New Delhi: A court has convicted a man of attempting to rape a differently abled woman, relying on the testimony of her mother and a psychiatric assessment that said the survivor had a social age of “one year and two months” and suffered from “profound social intellectual impairment”.Social age is a measure of a person’s…
New Delhi: Delhi Police has filed a chargesheet in connection with the security breach at the Delhi Assembly that was reported on April 6.The accused, identified as Sarabjit Singh (37), a resident of Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh, was arrested in the case. According to the chargesheet, the incident took place around 2.10 pm when a…
NEW DELHI: The death toll in the Malviya Nagar bed and breakfast fire tragedy rose to 23 on Wednesday night after a Bangladeshi national succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment at a hospital.The fire broke out at the Flourish Inn hotel in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar area on June 3, killing 21 people and injuring…
NEW DELHI: The CBI on Wednesday arrested a Delhi Police Crime Branch inspector and a middleman for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 3 crore from a Puducherry-based businessman in exchange for influencing an ongoing probe into a fake drug manufacturing case, according to news agency PTI.The arrested accused have been identified as Crime Branch…
New Delhi: A seven-month-old baby from Trinidad and Tobago, weighing less than 4 kg and suffering from a rare genetic liver disorder, has undergone a life-saving liver transplant in Delhi.The infant, Erik Ramsook, was brought to Apollo Hospital after developing severe liver disease within months of birth. Doctors found him suffering from end-stage liver failure,…
New Delhi: Two businessmen from Haryana have been arrested for posing as members of the Kala Jathedi gang and allegedly extorting a Delhi businessman through threatening calls made using an international number.The accused, Rajan Kalra, 26, from Yamunanagar and Sahil Garg, 38, a medical equipment trader from Jagadhari, had no links with the gang and…
NEW DELHI: An orange shirt worn by Munchun Kewat at the time of allegedly killing his wife and three young daughters in outer Delhi’s Samaypur Badli became the crucial clue that led police to arrest him from Rajasthan, a chargesheet filed before a Rohini court has stated.Police sources said the 250-page chargesheet attributed the murders…
NEW DELHI: At a time when obesity is rising steadily across India, Delhi stands out for an unexpected reason. The latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) shows the share of men aged 15-49 who are overweight or obese has declined in the national capital, even as obesity among women and diabetes indicators among both sexes…
Delhi Fire Service (File photo) NEW DELHI: The capital’s highrise fire woes may finally find a resolution, as the fire department plans to procure tenders and ladders to strengthen its response to blazes in tall buildings with 50-plus floors.Two specialised fire tenders designed for firefighting in highrises and skyscrapers, equipped with long-range systems capable of…
NEW DELHI: An Air India passenger allegedly smashed the inner pane of an aircraft window during a Chandigarh-Delhi flight on June 7. The incident occurred on flight AI1879 as the aircraft was preparing to land in Delhi.In a statement, an Air India spokesperson said, “Flight AI1879 operating from Chandigarh to Delhi on 7 June landed…
