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Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Batla House encounter: politics of polarisation, controversies and Bollywood

9:14 pm March 8, 2021

New Delhi: On September 19, 2008, a week after serial blasts tore through the capital, police stormed into a house in Batla House locality searching for terrorists. What followed has been written into contemporary history as the ‘Batla House encounter’ that polarised the city, caused a media frenzy and was even cinematically recreated in Bollywood On Monday, the much […]

Delhi: FIR filed against two NGOs over financial irregularities

8:43 pm February 20, 2021

New Delhi: The Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police has registered a case against two NGOs in connection with financial irregularities, an official said on Saturday. The case was registered on Thursday, the official said. ASTRO ACCENT Earlier this month, the Delhi Police had filed a case against the two NGOs in south Delhi under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of […]

Provision to double councillors’ fund; restart Atal Aahar Yojana: LoH on SDMC Budget

12:08 am February 12, 2021

New Delhi: The Leader of House in the BJP-led SDMC while finalising the civic body’s annual budget on Thursday said provisions have been made to restart Atal Jan Aahar scheme and double the councillors’ development fund. South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) Commissioner Gyanesh Bharati had presented revised budget estimates for 2020-21 and budget estimates for 2021-22 at the Civic Centre here in December last […]

COVID-19 vaccination: 4,936 key workers receive jabs on day 3 in Delhi, 16 adverse cases reported

11:25 pm January 19, 2021

New Delhi: As many as 4,936 healthcare workers received COVID-19 vaccine shots in Delhi on the third scheduled day of the immunisation exercise on Tuesday, a marked increase from the previous day, according to data shared by officials. However, the number of people who were vaccinated on Tuesday was only 48 per cent of the targeted figure […]

Railways bribery: CBI recovers additional Rs 2.04 crore cash hidden in Delhi hotel

8:23 pm January 19, 2021

New Delhi: The CBI has seized an additional Rs 2.04 crore hidden in a private hotel in South Delhi by the executives of ABCI Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, accused in a bribery case involving senior officials of Northeast Frontier Railways, officials said Tuesday. In its biggest trap case, the agency had arrested Chief Administrative Officer Mahender Singh Chauhan of NFR on Sunday and […]