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AAP announces candidates for Delhi mayoral elections scheduled for April 26

Delhi

Published on Apr 18, 2024 11:32 AM IST

AAP’s East Patel Nagar councillor Shelly Oberoi was elected as mayor in the previous two elections held in February and April 2023

Visuals from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi at Civic Centre in December 2023. (Raj K Raj/ HT Photo)

ByHT Correspondent

Delhiwale: Into Reshma’s heart

Reshma, a transgender singer and dancer, shares her thoughts on life and happiness while getting her hair done in a barbershop in the Walled City.

Reshma, attired in a green salwar suit and an unmatching dupatta, in a Walled City barbershop. (HT Photo)

Delhi

Updated on Apr 18, 2024 05:50 AM IST

ByMayank Austen Soofi

Delhi minister tells chief secy to inspect govt hospitals, submit reports

Delhi health minister directs chief secretary to inspect hospitals and clinics daily for medicine shortage, but official denies scarcity, sparking controversy.

Delhi

Updated on Apr 18, 2024 01:50 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Man stabs his wife, her brother, to death with screwdriver in E Delhi

The suspect, Shriyansh Kumar, killed his wife, Kamlesh Holkar (30) and then turned to her brother, Ram Pratap Singh (17) because he walked in on the murder

An investigator who asked not to be named said the suspect had lost his job, leaving him “upset and irritated”, even as his family claimed he was mentally ill. (Representational image)

Delhi

Updated on Apr 18, 2024 05:38 AM IST

ByHemani Bhandari

Nand Nagri cop murder was premeditated, finds probe

A police officer investigating the case said the shooter, 44-year-old Mukesh, had been planning to kill the policeman for the past few days and decided to procure arms

The spot on the Meet Nagar flyover where the cop was shot dead. (Sanjeev Verma/HT Photo)

Delhi

Updated on Apr 18, 2024 05:36 AM IST

ByKarn Pratap Singh

Taxi driver killed as robbers try to cash in on crash chaos in Delhi

Delhi Police arrests suspects in cab driver's murder near Red Fort after accident with e-rickshaw. Motive was theft. Third suspect still at large.

The motive for the crime was theft — the suspects saw the accident between the cab and the e-rickshaw and took advantage of the situation to rob the drivers of both vehicles, officers added. (Representational image)

Delhi

Updated on Apr 18, 2024 05:34 AM IST

ByHemani Bhandari

AAP terms its governance ‘Ram Rajya’, launches website to showcase works

Senior leaders Sanjay Singh, Atishi, Saurabh Bharadwaj and Jasmine Shah presided over the launch of the website www.aapkaramrajya.com at the party headquarters.

Delhi

Updated on Apr 18, 2024 05:24 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Delhi residents can register to vote till April 26

Delhi residents have until April 26 to register as voters for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on May 25 via www.nvsp.in or the voter helpline app.

Officials added that over 95% of the applications are received online, though offline applications are also accepted. This was less than 80% till the previous Lok Sabha elections. (HT Archive)

Delhi

Updated on Apr 18, 2024 01:46 AM IST

BySnehil Sinha

Illegal colonies along Yamuna continue to discharge sewage in river

161 unauthorised colonies on Yamuna floodplains lack NOCs for sewage lines, leading to discharge in Yamuna. Delhi govt aims to expedite process by 2025.

Delhi

Updated on Apr 18, 2024 01:42 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

No one responsible for suicide by person with frail mentality: Delhi high court

The court made this observation while hearing pleas filed by the woman and the deceased’s friend seeking pre-arrest bail

In the 10-page verdict, justice Amit Mahajan while allowing the pleas noted that the deceased was of a sensitive nature and used to constantly threaten the woman with dying by suicide whenever she refused to talk to him. (HT Archive)

Delhi

Updated on Apr 18, 2024 05:22 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

‘Your son is under arrest’: Old Delhi jewellery hub faces new scam

Police said they received multiple complaints from across Delhi, adding that at least 10 people were cheated over the past year

The Kucha Mahajani at Chandni Chowk on Monday. (Sanjeev Verma/HT photo)

Delhi

Updated on Apr 18, 2024 07:52 AM IST

ByJignasa Sinha

Monuments rebuilt at new waste park in Delhi

Replicas of 20 Indian monuments and temples carrying the Unesco world heritage site tag have been recreated from 200 tonnes of scrap waste

Delhi

Updated on Apr 18, 2024 05:12 AM IST

ByParas Singh

Delhiwale: Chicken Corner and a bookstore

Iconic bookstores in Delhi like Maktaba Jamia Limited are being replaced by other businesses, like Chicken Corner, triggering nostalgia for a bygone era of literary culture.

Delhi

Updated on Apr 17, 2024 05:52 AM IST

ByMayank Austen Soofi

Man kills woman in Delhi, makes her 10-year-old son clean up blood

The accused, Sanjay Singh, from Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh, was in an extramarital relationship with the victim

The victim was found lying next to the flight of stairs on Saturday morning by her neighbours and rushed to a hospital, where she was declared brought dead. (Representational image)

Delhi

Updated on Apr 17, 2024 05:48 AM IST

ByJignasa Sinha

Fresh row brewing between LG, AAP over ‘water crisis’ in Delhi

Water scarcity in Delhi sparks feud between LG and AAP as a girl stabs neighbor over water. LG blames state government, AAP calls it optics.

