New Delhi: Tourists travelling to Thailand and other Asian countries tend to spend more at Delhi airport’s duty-free stores than those travelling to the US, an official said.Singapore, Dubai and London are the top international routes in terms of duty-free sales.“Tourists to the US are mostly people who are visiting their relatives or students,” an…
New Delhi: A 55-year-old labourer died after falling from fourth floor of an under-construction building in west Delhi’s Tilak Nagar Friday afternoon when a portion of the roof collapsed. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Bhola, who was working at the construction site in Krishna Puri area. Cops have registered an FIR under Sections 290…
New Delhi: A six-year-old girl, rendered an “orphan in every sense” after her father killed her mother and was sentenced to life imprisonment, became the focal point of a Delhi court’s sentencing order in a domestic violence case Saturday.Additional sessions judge Anuj Agrawal sentenced Subhash Bera to life imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 10,000…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court will hear on July 21 a plea moved by American national Matthew Aaron VanDyke seeking permission to prepare his own meals, be provided an “American-style diet” and keep certain food items inside jail. He claims that he has been on a “hunger strike” since May 6 due to his inability…
New Delhi: Women travelling for free on Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and cluster buses in the city will have to use Pink Saheli smart card from Aug 1, with Delhi govt’s transport department phasing out the existing paper-based pink ticket system on July 31.Those eligible for the scheme will have to tap the National Common…
NEW DELHI: An employee of a finance firm was allegedly robbed of Rs 17 lakh after two bike-borne assailants threatened him at gunpoint in east Delhi’s Gandhi Nagar market on Friday. A video of the incident surfaced on social media on Saturday. The 28-second CCTV footage shows the two men getting off a motorcycle in…
New Delhi: A retired PWD engineer’s house in south Delhi’s Satya Niketan was targeted by thieves who decamped with cash and valuables on the intervening night of July 5 and 6. Police said Rs 1.6 lakh in cash, two wristwatches, a mobile phone and documents were stolen.The owner initially did not report the theft or…
A Delhi court requested video links of Mallikarjun Kharge’s alleged speech NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Saturday asked the complainant challenging the dismissal of a criminal complaint against Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge to submit video links of his alleged objectionable speech delivered during an election rally in Karnataka in 2023, saying it wanted to…
New Delhi: CBI has found “dereliction of duty and negligence” on the part of three building department officials of Municipal Corporation of Delhi in the 2024 Old Rajendra Nagar coaching centre flooding case. It, however, concluded that there was “nothing on record” to indicate any lapse by two senior officers.Principal district and sessions judge Dinesh…
Heavy rains submerged roads and public spaces across Delhi after downpour. Want to go inside? Sit on my bike. That’s the only way,” Krishna, who came for some work at Khajuri Khas police station, told TOI reporters who were wondering how to enter the premises Friday.On Thursday, the entire stretch outside the building and the…
