NEW DELHI: Former Governor of Chhattisgarh and ex-Defence Secretary of India Dr Shekhar Dutt passed away on July 2 at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, following a prolonged illness. He was 80. The last rites will be performed in the national capital on Thursday.

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday told a court here that the Congress party wanted to usurp around Rs 2,000 crore assets of the now-defunct National Herald newspaper.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) to decide, within 3 months, a representation raising safety concerns on the usage of GLP-1-RA drugs in weight management and aesthetic treatment.

NEW DELHI: A 21-year-old man was arrested in Delhi's Palam village for allegedly harassing a college student by creating fake Instagram accounts and using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to generate objectionable content.

NEW DELHI: Two women have been arrested for robbing a young passenger in Delhi’s Kamla Nagar area, said police on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) on Tuesday announced the addition of two new men’s franchises to the Delhi Premier League (DPL) ahead of the second season.

India's Golden Triangle—Delhi, Agra, and Jaipur—is one of the most popular travel circuits in the country. Thousands of travellers hit the Delhi to Jaipur route every year, soaking in the royal palaces, vibrant markets, and desert charm of Rajasthan. But beyond the usual hotspots lies a lesser-known treasure that often escapes the tourist radar: Abhaneri Stepwells.

NEW DELHI: In a major step toward combating vehicular pollution, the Delhi government has begun enforcing strict new rules on End-of-Life (EOL) vehicles starting Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: Starting Tuesday, the Delhi government is planning to stop the sale of petrol and diesel to end-of-life (EoL) or over-age vehicles – a move aimed at fighting vehicular emission-linked air pollution in the Capital, an official said.

NEW DELHI: In a major crackdown on illegal immigration, the Foreigner Cell of the Delhi Police apprehended 18 Bangladeshi nationals, including five individuals who posed as transgender women, during a coordinated combing operation in Ashok Vihar, North-West Delhi.

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday recalled the murder of the Constitution during the Emergency imposed by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975, highlighting the need for reminding youth about the dark chapter of democracy.

NEW DELHI: A youth, who was returning home with his brother, was stabbed to death by unidentified people after a minor altercation in Delhi's Geeta Colony.

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday called upon citizens to join efforts by the government, police and society to fight the drug menace and report sale or consumption of contraband in their neighbourhoods on helpline 1933.

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police have begun an investigation into the death of a woman, who allegedly succumbed to injuries during treatment, after being sexually assaulted at a government hospital.

NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel on Thursday announced that its AI-powered fraud detection system has successfully safeguarded more than 3.5 million users across the Delhi-NCR from rising online frauds.

MUMBAI: The Bengaluru Bravehearts became the third team to progress to the semi-final of Season 1 of the Rugby Premier League. The Bravehearts achieved this after they defeated the Kalinga Black Tigers by a margin of 34-26. In the second game of the day, the Delhi Redz and the Mumbai Dreamers played out a thrilling draw at the Shahaji Raje Bhosale Sports Complex, here on Wednesday

NEW DELHI: A clerk working at the Indian Navy's headquarters in New Delhi has been arrested on charges of espionage, accused of leaking sensitive military information to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), including during the recently concluded Operation Sindoor, according to media reports.

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Thursday will hear a criminal defamation complaint filed by Lipika Mitra, the wife of former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Somnath Bharti, against Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

NEW DELHI: Fresh off a blockbuster Season 2 that smashed viewership records, the Indian Street Premier League (ISPL)—India’s tennis-ball T10 cricket league, has announced Bollywood superstar Salman Khan as the new team owner for its upcoming New Delhi franchise.

NEW DELHI: Accusing the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of indulging in corruption in the name of organising Kanwar camps, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday announced direct benefit transfer (DBT) and free electricity for organising committees that serve the Shiva devotees.

RAIPUR: In a chilling crime reminiscent of the infamous Meerut drum murder, a young man’s body was discovered in Raipur’s Indraprastha Colony, within the DD Nagar police station area.

