CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke broke down in tears at the Jantar Mantar protest site following Wangchuk’s removal by the Delhi Police. (Photo credit: Tarun Rawat/TNN) NEW DELHI: Hours after climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was shifted to Safdarjung Hospital by Delhi Police on the 21st day of his indefinite hunger strike on Saturday morning, the agitation…
Delhi Police carried out a pre-planned early morning operation on Saturday to remove climate activist Sonam Wangchuk NEW DELHI: Delhi Police carried out a pre-planned early morning operation on Saturday to remove climate activist Sonam Wangchuk from the Jantar Mantar protest site, according to senior police sources.According to sources quoted by news agency ANI, the…
Dipke is seen requesting the doctors not to “get into political things”, saying he understood there may be pressure on them but asking them not to become part of a political issue. NEW DELHI: A video shared by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Saturday showed activist Sonam Wangchuk opposing efforts to shift him to…
New Delhi: A Delhi Police investigation has uncovered a well-organised extortion racket thriving in Tihar, Rohini and Mandoli jails.Several prison staffers intimidate and extort new inmates by threatening to transfer them to barracks where violence among occupants is rampant or to wards where they will be assigned labour-intensive duties, unless their families pay up, according…
Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was removed from Jantar Mantar by Delhi Police early on Saturday and shifted to a hospital NEW DELHI: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was removed from Jantar Mantar by Delhi Police early on Saturday and shifted to VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital after his hunger strike against alleged irregularities in the NEET examination…
Anurag Kumar (L), Satish Golchha (R) NEW DELHI: In a move that left power corridors both surprised and intrigued, Anurag Kumar, an intelligence veteran and 1994-batch IPS officer, was appointed Delhi Police commissioner Friday, replacing Satish Golchha.Kumar, who was posted as special director in the Intelligence Bureau, served in Delhi Police till the rank of…
New Delhi: To commemorate the centenary of the martyrdom of Sardar Teja Singh Samundri, lieutenant governor TS Sandhu, his grandson, organised a special Shabad Kirtan at Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib in the city Friday. Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) also held a commemorative function at Teja Singh Samundri Hall in Amritsar.The programme in Delhi was…
New Delhi: City saw the highest minimum temperature in four years, even as the weather department had issued a yellow alert for hot and humid conditions.According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the heat index was 50.4 degree Celsius with actual temperature 38.4 degree Celsius at 2.30pm.On Friday, the minimum temperature was recorded at 31…
New Delhi: Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has revised its policy regarding permission and regularisation of additions and alterations to its flats, allowing owners of upper-floor flats in low-rise housing blocks to construct certain permanent structures, subject to conditions.This is DDA’s first housing policy revision since 2007.According to the revised policy that been rationalised in consultation…
New Delhi: A lab assistant has been arrested Friday for allegedly sexually assaulting a class VI student at a govt school in north east Delhi’s Seemapuri. Acting on the student’s complaint, police registered a case under sections related to molestation and Pocso act, and arrested the accused.In her complaint to the police, the victim stated…
