A group of young Africans found themselves in the middle of a political and media furore in Delhi with a greenhorn minister in the new state government accusing them of being part of a “prostitution and drug racket” and demanding their arrest. The women, mostly Ugandans and Nigerians, said they were assaulted by “people not […]
With the American Embassy School in New Delhi under the scanner for alleged violation of India’s tax and visa laws, the US sought to sidetrack the issue by suggesting that it was not run by the embassy. Asked to comment on a New York Times report Thursday that female spouses of couples intending to teach […]
The Indian capital will host two back-to-back global conclaves on Afghanistan from Thursday, ahead of the drawdown of international forces this year and with the US and Afghanistan still to ink a key security agreement. The International Contact Group (ICG) on Afghanistan and Pakistan, a group of 53 countries, will meet Thursday. S.K. Lambah, the […]
The admission process for nursery classes in the city’s private schools which was to start Jan 15, was Monday deferred by two days after some schools moved the Delhi High Court saying the new guidelines were “arbitrary”. Unaided private schools appealed the single judge order which refused to stay the government notification on the criteria […]
Two members of an inter-state gun smuggling racket have been arrested here and 16 sophisticated pistols recovered from them, Delhi Police said Monday. Dinesh Dabur, 25, and Sunil, 27, both residents of Khargone in Madhya Pradesh, were arrested Sunday from Sarai Kale Khan area in south Delhi and Agra in Uttar Pradesh, respectively. “Police recovered […]
Three people were arrested from the Adarsh Nagar railway station in North Delhi with Rs.4.5 lakh in fake Indian currency notes (FICN), police said Sunday. Shajahan, 43, Mahesh Prasad, 40, and Mohd. Nisar, 38, were arrested Saturday when they went to deliver the consignment to a contact. Shajahan earlier used to work as a butcher […]
An overhauled and effective public grievance redressal cell will be in place in Delhi from Saturday. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with his council of ministers will also listen to public grievances every Saturday. Under the new system, the government will directly ask the complainants whether they were satisfied with the redressal. If not, a […]
Delhi government’s anti-corruption helpline Thursday received “incredible response” with almost 4,000 calls within a few hours of it being launched, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said. “Till 3 p.m., we received 3,904 calls. We did not except such a huge response,” Kejriwal told the media. However, due the deluge of calls, only 824 calls could be […]
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government effected a second reshuffle of bureaucrats after assuming power. Arun Goyal, who until now was principal secretary (urban development), will replace S.S. Yadav as principal secretary-cum commissioner (food and supplies). The order is dated Jan 6 (Monday) when the government reshuffled 800 officials in the Delhi Jal Board. During […]
Selling his house and shop and taking loans at heavy rates of interest rates to help a sex worker whom he loved and wanted to marry to pay her debts, a man saw red when she still refused to live with him and murdered her, police said Monday. Tannu Chawla, 27, and his friend, Yogesh, […]