Terrorists trained by Pakistan’s ISI planned festival attacks, 6 arrested: Delhi Police Special Cell
The Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested six men, including two allegedly trained by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), with officials claiming that the intelligence agency was working with Dawood Ibrahim’s brother to plan attacks during the festival season in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.
Special CP (Special Cell) Neeraj Thakur said, “We have arrested Jaan Mohammed Sheikh (47), a resident of Maharashtra; Osama alias Sami (22), a resident of Jamia Nagar; Moolchand alias Saaju (47), a resident of Rae Bareli; Zeeshan Qamar (28), a resident of Allahabad; Mohd Abu Bakar (23), a resident of Bahraich; and Mohd Amir Javed (31), a resident of Lucknow.”
Red Fort violence: Delhi Police sees a conspiracy in rise of tractor sales
To substantiate its allegation that the Republic Day violence by a section of farm protesters was “a deep-rooted, well-orchestrated conspiracy”, the Delhi Police has cited a “rise” in sale of tractors in Punjab and Haryana between November 2020 and January 2021.
The “sale of tractors rises to a considerable extent rapidly in a well-orchestrated conspiracy and with the sole object…to take tractors to Delhi for agitation and protest,” says the chargesheet.
Ex-J&K MLC’s murder: Police nab one of the accused from Jammu
Days after former member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council and National Conference leader Trilochan Singh Wazir (67) was found dead inside an apartment in West Delhi’s Basai Darapur, the Delhi Police nabbed one of the accused from Jammu in connection with the murder case.
The man, identified as Rajender Chaudhary alias Raju, was caught in Jammu on Tuesday morning, while the other accused are still on the run. The Police alleged he was involved in the conspiracy.
Delhi reports 57 new cases, 53 recoveries and zero deaths in the last 24 hours.
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The demand of a Hindu Rashtra would not amount to promoting enmity between religious groups, one of the organisers of the event, where anti-Muslim slogans were raised at Jantar Mantar last month, contended before the Delhi High Court Wednesday while seeking bail in the case registered by Delhi Police.
“I am submitting with the greatest sense of responsibility that if ladyship holds today that a demand for Hindu Rashtra comes within the purview of Section 153A (IPC), I will not press my bail application,” advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing accused Preet Singh, argued before the bench of Justice Mukta Gupta.
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The Delhi High Court Wednesday said that it is a “misfortune” of the public that construction of a 100-bedded hospital at Najafgarh was not getting completed and blamed Delhi government’s “lethargic approach” for it.
The observation came after Centre told the court that 80 per cent of the construction has been completed but Delhi government has failed to grant “forest clearance” since December 2018 despite a detailed correspondence in this regard. A “transplantation” of trees has to take place for which the permission of the state authorities is required, advocate Anurag Ahluwalia told the court.
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Delhi University reopened its doors for practical classes on Wednesday to a muted response from students, particularly those from outside the city who are choosing to stay away for now.
From Wednesday, the university and its colleges are open for laboratory and practical work for final-year undergraduate and postgraduate students who can also attend these offline. In this phased reopening, the rooms are to be used only at 50% capacity and all theory classes will continue completely online.
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Delhi’s deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia Wednesday said that the city government is expected to earn around Rs 10,000 crore in a year from bidding of liquor shops with the implementation of new liquor policy.
The government has received 215 bids for retail vends in 32 zones across the city, he added.
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The tree stands north of the Shish Gumbad (glass dome), almost mirroring its magnificence. The dome still has a few remains of the glazed blue ceramic tiles, which earlier covered it entirely. The mango tree, too, has witnessed the changing times.
Wednesday is likely to be another rainy day for Delhi-NCR. Light to moderate rainfall along with the possibility of thundershowers in the evening or night are on the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast for the national capital. Read more
The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) is on a week-long indefinite strike on campus demanding hostel allocation for first-year students.
The students’ union has been protesting outside the Dean of Students office demanding hostel allotment for first-year students of the 2020 batch as well for students 2019 batch. They have also demanded the “immediate issuance of ID cards” for new students, improvement in hostel infrastructure, and universal vaccination. Read more
The Supreme Court Wednesday expressed resentment over the "hurried" appointment of Justice M Venugopal as Acting Chairperson of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT).