Delhi

Updated on Apr 17, 2024 02:47 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Cop killed, 1 injured as man goes on shooting rampage on Delhi flyover

Police identified the suspect as Mukesh, a sanitation worker with the MCD. Officers said he had borrowed money from the policeman he murdered

The indiscriminate gunfire on the Ashok Nagar-Meet Nagar flyover — police estimate that at least 10 rounds were fired — triggered panic on the busy stretch that connects Wazirabad with Ghaziabad. (Representational image)

Delhi

Updated on Apr 17, 2024 07:03 AM IST

ByKarn Pratap Singh

PWD to shut Delhi's Sarita Vihar flyover for 60 days

Last year, Mathura Road and its adjoining stretches faced traffic chaos for nearly two months due to work on the Ashram flyover extension

The flyover is 23 years old and the parallel expansion joints need to be replaced. (HT Archive)

Delhi

Updated on Apr 17, 2024 02:38 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, New Delhi

Man, son kill daughter, cousin over suspected relationship

The father and daughter started fighting when Shahid caught Shaina speaking to Khan on the phone. Shahid and Kudush scolded Shaina and asked her to stop talking to Khan, but she refused to do so. Shaina had come into contact with Khan when he stayed at their home for a few weeks

The father slit the throats of his daughter and cousin, suspecting them to be having an affair. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Delhi

Updated on Apr 17, 2024 05:32 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, New Delhi

Mercury goes up, to hit 38°C before weekend rain in Delhi

This spell of rain is likely to once again bring down the mercury in Delhi, keeping the maximum to around 34-36°C

The temperature will rise ahead of another western disturbance later this week. (HT Photo)

Delhi

Updated on Apr 17, 2024 02:34 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

2 held for dismantling stolen trucks, selling them for scrap

The AATS identified the duo as Ramayan Yadav, 61, and Pramod Kumar, 58, who dismantled stolen trucks under the garb of a scrap work at a godown

Delhi

Updated on Apr 17, 2024 05:20 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, New Delhi

DJB, MCD blame each other over lack of improvement in Kushak drain

The two bodies were responding to the NGT’s order issued last week, wherein both the DJB and the MCD were asked why interim compensation should not be imposed on either... The NGT had said despite both bodies setting a timeline of March 31, it was still as polluted as ever

Delhi

Updated on Apr 17, 2024 05:18 AM IST

ByJasjeev Gandhiok

MCD brings in experts for big Town Hall revamp in Delhi

The construction of the Town Hall building was completed in 1866, but the municipality shifted to the new municipal headquarters on Minto Road around 2012

Delhi

Published on Apr 16, 2024 10:54 PM IST

ByParas Singh

Arvind Kejriwal, wife Sunita among AAP’s star campaigners for Gujarat

This is the first time that the AAP has named Kejriwal’s wife as a star campaigner; her name figures at the second spot after the chief minister’s name

Delhi

Updated on Apr 16, 2024 06:42 PM IST

ByAlok K N Mishra

Lok Sabha elections in Delhi: Face-off on key seats, who's fighting whom?

Lok Sabha elections: Delhi will vote on May 25 and the votes will be counted on June 4.

AAP and Congress are part of the INDIA bloc alliance against BJP.

Delhi

Published on Apr 16, 2024 05:23 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Man kills Delhi cop, shoots 2 others, dies by suicide at Meet Nagar flyover

Police said an initial enquiry into the matter has revealed that the attacker was known to the policeman and was allegedly having a monetary dispute with him

Delhi

Published on Apr 16, 2024 04:25 PM IST

ByKarn Pratap Singh

Tribunal confirms declaration of JKDFP unlawful

The Union home ministry had on October 5, 2023, declared the JKDFP a banned group under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 for five years for its “anti-India” and “pro-Pakistan” activities

In its order, the tribunal noted that the elaborate material and evidence placed on record before it found that there was ample justification to declare the JKDFP an unlawful association under the UAPA (HT File)

Delhi

Updated on Apr 16, 2024 07:22 AM IST

ByPress Trust of India, New Delhi

35-yr-old woman duped of ₹5 lakh in ‘FedEx’ scam in Delhi

Delhi doctor falls victim to FedEx scam by fake Mumbai Police officers, extorted money under drug parcel pretext. Similar case reported in Bengaluru.

Delhi

Updated on Apr 16, 2024 05:58 AM IST

ByJignasa Sinha

Delhiwale: Stories of stones

Delhi's monuments tell tales of power and tragedy: three tombs, linked by a single story of betrayal and revenge, offer a glimpse into Mughal history and architecture.

