vivah" sampanna nahi ho paega in Delhi, at least till January and February next year.

12 Jul 2018

Employment

Delhi: Two held for forgery, running fake employment racket

Two men allegedly involved in forging identity-cards of central government Ministries and running a fake employment racket have been arrested in Delhi.

12 Jul 2018

Delhi Police

A month later, Delhi father's search for his missing-son continues

This father's relentless efforts in search of his son will break your heart.

11 Jul 2018

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

Delhi: Kejriwal plans to avert water crisis through sewage water

In an effort to prevent a water crisis in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has decided follow Singapore's 'new water policy' to treat sewage water and make it use-worthy.

11 Jul 2018

X

Delhi Traffic Police Twitter handle hacked for few minutes

The official Twitter handle of Delhi Traffic Police was hacked for a few minutes last night, following which it was restored and a probe was initiated in the matter, a senior police officer said today.

10 Jul 2018

Delhi High Court

IIT professor in trouble after Chinese wife leaves with kid

Caught in a sticky wicket, an IIT-Madras professor appealed to Delhi HC to get custody of his son, who lives with his Chinese mother.

09 Jul 2018

Anil Baijal

Good news for Delhi: Capital to soon get 31L trees!

In a bid to control the malice of air pollution in the national capital, various agencies of the Union and Delhi governments will plant 31L saplings of various native species from July 15.

09 Jul 2018

Suicide

Delhi: Civil services aspirant attempts suicide at Karol Bagh metro-station

A 23-year-old civil services aspirant allegedly attempted suicide by jumping in front of a metro train at Delhi's Karol Bagh metro station.

09 Jul 2018

Delhi University

Heartwarming: Financially-challenged girl gets admission, courtesy DU professors

High cut-offs, tests and interviews weren't challenging enough to scare away this 18-year-old, who had applied for Journalism under Delhi University's Bharati College.

07 Jul 2018

Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi: With L-G's approval, plan to chop 3,000 trees canceled

Bringing huge relief to Delhiites, the Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has now officially cancelled the previous decision to cut down almost 3,000 trees to make way for seven central government colonies.