NEW DELHI: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, on Wednesday reported 190 cases of firecracker and carbide gun-related eye injuries during Diwali this year.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has refused to grant an urgent hearing on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed against the upcoming film 'The Taj Story,' which is slated for release on October 31, 2025.

NOIDA: The weather in Delhi-NCR has taken a U-turn, with temperatures steadily falling from the last week of October into the first week of November. Light fog has begun appearing across several parts of the region, signaling the arrival of early winter conditions.

NEW DELHI: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Delhi High Court against the upcoming film ‘The Taj Story’, alleging that the movie distorts historical facts and could potentially disturb communal harmony.

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has given a virtual clean chit to a painter and two others accused by a woman of throwing acid on her in North Delhi’s Ashok Vihar last week, Special Commissioner of Police Ravindra Singh Yadav said on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: The man accused of throwing acid on a 20-year-old girl near Laxmi Bai College in Delhi has been given a clean chit by the police after officials reviewed evidence showing that he was not present at the crime scene.

NEW DELHI: Taking a serious note of an acid-attack on a 20-year-old woman in northwest Delhi, Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena on Monday directed Police Commissioner Satish Golcha to take strict action against the culprits.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Delhi Police for seeking additional time to file its counter-affidavit in the bail petitions filed by student activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Meeran Haider, Gulfisha Fatima, and Shifa-ur-Rehman, all accused in the 2020 Delhi riots “larger conspiracy” case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

NEW DELHI: In a chilling case, Delhi Police have cracked the brutal murder of a 32-year-old UPSC aspirant whose charred body was found in a Gandhi Vihar flat earlier this month, an official said, adding that three persons -- including a 21-year-old forensic science student -- have been arrested for allegedly strangling the victim, setting his body on fire and staging the scene as an accidental blaze to destroy evidence.

AMRITSAR: The country-wide Shaheedi Nagar Kirtan, started by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee from Assam in connection with the 350th centenary of the martyrdom of the ninth Guru, Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib Ji, was warmly welcomed by the devotees at various places in the country's capital Delhi for the past five days. After passing through many states, this Nagar Kirtan reached Delhi on October 22 and after that, after giving darshan to the devotees in different parts of the city for 4 days, it left from Gurdwara Sri Rakab Ganj Sahib today.

NEW DELHI: In a major success for law enforcement agencies, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in coordination with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has secured the return of wanted fugitive Lakhvinder Kumar from the United States, the CBI said on Saturday. 

NEW DELHI: Sardar Harmeet Singh Kalka, President of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC), stated that an important and historic decision was taken today at the committee's special general house meeting, unanimously canceling the membership of three former presidents—Sardar Manjit Singh GK, Sardar Paramjit Singh Sarna, and Sardar Harvinder Singh Sarna. 

NEW DELHI: A Special PMLA Court in Delhi on Saturday put off till November 22 the hearing on the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) application requesting provisional confiscation of properties directly linked to UK-based arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari.

NEW DELHI: Three criminals and a head constable were injured during an exchange of fire between Delhi Police and a group of wanted offenders in the Nangloi area early on Saturday.

NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday extended greetings to people on the occasion of Nahay-Khaay, marking the beginning of Chhath Puja — a festival symbolising tradition, faith, and social harmony.

NEW DELHI: The stage is set for the grand playoffs festival of the Pro Kabaddi League Season 12 as action continues at the Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium in Delhi from October 25-31. After 108 thrilling league-stage encounters across four cities, the league now enters its most crucial phase as eight teams fight for one trophy.

NEW DELHI: In a major breakthrough against narcotics trafficking, the Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested the kingpin of an inter-state drug syndicate that smuggled hybrid ganja (marijuana) into India from abroad, the police said on Friday.

NEW DELHI: In a major operation, the Delhi Police Special Cell busted an Islamic State (ISIS)-inspired terror module on Friday and nabbed two operatives who were allegedly planning to conduct an IED blast in the national capital.

NEW DELHI: Hours after executing one of the biggest crackdowns on the inter-state crime, the Delhi Police made some startling disclosures about the Bihar gangsters’ intention and motive to disrupt the upcoming Assembly elections and also how the four criminals found a ‘safe haven’ in the capital.

NEW DELHI: China Eastern Airlines on Thursday announced the resumption of flights on its India route, and the direct flights between Shanghai and Delhi will start from November 9, in fresh momentum for people-to-people exchanges and economic and trade collaboration between New Delhi and Beijing.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Thursday said it has arrested a man accused of kidnapping and murdering a five-year-old boy in the Narela area, in what appears to be a revenge killing.

NEW DELHI: The Chief Ministers of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi on Thursday extended warm wishes to the people on the occasion of 'Bhai Dooj', a Hindu festival celebrating the special bond between brothers and sisters.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court recorded a settlement between Mars Incorporated and Cadbury (India) Ltd over the use of the mark ‘CELEBRATIONS’, bringing an end to a nearly 25-year-old trademark dispute between the two confectionery giants.

NEW DELHI: This Diwali surged to dangerous highs in the national capital, with PM2.5 concentrations averaging 488 µg/m3 post the festival of lights.

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to extend Diwali greetings and picked up tips for serving people with renewed energy.

NEW DELHI: In a shocking incident in central Delhi's Ram Nagar area, a 22-year-old pregnant woman was brutally stabbed to death in public view by her lover, followed by her husband killing the attacker in retaliation, police said on Sunday. 

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Friday imposed a cost of Rs 20,000 on the Union government for concealing facts in its review petition challenging a previous ruling that upheld the promotion of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer and former NCB officer Sameer Dnyandev Wankhede.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Thursday said the sale and use of Green Crackers in the Capital shall be permitted only from October 18 to 20, warning that no other forms of crackers will be permitted.

NEW DELHI: Air pollution levels in Delhi-NCR have turned into the ‘very poor’ category, raising serious public health concerns even before the Diwali festivities.

NEW DELHI: The Operations Cell of Delhi Police's South West District has traced and detained two illegal African migrants who had been residing in India without valid documents for over a decade, officials said on Thursday.

NEW DELHI: In a major step towards strengthening healthcare services and providing better medical facilities to the people of Tripura, the state government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi on Wednesday, officials said.

NEW DELHI: As a reprieve, the Supreme Court on Wednesday permitted the sale and bursting of green crackers in Delhi and the adjoining NCR region from October 18 to 21.

NEW DELHI: West Indies’ captain Roston Chase believes his team’s spirited performance in the second Test against India could mark the beginning of a more competitive phase for the Caribbean side in red-ball cricket. On Tuesday, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, West Indies’ suffered a seven-wicket defeat to India and lost the series 2-0.

NEW DELHI: Police on Tuesday said that a First Information Report (FIR) has been filed in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a female student at South Asian University (SAU) in south Delhi's Maidan Garhi area.

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.