NEW DELHI: A total of 380 Indian nationals -- 219 from Iran and 161 from Israel -- arrived safely in New Delhi on Tuesday as part of the government's ongoing Operation Sindhu, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) confirmed.

NEW DELHI: Reiterating India’s zero tolerance for terror, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday called upon the world to unite against violent extremism and paid homage to the 329 victims of the 1985 Air India 'Kanishka' bombing.

NEW DELHI: An Air India flight from the UK's Birmingham to Delhi was diverted to Riyadh on Saturday night after a bomb threat was reported on board, the airline said on Sunday.

CHANDIGARH: Bajwa said the Punjab Cabinet’s recent decision to strip the Chief Minister of chairmanship over various Urban Development Authorities, handing it instead to the Chief Secretary, is proof that Mann no longer calls the shots in Punjab. “This is not a policy decision—it is a hostile takeover. Governance in Punjab is being run directly by Kejriwal and his handpicked persons,” Bajwa said.

MUMBAI: A week into the Rugby Premier League (RPL) season, the Hyderabad Heroes have won all four of their matches and stand on top of the standings with 15 points and at the heart of their success is Javed Hussain, a player whose journey has been anything but ordinary. With four tries and 20 points to his name, Javed is not only the league’s best performing Indian but also ranks seventh overall in the points tally.

NEW DELHI: On the 11th International Day of Yoga (IDY), External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar joined the Diplomatic Corps at the Nehru Park in Delhi on Saturday, emphasising harmony between human well-being and nature, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.

NEW DELHI: On the occasion of the 11th International Day of Yoga, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta participated in a large-scale yoga session at Sonia Vihar Water Sports Club, located near the banks of the Yamuna River.

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Delhi Zonal Office conducted search operations at 37 locations across the national Capital under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 in the Delhi classroom construction irregularities case and recovered digital evidence and 322 bank passbooks linked to mule accounts opened in the names of labourers, allegedly to divert government funds.

NEW DELHI: After two action-packed seasons, the Ultimate Kho Kho (UKK) returns for Season 3, which will feature players from leading Kho Kho-playing nations worldwide and will unfold high-intensity matchdays at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium from November 29.

NEW DELHI: Three thieves were arrested and six stolen mobile phones were recovered along with a dummy pistol and a scooter used in multiple crimes by the Tilak Marg Police in Delhi, an official said on Friday.

NEW DELHI: The weather has turned pleasant across Delhi-NCR as drop in both minimum and maximum temperature has brought relief to the people from the scorching heat.

NEW DELHI: In a significant operation, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested a Nigerian national and seized narcotic substances worth approximately Rs 5 crore from her possession while she was travelling by bus from Delhi to Mumbai.

NEW DELHI: In a significant development, the Delhi Police on Thursday apprehended 12 Bangladeshi nationals living illegally in East Delhi's Anand Vihar area.

AMRITSAR: Under the Sikh religious propaganda movement 'Khuar Hoye Sab Milenge' running under the umbrella of Sri Akal Takht Sahib, Delhi's Singh Sabhas held various Gurmat Samagams for two days in the city, in which the acting Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib and the Jathedar of Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargajj participated.

NEW DELHI: Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain on Friday said that there was a severe coal crisis across the country and many places have just one day of reserve left.

BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will be on a five-day official visit to the national capital and is scheduled to leave from here on Friday, sources said.

MUMBAI: It seemed that Kolkata Knight Riders were on the path to recovery in Match 41 of IPL 2022 with skipper Shreyas Iyer and Nitesh Rana at the crease on Thursday.

