NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has decided to send the chairperson of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), Swati Maliwal, to the Rajya Sabha. Maliwal will become a Rajya Sabha member for the first time.AAP’s political affairs committee (PAC) has also chosen to nominate Sanjay Singh and ND Gupta for their second terms … Read more
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has written to the enforcement directorate (ED) to withdraw the summons served to him to appear before it in the excise policy case today, alleging they were “illegal and politically motivated” like the previous one. In his letter to the ED, Kejriwal said he was willing to accept … Read more
NEW DELHI: Delhi has experienced ‘poor’ air quality conditions for the fifth consecutive day, and the situation is expected to deteriorate over the weekend due to unfavorable meteorological conditions, as reported by weather monitoring agencies. The 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) for the city was recorded at 261, which is a deterioration from 256 … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Department of Delhi Prisons has suspended four officials, including a deputy superintendent, in connection with the physical appearance of jailed JKLF chief Yasin Malik in Supreme Court, a statement said on Saturday. The presence of Malik, serving life term in Tihar jail, in a packed courtroom created a flutter in the apex … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police recovered chopped body parts of a person near the Geeta Colony flyover in the national capital on Wednesday.According to officials, it appears to be the remains of a woman aged approximately 35-40 years old. The facts will be verified by ortho forensics, they added. The person’s remains were found at … Read more
NEW DELHI: A special investigation team of Delhi Police returned to the capital on Tuesday after recording the statement of at least 10 people and conducting an in-depth, two-day probe at the residence of former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in UP’s Gonda district. There are indications … Read more
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Friday dismissed the bail application of AAP leader and former Delhi minister Manish Sisodia in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy scam. Special Judge M K Nagpal denied the relief to Sisodia, saying the stage was not fit to grant him bail.The judge had reserved … Read more
NEW DELHI: Aided by the early exit of winter, Delhi this year saw its second cleanest month of February in terms of air quality since the Central Pollution Control Board started measuring AQI from April 2015. The average AQI during the month was 237, the lowest after 225 in February last year.Although the month did … Read more
NEW DELHI: The process for the court-sanctioned polygraph test on Aaftab Amin Poonawala, accused of killing his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar and cutting her body into 35 pieces before disposing it of, has started at the forensic science laboratory (FSL) in Rohini, news agency ANI reported quoting Delhi Police sources on Tuesday. “Pre-med sessions and … Read more
NEW DELHI: Vinai Kumar Saxena has been appointed the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi on Monday, according to a President House statement. Saxena will succeed Anil Baijal who resigned from the post last week citing “personal reasons”. “The President of India has been pleased to appoint Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena to be the Lt. Governor of … Read more