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Delhi Police’s Special Cell has dismantled a Pakistan-backed terror network, arresting seven operatives involved in smuggling arms and narcotics from Pakistan. NEW DELHI: Delhi Police’s Special Cell has busted a Pakistan-backed international terror-crime syndicate allegedly linked to gangster-turned-terrorist Shahzad Bhatti and his associate, Ajmal Gujjar, arresting seven key operatives.Police said the accused were involved in…

Union urban affairs minister Manohar Lal said that a very large area of Aravali and forest falls under NCR, and all stakeholders want the green cover to increase. NEW DELHI: NCR states Tuesday agreed to keep Natural Conservation Zone (NCZ) provisions intact in the Regional Plan 2041 and not touch Aravali, even as NCR Planning…

New Delhi: CM Rekha Gupta Tuesday inaugurated a ‘Citizen Lounge-cum-New Age Learning Centre’ at New Delhi district magistrate’s office, describing it as a step towards making govt services more citizen-friendly while creating learning opportunities for youth.During her visit, Gupta inspected the air-conditioned citizen lounge, library, reading corner and newly built restroom facilities. She said citizens…

New Delhi: The death toll in the building fire in southeast Delhi’s Tughlaqabad Extension has risen to four after a 50-year-old woman succumbed to her burn injuries Monday, police said.The deceased, Guddi Devi, lived on the third floor of the building. Her son Pankaj Kumar Pandey (28), daughter Soni (20) and mother Sushila Devi (70)…

New Delhi: The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has extended the temporary relaxation allowing industries, hotels, restaurants and other enterprises in Delhi-NCR to use alternative fuels such as high-speed diesel (HSD), biomass and refuse-derived fuel (RDF) pellets in place of natural gas, citing disruptions in global energy supplies. The temporary use of coal and…

New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has claimed that it has overshot its pre-monsoon desilting target by mid-June, achieving 118.8% desilting across 793 drains that are wider than four feet.Against the Phase-I target of removing and transporting 1.4 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of silt, the civic body has cleared 1.7 lakh MT.“Directions have been…

New Delhi: Parts of Delhi witnessed short but intense showers, bringing temperatures down Tuesday.Safdarjung, the city’s base station, recorded 2.8 mm of rainfall between 8.30 am and 11.30 am. Palam, Jafarpur and Janakpuri received 9.1 mm, 10.5 mm and 5.5 mm, respectively, while Najafgarh logged 24 mm during the same period. Palam had also recorded…

New Delhi: Twenty residents had a narrow escape after a fire broke out in a residential building in south Delhi’s Raju Park Monday night. Among those rescued was a family of four, including two children, who fled to the terrace as flames and smoke spread through the building.According to Delhi Fire Service (DFS), a call…

Screen grab of car crashing into egg cart New Delhi: A speeding car crashed into an egg cart in northwest Delhi’s Tri Nagar, leaving four people injured before the driver fled the scene.The incident occurred on June 10 in Street no. 24, Rampura. According to the CCTV footage, the impact was so severe that the…

New Delhi: Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a complaint with Delhi Police alleging that an unidentified man impersonated one of its senior officers and tried to obtain details of an ongoing GST evasion probe linked to an alleged Rs 4,600-crore online gaming scam.According to the complaint, an officer of the additional director rank brought to…