A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said it would take up the matter on Thursday and asked Attorney General K K Venugopal to take instructions on the issue. Read more
Exhibitions such as trade fairs will be allowed in the city from Thursday onward, with the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) further scaling down Covid-19 restrictions. Adherence to Covid norms, such as social distancing, wearing masks, sanitisation and so on have to be ensured by organisers, according to the guidelines. Read more
The Delhi Government has moved the Supreme Court challenging the amendments made to the ‘Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) Act’ giving greater powers to the Lieutenant Governor contending that it violates the “basic structure” of the Constitution.
The plea said that the changes “diminish the constitutionally guaranteed powers and functions of the elected legislative assembly and council of ministers of the NCT of Delhi, overturn the constitutionally stipulated balance between the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi and the Union Government, and impermissibly overrule the” 2018 “judgment of the” court in “Government of NCT of Delhi v Union of India”. Read more
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has approved a proposal to set up an international sports complex in Dwarka that will also have spaces for hotels, a convention centre, retail outlets and residential blocks.
DDA sports commissioner D Sarkar said that residential spaces like service apartments would be mainly for athletes. Read more
The Delhi traffic police have started prosecuting people for tying ribbons and using danglers to hide their number plates from cameras. On Tuesday, the police prosecuted 250 violators and started drives in several parts of Delhi.
Special CP (traffic) Muktesh Chander said, “Such tricks, to hide a part of a number plate, to avoid prosecution of traffic offences by the camera, will not work. Delhi Traffic Police is keeping a close eye on such vehicles. Algorithms can figure out the correct number and traffic police can reach their doorsteps.” Read more
A mango tree located in the heart of Lodhi garden has stood the test of time. But with canker disease, or "tree cancer", caretakers think it is nearing its end.
The tree stands north of the Shish Gumbad (glass dome), almost mirroring its magnificence. The dome still has a few remains of the glazed blue ceramic tiles, which earlier covered it entirely. The mango tree, too, has witnessed the changing times.
Of all the trees in Lodhi Garden, this mango tree found a spot in a list of 16 ‘heritage’ trees prepared by the Delhi government a few years ago. With no signboard near it, a visitor to the gardens is unlikely to know it is on any such list. Read more
Keeping in mind the increasing role of technology in the election process, Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Ranbir Singh has directed all the DEOs (District Election Officers) to “comprehensively review the work of BLOs (Booth Level Officers)” and replace those who cannot handle smartphones with “tech-savvy BLOs”.
This was conveyed in a video conference held by the CEO with all DEOs and Electoral Registration Officers Monday regarding the ensuing Special Summary Revision-2022. Read more
In the time of Covid and public health emergency, health officials in Palwal district of Haryana are scrambling to diagnose the reason for the death of at least seven children, all aged below 14, within three weeks in a village.
Such is the panic in Chilli village, over 20 km from Palwal, that health officials are camping in a panchayat house to investigate the cause of death – it is still unclear and the reasons being cited, by residents of the village and health officials, range from dengue to pneumonia, gastroenteritis to vector-borne diseases owing to lack of sanitation. Read more
The national capital recorded zero fatality due to the coronavirus on Tuesday, along with 38 fresh infections at a positivity rate of 0.05 per cent, according to data shared by the health department here. The national capital had recorded 17 COVID-19 cases, the lowest since March 28 last year, and zero death on Monday, while the positivity rate stood at 0.04 per cent. The capital has recorded only one fatality due to the infection in September so far. The total number of tests conducted the previous day stood at 70,308. With the new cases, the overall infection tally in the city climbed to 14,38,288. --PTI
Delhi police has registered an FIR under IPC provisions relating to rape, criminal conspiracy, destruction of evidence at Connaught Place Police Station against Prince Raj, the LJP MP from Samastipur in Bihar, on the basis of a complaint filed by a woman three months ago.
The FIR also named LJP leader Chirag Paswan, who, the complaint alleged, conspired to delay action against his cousin Prince.