A stone screen at Atgah Khan’s tomb in Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti. (HT Photo)

Delhi

Updated on Apr 16, 2024 05:56 AM IST

ByMayank Austen Soofi

AAP set for campaign push in Delhi from Tuesday

The AAP will hold 200 “Sankalp Sabha” meetings in which people will be administered the oath, “Jail Ka Jawab Vote Se”, to seek support for Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi

Updated on Apr 16, 2024 05:54 AM IST

ByAlok KN Mishra

MCD plantation to be mix of flowering, fruit-bearing trees in Delhi

The civic body, which oversees 15,226 neighbourhood parks and over 12,700km of roads across Delhi, said that it will plant around 619,000 plants this year.

Some of the flowering trees suggested for plantation drives include amaltas, gulmohar, champa, and bauhinia, while fruit-bearing trees include ber, jamun, amla, and mango. (Vipin Kumar/HT Photo)

Delhi

Updated on Apr 16, 2024 05:49 AM IST

ByParas Singh

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AAP’s East Patel Nagar councillor Shelly Oberoi was elected as mayor in the previous two elections held in February and April 2023

Reshma, a transgender singer and dancer, shares her thoughts on life and happiness while getting her hair done in a barbershop in the Walled City.

Delhi health minister directs chief secretary to inspect hospitals and clinics daily for medicine shortage, but official denies scarcity, sparking controversy.

The suspect, Shriyansh Kumar, killed his wife, Kamlesh Holkar (30) and then turned to her brother, Ram Pratap Singh (17) because he walked in on the murder

A police officer investigating the case said the shooter, 44-year-old Mukesh, had been planning to kill the policeman for the past few days and decided to procure arms

Delhi Police arrests suspects in cab driver's murder near Red Fort after accident with e-rickshaw. Motive was theft. Third suspect still at large.

Senior leaders Sanjay Singh, Atishi, Saurabh Bharadwaj and Jasmine Shah presided over the launch of the website www.aapkaramrajya.com at the party headquarters.

Delhi residents have until April 26 to register as voters for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on May 25 via www.nvsp.in or the voter helpline app.

161 unauthorised colonies on Yamuna floodplains lack NOCs for sewage lines, leading to discharge in Yamuna. Delhi govt aims to expedite process by 2025.

The court made this observation while hearing pleas filed by the woman and the deceased’s friend seeking pre-arrest bail

Police said they received multiple complaints from across Delhi, adding that at least 10 people were cheated over the past year

Replicas of 20 Indian monuments and temples carrying the Unesco world heritage site tag have been recreated from 200 tonnes of scrap waste

Iconic bookstores in Delhi like Maktaba Jamia Limited are being replaced by other businesses, like Chicken Corner, triggering nostalgia for a bygone era of literary culture.

The accused, Sanjay Singh, from Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh, was in an extramarital relationship with the victim

Water scarcity in Delhi sparks feud between LG and AAP as a girl stabs neighbor over water. LG blames state government, AAP calls it optics.

Police identified the suspect as Mukesh, a sanitation worker with the MCD. Officers said he had borrowed money from the policeman he murdered

Last year, Mathura Road and its adjoining stretches faced traffic chaos for nearly two months due to work on the Ashram flyover extension

The father and daughter started fighting when Shahid caught Shaina speaking to Khan on the phone. Shahid and Kudush scolded Shaina and asked her to stop talking to Khan, but she refused to do so. Shaina had come into contact with Khan when he stayed at their home for a few weeks

This spell of rain is likely to once again bring down the mercury in Delhi, keeping the maximum to around 34-36°C

The AATS identified the duo as Ramayan Yadav, 61, and Pramod Kumar, 58, who dismantled stolen trucks under the garb of a scrap work at a godown

The two bodies were responding to the NGT’s order issued last week, wherein both the DJB and the MCD were asked why interim compensation should not be imposed on either... The NGT had said despite both bodies setting a timeline of March 31, it was still as polluted as ever

The construction of the Town Hall building was completed in 1866, but the municipality shifted to the new municipal headquarters on Minto Road around 2012

This is the first time that the AAP has named Kejriwal’s wife as a star campaigner; her name figures at the second spot after the chief minister’s name

Lok Sabha elections: Delhi will vote on May 25 and the votes will be counted on June 4.

Police said an initial enquiry into the matter has revealed that the attacker was known to the policeman and was allegedly having a monetary dispute with him

The Union home ministry had on October 5, 2023, declared the JKDFP a banned group under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 for five years for its “anti-India” and “pro-Pakistan” activities

Delhi doctor falls victim to FedEx scam by fake Mumbai Police officers, extorted money under drug parcel pretext. Similar case reported in Bengaluru.

Delhi's monuments tell tales of power and tragedy: three tombs, linked by a single story of betrayal and revenge, offer a glimpse into Mughal history and architecture.

The AAP will hold 200 “Sankalp Sabha” meetings in which people will be administered the oath, “Jail Ka Jawab Vote Se”, to seek support for Arvind Kejriwal

The civic body, which oversees 15,226 neighbourhood parks and over 12,700km of roads across Delhi, said that it will plant around 619,000 plants this year.

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