Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi sent out an unusually blunt message to his party colleagues on Thursday, promising to be tougher than his mother in dealing with factionalism and indiscipline.
HT reports.
Three persons, allegedly involved in several murder cases including that of a father-son duo in the premises of Lady Hardinge Medical College and carrying a joint reward of Rs. 1.5 lakh, were arrested, police said on Thursday.
Air conditioners on full blast, the city experienced the hottest day in May in a decade on Thursday. The maximum temperature at Safdarjung station was recorded at 45.7 degrees Celsius, six degrees above normal.
HT reports.
ForecastA Delhi court has sentenced a 42-year-old man to three-year imprisonment for having an adulterous relationship with his landlord’s 25-year-old wife and fathering a child.
Delhi high court on Thursday granted divorce to a man who sought dissolution of his marriage on the ground that his wife had filed several "false" complaints against him and his family members.
The hottest day of the season became unbearable for some parts of the city as residents faced power cuts lasting for as long as 10 hours. HT reports.
The Delhi high court has issued notice to central and state government on a PIL seeking quashing of contract given to a private company to manufacture high security registration plates on grounds they are defective.
Slammed by the Delhi High Court for the shocking manner in which some policemen dealt with the rape of a five-year-old girl in the Capital, the Delhi police on Thursday said it has decided to give training on gender sensitisation to its personnel. Harish V Nair reports.
An alleged Indian Mujahideen militant, facing trial in the 2008 Batla House encounter case here, has been allowed by a local court to make two other suspects of the outfit witnesses to counter the prosecution case against him.
Keeping in mind the large number of false rape cases that crop up, the Delhi High Court has directed trial judges to be cautious while dealing with evidence and asked them to closely scrutinise statement of victims and other witnesses. Harish V Nair reports.
The Centre on Thursday informed the Delhi High Court that a departmental enquiry had been initiated against seven policemen in connection with the December 16 gang rape of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus in the Capital. HT reports.
In a first, the Delhi Police have started maintaining a register of sexual offenders. Police stations have been asked to write details people accused of rape, molestation, stalking and even harassment and keep a track of them.
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), keeping in view the rise in the number of crimes in and outside Metro stations, plans to deploy more officers in plainclothes to help commuters.
The National Green Tribunal on Thursday rejected affidavits filed by various government agencies on debris dumped in the Yamuna riverbed as incorrect and held them guilty of not complying with its orders.
The cool and swift Metro ride that has changed the way Delhi commutes has a dark side as well. It uprooted thousands of trees.
Darpan Singh reports.