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Karn Pratap Singh

Karn Pratap Singh

Karn Pratap Singh has been writing on crime, policing, and issues of safety in Delhi for almost a decade. He covers high-intensity spot news, including terror strikes, serial blasts and security threats in the national capital.

Articles by Karn Pratap Singh

Man bludgeons wife to death in Delhi’s Seelampur, on the run

A case of murder was filed against the husband, police said. (Getty Images)

Updated on Jun 11, 2026 21:50 IST

Hauz Rani blaze: Facility accountant tells investigators he is owner only on paper

The fire erupted at a B&B facility in malviya Nagar last week. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 9, 2026 23:54 IST

LG, CM direct expansion of heat relief vans, cooling centres in crowded areas

LG Sandhu has directed departments to increase the number of mobile relief vans and cooling centres and deploy them in areas with a higher concentration of street vendors and homeless people. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 9, 2026 22:40 IST

LG asks DDA to complete drain desilting by June 15

LG Sandhu (above) had directed DDA to undertake a comprehensive desilting exercise on a mission mode basis to ensure residents of the national capital do not face waterlogging issues during the monsoon. (Vipin Kumar/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Jun 9, 2026 22:32 IST

Man kills wife, 18, over suspicion of affair in Delhi; stages death as suicide

Police learnt that a case had been registered in July 2024 in connection with the couple’s elopement when the woman was a minor.

Updated on Jun 9, 2026 03:00 IST

Driver of cluster bus held after 4 pedestrians injured near Multan Nagar signal

The driver was booked for rash and negligent driving and endangering the life or personal safety of others (Representative photo)

Updated on Jun 8, 2026 22:22 IST

DU prof murder premeditated, accused surveyed house twice: Probe

45-year-old victim’s body, with severe injuries, was discovered inside her locked house in east Delhi’s Vasundhara Enclave on June 4. (Representative photo)

Updated on Jun 8, 2026 22:04 IST

Hauz Rani fire: B&B accountant arrested after he surrenders in Saket courts

The Hauz Rani bed-and-breakfast facility ‘Flourish Stay’ where a fire last week killed 22 people. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 8, 2026 21:54 IST

Kolkata couple arrested, teen son apprehended in DU professor murder case

Family members and relatives of DU professor who was found murdered inside her apartment in East Delhi's Vasundhara Enclave, wait outside the mortuary, in Lal Bahadur Shastri hospital.

Updated on Jun 8, 2026 02:43 IST

Death toll rises to 22 in Delhi's Hauz Rani fire as 39-year-old Nigerian dies

A view inside the restaurant-cum-hotel, where a massive fire broke out at the five-storey building housing the B&B in the congested Hauz Rani locality of Malviya Nagar.

Updated on Jun 8, 2026 01:17 IST

Woman killed in crash, 6 others injured; 1 arrested

Photo for representation (Shutterstock)

Updated on Jun 7, 2026 22:28 IST

Kolkata couple held for DU professor's murder in Delhi, property row motive

Police said that the couple was arrested in Kolkata and is being brought to Delhi.

Updated on Jun 7, 2026 10:40 IST

Husband, 13 other suspects identified in DU assistant professor murder in Delhi

Police said two masked persons, including a woman, were also seen entering the society on Wednesday, and are among the prime suspects.

Updated on Jun 6, 2026 01:55 IST

Lovkesh Bajaj, Flourish Stays owner, was arrested for passport fraud last year: Police

Lovkesh Bajaj, owner of the Hauz Rani B&B brought to the Malviya Nagar police station on Thursday, June 4, 2026. (PTI)

Updated on Jun 5, 2026 22:26 IST

Delhi man, brother held for murdering his wife after she refused relations with brother-in-law

Police said an autopsy confirmed murder and a case was registered under sections 103 (murder) and 85 (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). (Representative photo)

Updated on Jun 5, 2026 22:12 IST

Delhi asst prof was murdered in flat on Wednesday afternoon, say police

Only one person was involved in the incident and the suspect was acquainted with the victim, as there was no sign of forced entry, officers aware of the investigation said on Friday. (Getty Images)

Updated on Jun 5, 2026 22:08 IST

Safety gaps spark another Delhi tragedy as 21 die in B&B blaze

Locals attempt to douse a fire at a hotel in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) (AP)

Updated on Jun 5, 2026 11:53 IST

BnB owner held in fire case was arrested for aiding Bangladeshis get Indian docs

Lavkesh Bajaj was arrested hours after the blaze at the B&B killed 21 people. (X)

Updated on Jun 5, 2026 11:24 IST

DU professor found murdered had promotion interview, sent medicines to mother

Senior police officers said the woman worked as an ad hoc professor at another DU college before being appointed as an assistant professor.

Updated on Jun 5, 2026 08:04 IST

Fire in multi-storey building near Savitri Cinema in Delhi; two firemen injured

The fire has been doused but the cooling operation in the building is continuing. (Image shared by DFS)

Updated on Jun 5, 2026 05:06 IST

Owner reached fire-hit B&B, ‘stood for 15 mins’ before leaving: Eyewitness

Wasim and police said Bajaj runs two other B&Bs in the neighbourhood and used to visit the restaurant under the Flourish Stay B&B daily.

Updated on Jun 5, 2026 02:40 IST

Hauz Rani fire: 20 key minutes lost as nearest fire station had no crew for tender

Delhi police personnel keep a vigil at the spot a day after a fire at the Flourish Stay B&B in Malviya Nagar killed at least 21 people. (RAJ K RAJ /HT PHOTO)

Updated on Jun 4, 2026 23:36 IST

Hauz Rani fire: ‘Staff never shared guest list, no mandate to check’

“This facility did not share any such records with us. We are not mandated to check them either. We cannot penalise them if they don’t share them,” an officer said. (RAJ K RAJ /HT PHOTO)

Updated on Jun 4, 2026 23:34 IST

Hauz Rani fire: Hotel owner arrived at the scene, stood for 15 minutes before fleeing

Accused hotel owner Lavkesh Bajaj (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jun 4, 2026 23:26 IST

Head injury, slit wrists: DU professor found murdered in Delhi flat | Details

Police received a call from a woman who informed them that her sister had been killed and was lying inside the flat.

Updated on Jun 5, 2026 02:50 IST

8 of family visiting Gurugram man in hospital die in Delhi's Hauz Rani fire

Family members of Malviya Nagar restaurant fire victims, cries at the Max Hospital, a massive fire broke out at a bed-and-breakfast in a five-storey building at Hauz rani village Malviya Nagar in the south Delhi, India, killing at least 21 people and injuring several others.

Updated on Jun 4, 2026 04:39 IST

Delhi B&B fire: Police look for manager of Flourish Stay after owner’s arrest

Firefighters rescue a foreign national from the hotel fire. (AP)

Updated on Jun 4, 2026 04:25 IST

Room permit, closed exit: How safety gaps made Delhi BnB a death trap after fire

Local people attempt to douse a fire at a hotel in Delhi's Malviya Nagar on Wednesday

Updated on Jun 4, 2026 05:28 IST

Fatal fires haunt Capital in absence of accountability

A forensic team at the site where a fire at a five-storey building at Hauz Rani killed at least 21 people on Wednesday morning. (Sonu Mehta/HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 3, 2026 23:42 IST

Woman kidnaps baby boy from GTB hospital to pass him off as own child, held

The woman, identified as Bobby alias Kanchan, was arrested from a slum dwelling in Delhi’s Shivaji Park near Punjabi Bagh following a raid conducted on Tuesday, said police. (Representational image)

Updated on Jun 3, 2026 23:14 IST

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