Kejriwal said: “With folded hands, I appeal to the Centre... These are our people... Listen to them, withdraw the laws, and end their struggle. Aur kitni shahaadat lena chahte ho aap?”
Mon, Dec 28, 2020On Friday, 26-year-old Rupinder Singh and his friends set up 70 waterproof tents in a space cleared up between tractors from Moga, 500 metres from the main stage.
Mon, Dec 28, 2020In the evening, after farmer union leaders from Maharashtra, Haryana and Rajasthan finished their speeches, the task of setting up tents for the 1,000-plus protesters from Maharashtra began. "It will be a long night, a long journey," said 75-year-old Baldev Singh from Sri Ganganagar.
Sat, Dec 26, 2020Earlier, the men were staying at a lodge near Singhu. On Thursday morning, they moved to the trolleys of farmers from Punjab’s Moga. “We are able to communicate with each other via Google Translate,” said P Balaji (26). His parents are farmers in Tamil Nadu and they grow sugarcane and rice.
Fri, Dec 25, 2020On Wednesday morning, when he heard about ‘Kisan Mall’ being opened up by Khalsa Aid India, an NGO, at Tikri border, where he has been camping since November 25, he immediately asked if they have any socks.
Thu, Dec 24, 2020In September 2017, following the deaths of 63 children at Gorakhpur’s BRD Medical College and hospital, allegedly due to oxygen supply shortage, Khan -- who was in-charge of the ward -- was suspended, and then arrested.
Mon, Dec 21, 2020Apart from this, there are 11 toilets at the Guru Teg Bahadur Memorial nearby, frequented by protesters who are staying inside the premises as well as those who take shelter in their trolleys and tractors.
Sat, Dec 19, 2020“Judaange, Ladaange, Jeetange!” is the page-one headline of the first issue of the bi-weekly newsletter, which has photographs, cartoons, poems, news reports and opinion pieces written by union leaders and protesting farmers. Of the four pages, one is in Hindi.
Fri, Dec 18, 2020According to the police, Chandni's brothers Sunil (32), Sushil (28) and Sudhir (26) met her in Delhi on November 17 and took her back home to Mainpuri. On November 20, she was shot dead, allegedly by her brothers, who then buried the body in the farm, the police said.
Sun, Dec 13, 2020Bharat Bandh today: A senior police officer from New Delhi district told The Indian Express, “There will be deployment at Jantar Mantar, Vijay Chowk, India Gate, the Agriculture Minister’s residence, Krishi Bhawan, offices of all political parties.”
Tue, Dec 08, 2020On Thursday morning, the founder of MDH Spices, Mahashay Dharampal Gulati — the grand old man of spices — suffered a cardiac arrest and died at a Delhi hospital at the age of 98.
Fri, Dec 04, 2020The FIR was lodged under IPC sections 363 (kidnapping), 366 (abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage) and 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement).
Wed, Nov 25, 2020The Covid lockdown has set off sweeping economic distress in cities but its crucial dimension has remained untold: the silent, devastating toll on the working woman in the city suddenly out of work.
Thu, Nov 19, 2020Amid a surge in Covid cases, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the permission to allow 200 people at weddings has been withdrawn, and that only 50 people will be allowed from now on, pending the L-G’s approval.
Wed, Nov 18, 2020The order mentioned a Delhi High Court observation during the bail hearing of a man in September: "though acceptance of allurement is not justified but at the same time, allurement advanced for extortion of money is also not acceptable."
Tue, Nov 17, 2020DCP (Rohini) PK Mishra said, "His statement was recorded at the hospital. He said he purchased the mobile about a month ago from a store near his house in Prahladpur. He gave it to his niece, a school student, for her online classes. After a brief period, the phone malfunctioned."
Sun, Nov 15, 2020Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) RP Meena said, "Amit Arora, who has a transport business, was on his way from a party with his wife and their two friends when he stopped to relieve himself near IP Park in Sarai Kale Khan around 1.15-1.20 am.
Sat, Nov 14, 2020The woman was rescued in September after her live-in partner, who works in Delhi, wrote to DCW about how "the woman had been forcibly taken back to Bihar by her parents”.
Wed, Nov 04, 2020In May as the city started to reopen after the lockdown, it was decided that Hotel Broadway — which hosted a bevy of politicians, industrialists and film stars over six decades — would shut shop.
Wed, Oct 28, 2020Members of the Valmiki community in Karera village said that they converted to Buddhism in the presence of Rajratan Ambedkar, great-grandnephew of Dr B R Ambedkar, on October 14.
Fri, Oct 23, 2020The Hathras victim was allegedly gangraped and assaulted, leading to her death, by four upper-caste men last month.
Wed, Oct 21, 2020A case under sections of The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, and IPC sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 337 (causing hurt by endangering life) has been registered at Adarsh Nagar police station.
Tue, Oct 20, 2020"This means for Delhi students there is only 50 per cent capacity. Two people are fighting for every seat. There is a need to open many universities and colleges in Delhi. We (Delhi government) are ready to make the investment, open colleges but there is a big legal hurdle in front of us," he said.
Fri, Oct 16, 2020Police claimed the men are linked to the Popular Front of India (PFI) and its students’ organisation Campus Front of India (CFI), and were on their way to Hathras.
Wed, Oct 07, 2020The police said the four men were on their way to Hathras, where a 19-year-old Dalit woman was murdered and allegedly gangraped by four upper-caste men last month.
Tue, Oct 06, 2020