Tag: Delhi

New Delhi: Delhi government on Tuesday imposed with immediate effect a night curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. in the national capital till April 30 amid a surge in…

Bhubaneswar: Several political parties and outfits have strongly condemned the large-scale violence which was witnessed during farmers’ protest in Delhi on the occasion of Republic Day today. Hundreds of protesting farmers swarmed the historic Red Fort after their ‘Kisan Gantantra Parade’ turned violent. #WATCH Protestors enter Red Fort in Delhi, wave flags from the ramparts […]

New Delhi: Entry and exit facilities at several prominent Delhi metro stations were on Saturday temporarily closed in view of the ‘chakka jam’ protests by farmer unions agitating against the new agri laws. Farmer unions on Monday had announced a countrywide ‘chakka jam’ on February 6 when they would block national and state highways between […]

New Delhi: The Delhi Police Crime Branch, probing the Red Fort violence on Republic Day, took the arrested accused Deep Sidhu and Ikbal Singh to Red Fort on Saturday to recreate the crime scene. The Crime Branch is studying the route taken by Sidhu and Ikbal to reach Red Fort when the violence broke out […]

New Delhi: Delhi Police special Cell has arrested Maninder Singh, a wanted in the Red Fort violence case, who was seen swinging swords with both hands on January 26 when violence broke out. Two swords (‘khandas’) of 4.3 feet size used in swinging at the Red Fort by Singh have also been recovered from his […]

New Delhi: Two MBA graduates joined hands to be part of an ammunition racket to earn quick money. One of the accused, Dipanshu Mishra, did his MBA in marketing and used to work with a software company in Noida, while the other accused, Amit Rao, is a native of Rewari who did his MBA from […]

New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices maintained its northward rally on Friday, the eleventh consecutive day when its retail prices rose across the country, with the global oil market remaining stable but firm. Accordingly, oil marketing companies raised the pump price of petrol by 31 paise and diesel by another 33 paise per litre in […]

New Delhi: The Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia, announced on Monday that the legal age to consume alcohol in the national capital will be soon reduced from 25 to 21 in Delhi, the same as in Noida and Gurugram. After the suggestions of the group of ministers on the new excise policy was […]

New Delhi: Amid the concerns over the surge in the Covid-19 cases in the national capital with festivals round the corner, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday advised the people of the city not to organise gatherings as it might result in spreading of the virus. Jain said, “Holi celebrations and large gatherings will […]

New Delhi: Delhi has been seeing a sharp increase in new coronavirus cases in the last two weeks, especially since March 23 when the daily tally crossed the 1,000 mark for the first time this year, and the number of containment zones is also seeing a rapid upward trend, with 800 added in less than […]

New Delhi: The agitation by the farmers on the Delhi borders since November 26 demanding the revocation of the new agricultural laws continued for the 15th day on Thursday. After rejecting the central government’s proposal to amend the new laws, the parleys of farmer leaders with the Centre seem derailed at the moment and no new […]

New Delhi: The farmers’ protest at several interstate borders of Delhi with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh continued for the 16th day on Friday as their leaders strategised for the proposed intensification of their agitation across the country. Tens of thousands of more protesters from Punjab and Haryana were set to join them on the Singhu […]

New Delhi: A medium-intensity earthquake of magnitude 4.2 hit Alwar district in Rajasthan on Thursday, tremors of which were felt in Delhi-NCR, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. According to the Ministry of Earth Sciences’ NCS, the epicentre of the quake was Alwar in Rajasthan. The earthquake of magnitude 4.2 occurred at 11.46 pm […]