NEW DELHI: The Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested one person from West Bengal who is said to be a key accused in the April 16 communal clashes in Jahangirpuri, official sources said here on Thursday.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Transport Minister Mr. Laljit Singh Bhullar, on Wednesday, said that Punjab Government bus service to Delhi International Airport will be resumed soon. He said that after the threadbare discussion between the Chief Ministers of both the Governments, the issue has been taken up today during the Secretary level meeting of the Transport Departments of both the states.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked whether its proper to use the word 'Jumla' against the Prime Minister, during the hearing of the appeal of JNU scholar-activist Umar Khalid in the Delhi riots' larger conspiracy case.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the Centre's response of the Centre on a plea seeking to implement an Indian Holistic Integrated Medicinal Approach rather than the colonial segregated way of Allopathy, Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy in order to secure the right to health.

NEW DELHI: In a major initiative aimed at revitalizing the core sectors of Health and Education besides other crucial sectors to propel Punjab on the high growth trajectory, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday signed a Knowledge Sharing Agreement (KSA) with his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal.

MUMBAI: Punjab Kings seem to have learnt a lesson from their defeat in the previous game against Delhi Capitals on April 20, where their ultra-aggressive approach let them down big time.

NEW DELHI: Two persons were killed in another wall collapse incident that took place in the national capital within 24 hours, a police official said on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann accompanied by his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced that Punjab would soon modernize the entire school education and health sector on the pattern of Delhi model as promised by the AAP to the people as another guarantee during run up to the assembly polls in the state.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Fire Services have so far rescued four people from the debris of the building that collapsed in South West Delhi on Monday afternoon, a Fire Department Official said.

MUMBAI: Delhi Capitals have called their opening batters Prithvi Shaw and David Warner 'pocket dynamos' after the duo has played a key role in the team's campaign in IPL 2022.

NEW DELHI: A court here has taken cognizance of a charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate against former Trinamool Congress youth wing leader Vinay Mishra, his brother and others in connection with a cattle smuggling case.

CHANDIGARH: Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will leave for Delhi today. According to sources, Chief Minister Mann will visit government schools and community clinics in Delhi. Apart from this, Bhagwant Mann will also visit a hospital in Delhi.

MEW DELHI: The national capital is likely to witness heat wave conditions April 28 onwards with the temperature expected to hover around 44 degrees Celsius.

CHANDIGARH: In a bid to revamp the existing health and education infrastructure across the state, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann would undertake a whirlwind tour of the premier health and school educational institutes in the national capital on Monday.

NEW DELHI: The Special Cell of the Delhi Police on Saturday arrested five persons for allegedly manufacturing fake Rs 10 coins, which the accused had been supplying for quite some time now.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has asked Parle Biscuits to modify two of its advertisements by blurring the image of cookies resembling Britannia's Good Day butter cookies, granting relief to the latter in its suit for permanent injunction and damages against the former.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi BJP on Friday appointed the Assembly in-charge for upcoming bypolls in Rajinder Nagar constituency.

NEW DELHI: Four people were rescued by the Fire Department after they got stuck inside a lift of a marriage hall in the national capital on Friday, an official said.

NEW DELHI: Rajasthan's former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot reached the national capital on Thursday and is slated to meet Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in the evening.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi BJP on Thursday alleged that AAP leaders are instigating people to attack party Headquarters and Union Home Minister Amit Shah's residence.

MUMBAI: One look at the Punjab Kings batting order and the average cricket fan will be in envy of it: The left and right opening combination of Shikhar Dhawan and Mayank Agarwal, an explosive Liam Livingstone at three, Jonny Bairstow slotted at four, Jitesh Sharma providing finishing touches alongside Odean Smith.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought a status report from the city government on the steps it has taken for the construction of separate toilets for transgender persons.

NEW DELHI:A 42-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was shot dead in the national capital, an official said on Thursday.

MUMBAI:Pushed into batting first, Punjab Kings were cruising on a pitch which saw a run-fest between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals play out on Monday. Mayank Agarwal, Punjab's regular skipper, was making amends for missing out in the last match against Sunrisers Hyderabad by collecting four boundaries off Shardul Thakur in the first three overs.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the Centre's response on a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the provisions of the Waqf Act of 1995 terming it "manifestly arbitrary and irrational."

