Delhi News

Unidentified assailants Monday shot dead a Delhi Police constable and injured another while they were on patrolling duty on their bike in Vijay Vihar. A search has been launched for the assailants and an FIR has been registered. The current incident comes a day after three assailants opened fire at cops in Connaught Place area of Delhi.

All five accused in the 2010 abduction and gang-rape of a 30-year-old call center employee in Delhi’s Dhaula Kuan, were pronounced guilty by a Delhi session court on Tuesday. The court will sentence the convicts on Oct 17. The 5 men abducted the woman on Nov-24, 2010, took her to Mongolpuri and gangraped raped her, according to police.

The ministries of water resources and urban development conducted a meeting with elected chiefs of 118 urban local bodies from five states, to discuss the Ganga cleaning plan in New Delhi Wednesday. The issues pertaining to release of untreated sewage from 118 cities in five states into the Ganga and possible measures for the problem were discussed in the meeting.

A day after the attack on Manipuri man in Bangalore, two young men from Nagaland were severely beaten up in Sikanderpur near Delhi by a gang of locals. Seven people held the two men in confinement and beat them up with bats and hockey sticks. "Tell your North-East people to leave Sikanderpur", they said before letting them go.

UP Urban Minister Azam Khan was Thursday stopped by security officials at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (New Delhi) after he was found carrying live bullets in his hand baggage. The security personnel detected 4 live rounds of .32 bore bullets in his baggage during scanning, said officials. However, Azam was allowed to proceed after he showed his arms license.

In a case of road rage, ACP Amit Singh and his driver were beaten up by three people, including a woman in Delhi on Thursday evening. As per the police, the assault began after a Swift car, allegedly driven by a minor, brushed against Singh's Innova. Singh was taken to AIIMS Trauma Centre and later shifted to AIIMS.

PM Narendra Modi met the country's top military commanders for the first time in a conference at Defence Ministry in New Delhi on Friday. PM is expected to outline his strategic vision during the conference. Ceasefire violations from the Pakistan and developments on China border are also expected to be brought up during the conference of all three services.

A 24-year-old woman from Mizoram was found murdered and lying in a pool of blood with injuries on her head and thighs at her flat in south Delhi Friday morning. According to preliminary investigations, the woman had a fight with her boyfriend Thursday night and was hit with a heavy object on head. Police has detained her boyfriend for questioning.

Terming the recent attacks on north eastern men in Gurgaon as unacceptable, union minister Kiren Rijuju Saturday said the government will "never tolerate hate crime or anything that damages national integrity or unity". He also informed that the government has decided to establish a dedicated helpline and police force to deal with issues of students from Northeastern region in Gurgaon.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation will become the 7th largest network in the world with more than 241 stations after completion of phase-III in 2016. It will also make Delhi a city with one of the highest number of metro stations anywhere in the world. The network will be of about 330km and will surpass the 150-year-old London underground system.

A Delhi court Friday ordered lifetime imprisonment to five men who had been found guilty in the Dhaula Kuan gangrape and abduction case of 2010. The prosecution had demanded maximum punishment for the convicts citing their criminal background. The men had abducted a 30-yr-old call centre executive, while she was walking home, and gang-raped her in a moving vehicle.

As part of the 'Swachh Bharat Campaign', the Delhi Jal Board Wednesday launched a mobile app to receive suggestions and complaints on sewage and water supply. The suggestions/complaints received will be forwarded to the concerned area officers for necessary action. “This is a unique, one-of-its-kind mobile application for the convenience of its consumers," a senior DJB offical said.

The Delhi Fire Services Thursday received 293 calls of fire incidents from across the city, the highest in the past 5 years on Diwali, an official said. "Of these, 55 incidents were related to fire caused by crackers. But in most of the other cases, the reason behind the fire is yet to be ascertained," the officer added.

Fourteen people were arrested on Sunday on charge of spreading rumours and fanning tension in east Delhi's Trilokpuri area. After three days of violence and tension following a clash between two groups on Diwali night, the situation was brought "under control". Prohibitory orders remained imposed in the area and large contingent of police personnel, RAF and CRPF has been deployed.

Sources in the BJP have hinted that the party is unwilling to form the government in Delhi as it does not enjoy majority in the Assembly. They are keen on holding fresh polls in February next year. The update came from BJP sources soon after the President approved of the Delhi Governor's decision to invite BJP to form the government.

The Supreme Court Tuesday rebuked the Centre and Delhi Lieutenant governor for delayed decisions regarding government formation. The LG should not have taken 5 months time, it said. "In a democracy, President's Rule can't go on forever. Have given enough time, nothing has happened. People of Delhi have the right to a government," the apex Court said.