The police lodged the FIR on September 9 on directions from a Delhi court, after the complainant approached it. Read more
The Gurgaon administration has set up vaccination camps across three market areas – near Hanuman Mandir in Sadar Bazaar, Galleria market, and Fawara Chowk bus stand to increase coverage.
These camps will be functional for four hours between 4 pm and 8 pm. Officials said 200 slots for the Covishield vaccine would be available in these market areas. Read More
Tokyo Olympics bronze winner, wrestler Bajrang Punia meets Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at his home in Civil Lines.
The Gurgaon administration has set up vaccination camps across three market areas – near Hanuman Mandir in Sadar Bazaar, Galleria market, and Fawara Chowk bus stand to increase coverage.
These camps will be functional for four hours between 4 pm and 8 pm. Officials said 200 slots for the Covishield vaccine would be available in these market areas.
On Monday, as part of a mega vaccination drive, the Gurgaon health department administered 62, 426 Covid-19 vaccine doses. The department is aiming to administer as many as 1.45 lakh doses across 250 sites during the vaccination drive till September 17. Read more
The Delhi BJP will conduct 'Sewa Samarpan Abhiyan' from September 17 to October 7 during which several welfare measures would be taken by party leaders, including registration of children orphaned by Covid-19.
Delhi unit chief Adesh Gupta said, “Children orphaned due to Covid-19 will be registered so that they can be helped under the PM Cares fund.”
He said the gifts received by Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be auctioned and the money received would be utilised for the Namami Gange project for the cleaning of river Ganga. “With cleaning of rivers cleanliness drive will be launched in mandals and the focus will be on banning plastic,” he said. Read more
Delhi police has registered an FIR under IPC provisions relating to rape, criminal conspiracy, destruction of evidence at Connaught Place Police Station against Prince Raj, the LJP MP from Samastipur in Bihar, on the basis of a complaint filed by a woman three months ago.
The FIR also named LJP leader Chirag Paswan, who, the complaint alleged, conspired to delay action against his cousin Prince. Read more
Justifying the continuation of restrictions at Nizamuddin Markaz, including the mosque where public entry was banned in the aftermath of Tablighi Jamaatmembers testing positive for Covid more than a year ago, the Centre on Monday told the Delhi High Court that cases registered against foreigners found staying there have diplomatic implications and that the curbs on the premises do not violate the right to practice religion.
“Since about 1,300 foreigners were found to be residing in the said premises and cases against them have cross-borders implications and involves nation’s diplomatic relationship with other countries, it is necessary and incumbent on the part of the Respondent to preserve the said premises for the purpose of Section 310 of CrPC,” the Ministry of Home Affairs said in a reply to the petition filed by Delhi Waqf Board for easing of restrictions at the Markaz. Read more
A two-storey building collapsed in North Delhi’s Sabzi Mandi area Monday morning. DFS Chief Atul Garg said three persons, including two children, were rescued from the spot and rushed to hospital. However, the kids were declared dead soon after. Read more
A two-storey building collapsed in North Delhi’s Sabzi Mandi area Monday morning. DFS Chief Atul Garg said three persons, including two children, were rescued and rushed to hospital.
The Delhi Fire Services said they received a call about a house collapse at 11.50 am. Initially, five fire tenders were sent and one person was pulled out. The police are trying to ascertain how the building fell. Read more
A 40-year-old man, who was allegedly attempting suicide at Andrews Ganj flyover, was saved by the Delhi police after a video of him was uploaded on social media.
Police said the man works as a delivery executive of a food delivery company and was “disappointed” with his life in Delhi. Read more
In his photographs, Udaipur-based artist Waswo X Waswo has delved into the rural landscape of Mewar to learn about Gauri Dance, a centuries-old performance art tradition that is celebrated among the tribal communities of Rajasthan. Meticulously hand-painted by artist Rajesh Soni and published in the book “Gauri Dancers” by Mapin Publishing in 2019, the series will be on display at an eponymous exhibition at Galerie at Museo in Gurugram, from September 17 to October 15. Read more
Delhi High Court directs DG Prisons to file a status report indicating the measures being taken to ensure the safety and security of five eyewitnesses in Ankit Gujjar murder case. The court also ordered the DG Prisons to ensure that the five eyewitnesses are kept in an area where the CCTV camera is fully functional so that ingress and egress of the area is properly monitored.