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police have arrested a major arms supplier of the Jahangirpuri area after a brief encounter in which the accused received a bullet injury, an official said on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday appointed 1987 batch IAS officer Naresh Kumar as the next Chief Secretary of Delhi.

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police have arrested a major arms supplier of the Jahangirpuri area after a brief encounter in which the accused received a bullet injury, an official said on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday expressed serious concern over the condition of an ashram, a spiritual place in north Delhi's Rohini run by an absconding self-styled godman who was allegedly holding a number of girls captive in "animal-like" conditions.

MUMBAI: The Indian Premier League (IPL) game between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings scheduled for Wednesday has been shifted from the MCA Stadium in Pune to Brabourne-CCI in Mumbai due to a number of Covid-positive cases in the Delhi franchise's camp.

NEW DELHI: Refuting all allegations of the investigation of Jahangirpuri communal violence being one sided and only members of one particular community being targetted, the Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana on Monday said the police was not discriminating with anyone.

NEW DELHI: The Hindu Sena, a right-wing organisation, on Monday approached the Delhi High Court seeking a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the communal clashes in northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri.

NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday announced monetary schemes for the families which have been badly hit by the Covid-19 pandemic in the national capital.

NEW DELHI: Amid strong buzz in the political circle about possible reshuffle in the union cabinet later this week, first in the second term of the Narendra Modi government, sources said that cabinet reshuffle is likely to take place in a couple of days and BJP MPs are asked to reach the national capital at the earliest.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has finally made its new excise policy public, permitting hotels, clubs and restaurants in the national capital to serve Indian or foreign liquor in any area within the licensed premises, including the terrace, balcony or lower area till 3 a.m.

NEW DELHI: The Centre has informed the Delhi High Court that Twitter has failed to comply with the IT Rules, 2021 as on July 1, on four counts: Chief compliance officer not being appointed; the position of the resident grievance officer is vacant; the position of the nodal contact person (even on an interim basis) is vacant; and the physical contact address, which was shown to be there on May 29, is not available on Twitter's website.

NEW DELHI:Light tremors of an earthquake were felt in Delhi and parts of the National Capital Region (NCR) late on Monday evening.Tremors of the earthquake of 3.7 magnitude on the Richter scale were felt at 10.36 p.m.

NEW DELHI: AAP leader Raghav Chadha on Monday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party wants to replace the Delhi government's public prosecutors with its own lawyers in cases pertaining to the farmers' protests.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Police on Sunday busted another major drug supply chain with the arrest of four Afghan nationals and heroin seizure of 17 kgs, worth Rs 90 crore in the international market, from a unit in South Delhi.

CHANDIGARH: Taking his Delhi counterpart head on for failing to provide free power to the farmers in the national capital, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday slammed Arvind Kejriwal for making false promises on free power in Punjab with an eye on the 2022 Assembly polls.

NEW DELHI: As many as 36 cases of dengue have been reported in the national capital so far this year, a report by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) said on Monday.

NEW DELHI: The prices of petrol continued its upward march on Monday, the second day running, taking its price closer to century mark in Delhi and Kolkata, the only two metro cities where the fuel is still below Rs 100 a litre.

NEW DELHI: Around 50 per cent of the schools being run by the Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCDs) in the capital have failed to maintain pupil-teacher ratio (PTR) under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Sunday.

PHAGWARA: Within two days after the launch of the Safe City Project in Phagwara, the police have successfully solved a purse snatching case with a doctor in local Mast Nagar and arrested two accused including Delhi University student.

NEW DELHI: Fuel prices continued an upward march on Sunday and the petrol was priced at Rs 99.51 per litre in the national capital.In Delhi, the price of the fuel increased by 35 paise. Oil marketing companies raised fuel prices on Sunday after keeping them unchanged for a day.

NEW DELHI: With the national capital witnessing peak power demand due to scorching summer heat, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal reviewed the situation with officials on Saturday.

