CBI releases sketches of blast suspects
CBI has released the photograph and sketch of two suspects involved in the Mecca mosque blast in Hyderabad, reports Tushar Srivastava.
By Tushar Srivastava | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 27, 2007 03:24 AM IST
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) released the photograph and sketch of two suspects involved in the Mecca mosque blast in Hyderabad. The May 18 incident had killed nine and left 58 injured.
“The portrait is of a bespectacled man aged 30-35 years, with a medium built, fair complexion and is 5ft 2in tall. The one in the released photograph is aged 25-30 years, 5ft 6in tall, medium built and of wheatish complexion,” informed a CBI official. The agency has announced a reward of Rs 2 lakh to anyone who gives information leading to the arrest of the accused.
The CBI managed to track down the shops from where the handset used in the unexploded bomb and the SIM cards had been bought.
Business of liquor needs a major detox
By Abhishek Dey, Sweta Goswami
UPDATED ON FEB 27, 2021 02:31 AM IST
In 2019-20, the city government pegged its revenue from the liquor business at ₹5,500 crore -- roughly 11% of its total revenue of ₹51,000 crore. Among major states, an HT analysis showed only in Karnataka and Telangana, liquor revenue formed a bigger percentage of the state’s revenue.
Delhi sees 256 fresh Covid cases, highest single day spike in 35 days
PUBLISHED ON FEB 27, 2021 02:26 AM IST
Further, Delhi’s Covid-19 test positivity rate has also increased gradually over the past few days, hitting 0.41% — the highest recorded in the Capital since January 29.
Delhi: 55-year-old mowed down by speeding car in Vasant Vihar
By Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON FEB 27, 2021 02:19 AM IST
The driver of the car, who, according to the police, was taking a joyride with his friends ran away, but was arrested on Friday morning. The police said that based on a medical examination conducted on Friday, he was not drunk at the time of the incident.
Delhiwale: For him, waste is wealth
By Mayank Austen Soofi
PUBLISHED ON FEB 27, 2021 02:13 AM IST
Calling himself a “kabadi walla,” or trash collector, Wali Muhammed says he cycles around south Delhi’s Green Park, his trash collector’s voice echoing off the walls of the bungalows lining up the quiet alleys.
Delhi airport’s Terminal 1 likely to be reopened from March 25
By Anvit Srivastava, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON FEB 27, 2021 01:43 AM IST
Airport officials said only a portion of the terminal will be made operational for now, as the ongoing expansion work of the building will continue. For now, the terminal will cater to approximately half the number of flights it handled before the pandemic-induced lockdown.
No gunshot wounds on man who died during R-Day : Delhi, UP cops tell Delhi HC
PUBLISHED ON FEB 27, 2021 12:27 AM IST
The police of the two states have made the submission based on the post-mortem and X-Ray reports, given by the District Hospital at Rampur in UP, which prima facie states that “there was no gunshot injury in the body of the deceased”.
Delhi sees 256 fresh Covid cases, highest single day spike in 35 days
By HT Correspondent, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON FEB 26, 2021 11:19 PM IST
The Capital saw its highest single-day rise in Covid-19 infections in 35 days on Friday, adding 256 fresh cases of the infection
Winds keep Delhi mercury from breaking February record, temperature to dip this weekend
By HT Correspondent, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON FEB 26, 2021 11:15 PM IST
Strong winds came to the rescue of Delhi’s residents, keeping the city’s temperatures from soaring on Friday
Minor girl kidnapped from near Kalyanpuri three days ago murdered, body found in Modinagar fields
By HT Correspondent, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON FEB 26, 2021 11:13 PM IST
The body of a nine-year-old girl, who was kidnapped from east Delhi’s Khichripur three days ago, was found in the sugarcane fields of a village in Modinagar, near Ghaziabad, on Friday morning, the police said, adding that the autopsy has ruled out sexual assault
Delhi govt warns clubs, hotels against using liquor bottles without 2D bar-code
PTI, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON FEB 26, 2021 05:42 PM IST
- The move comes after it was found during an inspection that bars at some establishments were using liquor and beer bottles which did not have 2D bar-code and those that were not readable.
Delhi: 55-year-old man killed in a hit-and-run in Vasant Vihar
By Karn Pratap Singh
PUBLISHED ON FEB 26, 2021 11:15 AM IST
Vasant Vihar police have registered a case of rash and negligent driving causing death and efforts are on to nab the errant driver
Delhi: At least 80 prisoners out on ‘emergency parole’ fail to surrender
By Prawesh Lama
UPDATED ON FEB 26, 2021 10:06 AM IST
As one of the first measures to decongest jails and ensure social distancing at the start of the pandemic, nearly 1,000 prisoners were released on “emergency parole” in April last year
Farmers’ protest: Key Delhi borders remain shut, traffic diverted
By HT Correspondent | Edited by Zara Khan
PUBLISHED ON FEB 26, 2021 08:41 AM IST
The Delhi Traffic Police have advised motorists travelling between Delhi and Ghaziabad to use EDM Mall, Anand Vihar, Kondli, Surya Nagar, Apsara, Bhopra and Loni borders and avoid the Ghazipur border route
Delhi’s temperature to rise further, air quality continues to remain poor
By HT Correspondent | Edited by Zara Khan
PUBLISHED ON FEB 26, 2021 08:24 AM IST
IMD recordings showed that the maximum temperature at Safdarjung weather station on Thursday, which is the official marker for the city, was 33.2 degrees Celsius, eight degrees above the season’s normal
Fresh plea seeks legalisation of same-sex unions
By Richa Banka
PUBLISHED ON FEB 26, 2021 06:51 AM IST
The plea asked the court to declare that SMA applied regardless of sex to any two persons who wish to marry, by reading down gender or sexuality-based restrictions in the act. This is the third petition in the HC seeking legalisation of same-sex unions.
