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31 Mar

MCD Deputy Commissioner Arrested by CBI in ₹4 Lakh Bribery Case

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Rajeev Sharma :- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a senior Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) official for allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹4 lakh, officials said on Tuesday. The accused has been identified as Abhishek Kumar Mishra, a Deputy Commissioner posted in the Shahdara North Zone. According to CBI sources, action was initiated after receiving credible inputs regarding a demand for illegal gratification. Investigators laid a trap and apprehended the official while he was allegedly accepting the bribe amount. The arrest is part of an ongoing crackdown on corruption within public offices, aimed at ensuring accountability and…

25 Mar

Delhi Police bust arms trafficking module linked to Pakistan, Bangladesh; 10 key operatives held

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Rajeev Sharma :- In a significant breakthrough, Delhi Police Crime Branch busted a transnational arms traficking module operating from within Walled city and arrested ten key operatives. The police have also seized 21 sophisticated firearms along with 200 live cartridges. A total of 21 high-end foreign-made weapons, including: Submachine guns, PX-5.7 pistols, PX-3 pistols, Shadow CZ pistols, Beretta pistols, Taurus pistols, Walther pistols were recovered including the PX-5.7 pistol, which is exclusively used by special forces. The arms were smuggled into India from Pakistan through the Indo-Nepal border and were being supplied to criminal gangs across Delhi-NCR and other states.

27 Feb

Delhi excise policy case: Kejriwal calls verdict ‘victory of truth’; breaks down after clean chit

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New Delhi, Rajeev Sharma :- In a significant development in the Delhi excise policy case, a Delhi court has granted relief to former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia as well as Arvind Kejriwal, stating that the prosecution failed to present convincing material to sustain the allegations against them. The court observed that serious charges require substantive evidence and cannot rest on broad or unsubstantiated claims. It noted that attributing a central conspiratorial role without credible proof weakens the very foundation of criminal prosecution. The judge further remarked that public faith in constitutional offices is compromised when allegations are not backed…

23 Feb

Fresh bomb threat emails sent to Delhi schools; premises evacuated, search underway

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New Delhi,Rajeev Sharma :- Two schools in Delhi, Army Public School in Dhaula Kuan and Air Force Bal Bharti School on Lodhi Road, received bomb threat emails on Monday. Police officials and the Delhi Fire Service swiftly reached the spot and evacuated the premises. "We are verifying the source of the email. So far, nothing suspicious has been found. As a precautionary measure, a thorough search operation is underway on the school premises, which has been vacated," a senior police officer said. Soon after receiving the email warning presence of explosive device on the campus, school administration alerted the authorities,…

21 Feb

Security alert in Delhi: Intel warns of attacks by Pak’s Lashkar; Red Fort among key cites on target

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New Delhi, Rajeev Sharma :- Security agencies have raised an alert in the national capital following inputs of a potential terror attack targeting key cites including the Red Fort and a temple in the Chandni Chowk. According to intelligence sources, key religious places including the places around the Red Fort and parts of Chandni Chowk, remain on the radar of the Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). The inputs indicate that the group might be plotting an improvised explosive device (IED) attack with a temple in the Chandni Chowk area potential target. According to the alert, the suspected plot is linked…

20 Feb

Heart-wrenching: Six-year-old dies in Delhi hit-and-run, grandmother says ‘begged but no one helped

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New Delhi, Rajeev Sharma :- In another case of reckless driving in national capital, a six-year-old girl died and her grandmother injured after the e-rickshaw they were travelling in collided with a car and overturned in west Delhi's Janakpuri. The child's grandmother, 57-year-old Mercy Xavier while recounting the horror said a fast-moving car suddenly slammed into their e-rickshaw. She remembered being thrown onto the road before she could understand what was happening. "I had boarded the e-rickshaw with my granddaughter, and we were on our way to her school. It was an ordinary morning. Suddenly, a speeding car rammed into…

13 Feb

Fresh bomb threat emails trigger panic in Delhi schools; nothing suspicious found so far

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National Times Bureau :- Several schools in Delhi were placed on high alert on Friday morning after receiving bomb threat emails, prompting an immediate response from law enforcement agencies. The Delhi Police, along with fire officials and bomb disposal squads, rushed to the affected campuses and carried out detailed anti-sabotage inspections. The police confirmed that emergency calls began coming in around 9.12 am from at least three schools reporting threatening emails. Among the institutions that alerted authorities were BT Tamil School in Jhandewalan, Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, and The British School. As the morning progressed, more schools reported receiving similar messages.…

11 Feb

‘Security remove them’: Jasmine Sandlas halts Delhi concert midway, alleges harassment with female fans

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National Times Bureau :- Dhurandhar singer Jasmine Sandlas' Delhi concert has sparked outrage but for all the right reasons. The singer, who sang the title track track of Dhurandhar and the popular dance number Shararat from the Ranveer Singh movie, paused her live performace midway when she spotted a couple of men harassing some of the women fans. A video clip of the concert is doing rounds on the social media in which the singer is heard saying "Security, can you please remove these two guys? They are troubling these women." She could be heard saying, “They are troubling the…

09 Feb

‘Delhi will become Khalistan’: Several schools in national capital receive bomb threat, students evacuated’

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National Times Bureau :- Multiple schools in Delhi received bomb threat on Monday triggering emergency responses , the latest in series of similar incidents that have repeatedly disrupted educational institutions in major Indian cities. At least nine schools reportedly received bomb threat emails between 8:30 am and 9:00 am: Loreto Convent in Delhi Cantonment, Venkateshwar Global School in Rohini, Cambridge School’s Srinivaspuri and New Friends Colony campuses, The Indian School in Sadiq Nagar, CM Shri School in Rohini, DTEA School in INA, Bal Bharti School in Rohini, and Manav Sthali School in New Rajinder Nagar. Soon after, Delhi Police was…

02 Feb

Delhi wakes up to dense fog with reduced visibility; trains delayed, flight operations hit

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National Times Bureau :- Dense fog blanketed Delhi on Monday morning, significantly reducing visibility across several parts of the city and triggering an alert from the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport over possible flight delays. Visuals shared by ANI from areas such as Akshardham and Dhaula Kuan showed vehicles moving at a crawl, as drivers struggled with extremely poor visibility. In many locations, visibility fell below 50 metres, severely disrupting traffic on key roads and highways. Officials cautioned that conditions could worsen as the morning advanced. Flights Likely to Be Disrupted Air travel was also affected due to the foggy…