NEW DELHI: Indian Youth Congress (IYC) workers on Saturday staged a protest outside the Petroleum Ministry in the national capital against a hike of Rs 25.5 per Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinder.Hundreds of Delhi IYC activists assembled outside the Petroleum Ministry with placards in their hands and raised slogans against the Narendra Modi government.

NEW DELHI:Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Delhi's Kalkaji constituency, Atishi has claimed that for the last few years the Delhi government has been working to empower women, providing them easy access to public healthcare, education and transportation.

CHANDIGARH: Mocking at his own government in Punjab over power outages, Congress leader and former Cabinet minister Navjot Sidhu on Friday asked the government to follow the AAP's Delhi model of extending subsidies to generation companies.

NEW DELHI: After Punjab, now Congress MLAs of Haryana are in Delhi to meet the state in-charge Vivek Bansal to resolve organisational issues including appointments of Block and District committees and preparations for the local body elections.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday junked a plea by the Delhi Police challenging the High Court order, which asked it to supply the copy of statement of a witness to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and 11 other MLAs in a case connected with alleged assault of the then chief secretary Anshu Prakash in 2018.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Wednesday said that it has solved a robbery case with the arrest of the four accused, who had looted cash over Rs 2 lakhs by using a toy pistol.

NEW DELHI: A day after Uttarakhand BJP's 'Chintan Shivir' ended, chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat has been called by the party's national leadership to Delhi.

NEW DELHI: Four people, including two women, of a family were killed after an explosion in a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinder at a house in east Delhi's Farsh Bazaar area on Wednesday morning, Delhi Fire Service (DFS) said.

BENGALURU:Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Tuesday flagged off a 'Kisan' Rail service to New Delhi, with 250-tonne mangoes from Chintamani in Kolar district from the Yelahanka railway station here.

NEW DELHI: The central government on Tuesday gave additional charge of Delhi Police commissioner to senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Balaji Srivastav, a day before the incumbent Delhi Police chief S.N. Shrivastava is retiring from his service.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Monday declined to stay the new Information Technology rules which seek to regulate digital news media, saying it was prima facie not inclined to grant any interim relief to the petitioners.

CHANDIGARH: Congress party high command has called Navjot Sidhu to Delhi tomorrow. Navjot Sidhu is likely to meet Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi in connection with ongoing tussle between Sidhu and Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh.

NEW DELHI:A minor fire broke out at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here in the early hours of Monday which was brought under control quickly. No casualty or injuries were reported.

NEW DELHI: Petrol price increased by 35 paise per litre for the second day in a row in the national capital to Rs take it to Rs 98.46 a litre.Similarly, the price of the fuel in the other key metros also continued the upward trend with petrol being sold at Rs 99.49 per litre in Chennai.

 NEW DELHI: In a suspected case of honour killing, a 23-year-old man was shot dead and his wife injured when some unidentified assailants opened fire on them in Delhi's Dwarka area, police said on Friday.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police have challaned the vehicle of Robert Vadra, the husband of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, for dangerous and negligent driving.

PATNA: RJD chief Lalu Prasad's daughter Rohini Acharya and son Tej Pratap have taken a jibe at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for visiting Delhi for eye treatment, saying his trip to the national capital highlights the condition of the state's health infrastructure.

NAWANSHAHR: To investigate the farmers who were allegedly tortured during the ongoing farmers' agitation against the contentious farm laws of the Center, the Punjab Vidhan Sabha Committee today met the aggrieved farmer from the district, Ranjit Singh, here and recorded his statements.

NEW DELHI: A major fire broke out at a shoe factory located at Udyog Nagar in Delhi.

NEW DELHI: A low-intensity earthquake with a magnitude of 2.1 hit west Delhi's Punjabi Bagh area on Sunday, said the National Center for Seismology.  The earthquake hit the area at 12.02 p.m. However, there was no report of any immediate casualty or loss of property.