The 5 eyewitnesses - three of them are currently in jail and two are to surrender on September 24 after expiry of interim bail - have approached the court for protection. Gujjar was allegedly murdered by Tihar Jail officials last month. The High Court on September 8 directed the CBI to takeover the probe from Delhi Police.
he Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list for hearing the Delhi government’s plea challenging the new law which allegedly gives more power to the Lieutenant Governor of the national capital.
“We will list it,” a bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli said when senior advocate A M Singhvi, appearing for the Delhi government, sought urgent hearing of the plea. Read more
A Delhi court has dismissed a plea seeking registration of an FIR against senior Delhi Police officers and NDMC officials in a corruption complaint observing that “courts are not a place where complainants can be allowed to experiment” and have a roving inquiry against someone with hidden agendas. Read more
Four men posing as cops conned a senior citizen couple of their valuables on Sunday at Sector 14, Gurgaon. The police said the accused told the couple that they were conducting rounds in the area to keep a vigil on gangs who target senior citizens with the intention of looting and took away the gold ornaments the woman wore. Read more
Light rain expected during the day today. The minimum temperature was recorded as 26.5 degrees Celsius, a degree above normal. The maximum is expected to settle at 33 degrees Celsius. The rest of the week is expected to see light to moderate rain, IMD officials said.
The Aam Aadmi Party has received a 'love letter' from the enforcement directorate, says party spokesperson Raghav Chadha.
Calling it a witch hunt, Chadha says he will address a press conference on the issue at 1.30 pm today.
Located in South Delhi's Kidwai Nagar, the settlement is among several slums located on a low-lying strip along the Kushak Nala. With heavy rainfall, the drain that runs beside their settlement overflows and the water seeps into their homes. In this exceptionally rainy year, with seven heavy rain spells so far, this has been frequent and severe. Read more
The Delhi Police are likely to invoke the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against two jail officials who allegedly helped Sukesh Chandrashekhar extort money from former Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Singh’s wife Aditi Singh.
The two — deputy superintendent Subhash Batra and assistant jail superintendent Dharam Singh Meena — are accused of helping Chandrashekhar run the extortion racket from jail. Read more
With supplementary chargesheets pending in cases related to the February 2020 riots, the Northeast district police has asked four districts — Central, North, Shahdara and East — to send two sub-inspectors each to assist with the work.
The decision was taken days after a Delhi court rapped the police. On September 6, upset over the delay in trial, the court, in two separate orders related to the riots, had pulled up the police for “lackadaisical attitude”, failure in “supervisory duties”, and trying to avoid “taking responsibility”. Read more
DAYS AFTER a body of a 55-year-old woman was found inside her house in Central Delhi’s Chandni Mahal, police arrested her nephew for allegedly killing her.
The victim, Mumtaz Parveen, had been arrested by the Special Cell in 2000 along with her husband, a suspected ISI agent from Pakistan. While her husband was deported to Pakistan, she stayed in India and had even applied for citizenship. Read more
The Delhi Development Authority is likely to bring in a ‘first come first served’ policy to sell flats that were either surrendered, rejected, or remained un-allotted in previous housing schemes.
DDA commissioner (housing) V S Yadav said the proposal has been sent to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to consider giving people flats for those inventories that are not in demand. “When we say ‘not in demand’, it means sectors where 50% houses have been either being cancelled, surrendered, or remained un-allotted,” he said. Read more
What is to be done with the pervasive vilayati kikar trees in the Delhi Ridge? The question, which is at the heart of a project to ‘restore’ parts of the Central Ridge, long known as the capital’s green lungs, appears to have created a rift among experts and forest department officials, bringing the project to a standstill.
Earlier this year, the Delhi cabinet approved a project to restore the biodiversity of around 423 hectares of the Central Ridge, allocating Rs 12.21 crore for the five-year implementation period. The government constituted a six-member progress review and advisory committee for the project earlier this year. Read more