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Telgi sentenced to seven years RI, fined Rs 1.3 crore

A Delhi court on Thurday sentenced fake stamp papers scam kingpin Abdul Karim Telgi to seven years rigorous imprisonment and imposed a total fine of Rs 1.30 crore in three separate cases. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanjay Bansal pronounced the sentence against Telgi and other accused who were produced before the court through the video [...]

Delhi HC grants anticipatory bail to Varun Gandhi

The Delhi High Court has granted anticipatory bail to BJP Lok Sabha candidate Varun Gandhi restraining the police from arresting him till the Allahabad High Court decides on his petition in connection with his alleged communal speeches. Justice Reva Khetrapal granted Varun’s plea, while rejecting the submission of Delhi Police that the court had no [...]

Delhi govt plans Tourist Safety Act

In a bid to protect tourists from being fleeced and harassed, Delhi Government is mulling a proposal to legally empower them by enacting a Tourist Safety Act in the national capital. “The draft of the proposed Delhi Tourists Safety Act is being fine-tuned to ensure that all aspects related to tourists’ safety in the city [...]

Delhi, Mumbai slip in most expensive cities list

Delhi and Mumbai have dropped two notches in the list of the most expensive cities in the world, thanks to softening realty prices and ongoing economic slowdown. According to realty consultant Cushman & Wakefield (C&W), Connaught Place in New Delhi and Nariman Point in Mumbai has been ranked at 12th and 6th places respectively in [...]

Early morning fog disrupts flight operations at IGI

Flight operations at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here were disrupted due to dense fog, affecting the movement of about 20 flights on Thursday morning. “The early morning fog has disrupted about 20 domestic and international flights,” airport sources said, adding one flight was cancelled. The fog started to engulf the airport around 3 am [...]

Scheme to accommodate working girls with elderly couples: Min

To ensure safety of elderly couples in Delhi, the Women and Child Development Ministry has proposed to accommodate working women in the capital with them. This move will not only address the shortage of living space for the women who are working in Delhi far away from their homes but would also ensure that elderly [...]

Cash in cash-for-vote scam handed over to Delhi Police

The bundles of currency notes totalling Rs one crore displayed by three BJP MPs during the trust vote in the Lok Sabha were handed over to the Delhi Police on Thursday which is investigating the cash-for-vote case. The move came after Speaker Somnath Chatterjee referred the matter to the Union Home Ministry which decided to [...]

Delhi Cabinet approves fee hike in private schools

Heeding to the demand of private schools, Delhi Government on Wednesday approved a slab-wise fee increase in private schools in the national capital, putting the cap at Rs 500. “The Cabinet decided that the hike in fee will range from Rs 100 to Rs 500 depending on the current fee structure of the schools. The [...]

Former DPCC cheif Rambabu Sharma passes away

Congress MLA and former chief of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) Rambabu Sharma died in Delhi’s Apollo hospital early Wednesday of throat cancer, party sources said. He was 54 and is survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters. Mr Sharma, who had been suffering from throat cancer for quite some time, was [...]

HC notice to city police on regulation of placement agen

Taking a serious view of the growing number of cases of trafficking in children, the Delhi High Court on Thursday said that these be investigated by a senior officer and asked the city police to give its reply by Friday. Issuing notice to the city police, a Division Bench of Chief Justice A P Shah [...]

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