Tag: Delhi

  • Road collapses in Delhi’s Janakpuri, no casualty reported

    Road collapses in Delhi’s Janakpuri, no casualty reported

    New Delhi (IANS). A large portion of the road in Delhi’s Janakpuri area caved in on Wednesday morning. An official said that no one was reported injured in the incident.

    In a video going viral on social media, a huge crater has been formed in the middle of the road after the road caved in.

    Meanwhile, the police have also put up barricades around the sunken portion to avoid any untoward incident.

    The road collapse incident happened after light rain lashed parts of the national capital on Tuesday.

    Meteorologists have predicted moderate rain in the national capital and the maximum temperature is expected to hover around 35 degrees Celsius.

    The IMD has issued a yellow alert, warning that moderate rains may cause flooding in low-lying areas and disrupt traffic on major roads on Wednesday.

  • Two sharpshooters of Kala Jthedi-Naresh Sethi gang arrested from Delhi

    Two sharpshooters of Kala Jthedi-Naresh Sethi gang arrested from Delhi

    New Delhi (IANS). In two operations in the national capital, two sharpshooters of the Kala Jathedi-Naresh Sethi and Anil Chhippi gang were arrested and six pistols along with 14 rounds were recovered from their possession. An official gave this information on Tuesday.

    The accused have been identified as Ashudeep alias Ashu (28), a resident of Rohtak district in Haryana and Anshuman Singh (27), a resident of Rae Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh.

    The officer claimed that with his arrest, two sensational extortion cases registered at Palam village and Sultanpuri police stations have come to the fore.

    Sharing the details, Special Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ravindra Singh Yadav said that information was received that the shooters of Kala Jathedi gang, involved in the extortion case, would come to Nirmal Dham in Dwarka and Rohini areas to deliver the arms consignment. Two teams were assigned the responsibility of the operation.

    Special CP said, “A team laid a trap near Nirmal Dham and nabbed accused Ashudeep. A stolen bike and five pistols with 10 live cartridges were recovered from his possession.”

    “Ashudeep had procured a consignment of arms and ammunition on the orders of gangster Anil Rohilla alias Chippy to supply to his gang members for extortion and related criminal activities,” Yadav said.

    In another operation, based on specific inputs, a trap was laid at Vikas Marg, Sector-24, Rohini and Anshuman was apprehended.

    “A sophisticated automatic pistol and four live cartridges were recovered from him,” Yadav said. During interrogation, it was revealed that Ashudeep along with his associate Anshuman had visited Ramphal Chowk, Dwarka on January 31 this year on the instructions of Sandeep Kala alias Kala Jathedi and Anil Rohilla and extorted Rs 2 crore from a real estate dealer at gunpoint. Threatened to pay extortion.

    “On February 3, Anshuman along with his associate had gone to Pooth Kalan to eliminate a trader who was not ready to pay the extortion money. When they reached home, they found the main gate locked. So they fired seven-eight bullets at the main gate of the businessman.”

    “Kala Jathedi had planned the extortion and Anil Chhippi had provided arms and ammunition through one of his associates and Naresh Sethi. The crime syndicate of the trio operated from jail and involved murder, extortion, land grabbing Recruits new members for his gang through social media to carry out the crime.

  • Khurda: Girl’s body found hanging inside Guest House, police probe begins

    Khurda: Girl’s body found hanging inside Guest House, police probe begins

    Khurda: A girl’s body was found hanging under mysterious circumstances inside a guest house near Jatni Sitaram Chhak of Khurda today. The deceased has been identified as Rasmita Jena.

    As per reports, the girl along with a youth had checked in at Kanu Guest House yesterday. However, the youth reportedly left the lodge yesterday night while the girl’s body was found hanging.
    While the exact reason behind the girl taking the extreme step is yet to be known, a team of police reached the spot after getting information about the incident from the staff of the Guest House.

    Police rescued the body and sent it to the hospital for postmortem to ascertain what promoted the girl to end her life by hanging herself from a rope.

    Cops are also going through the registration of the guest house to get some lead about the youth who is still missing. He is said to be the resident of Jagatsinghpur.

  • Ever since AAP came to MCD, most people have paid taxes voluntarily: Kejriwal

    Ever since AAP came to MCD, most people have paid taxes voluntarily: Kejriwal

    New Delhi (IANS). Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that during the BJP’s rule in the MCD, Delhiites hesitated to pay taxes due to concerns of possible rigging. However, ever since the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) came to power in the MCD, more people have started paying taxes voluntarily.

    The Mayor of Delhi Dr. Shaili Oberoi announced that the MCD has collected a higher amount of tax as compared to previous years. In the first quarter of 2023-24, the MCD collected Rs 1,113 crore in property tax, which is significantly higher than previous years.

    According to Oberoi, the number of taxpayers this year is 7.17 lakh. He attributed this growth to the confidence instilled in the MCD by the Kejriwal governance model, which has encouraged more people to pay taxes.

    Shelly Oberoi expressed confidence that the money given by the tax payers will be used honestly for the development of the people.

    At the same time, Arvind Kejriwal reiterated this sentiment and said that people now trust the AAP government and are paying taxes voluntarily. During the BJP rule, people were skeptical about the security of their tax payments.

    However, under the present administration, which he considers honest, he is confident that every penny paid will be allocated for the welfare and development of the people.

  • Man dies due to electrocution at Delhi’s hospital under construction site

    Man dies due to electrocution at Delhi’s hospital under construction site

    New Delhi (IANS). In yet another case of electrocution, a person lost his life due to electric shock in the basement of an under-construction building in Delhi’s LNJP Hospital premises. Officials gave this information on Sunday.

    A senior police officer said that around 9 am on Sunday, a person was brought to the emergency ward of LNJP Hospital. He got an electric shock. The doctors declared him dead.

    The deceased has been identified as Sujit Kumar, a resident of Samastipur in Bihar. He was working as a laborer at the construction site in the premises of LNJP Hospital.

    “While he was working in the basement, he got electrocuted. He was taken to the emergency ward with the help of another worker working at the site,” police said.

    The crime scene is being inspected by the FSL (Forensic Science Laboratory) and the crime team, the officer said.

    “The body has been preserved and necessary legal action is being initiated,” police said.

    Earlier, a similar incident took place on June 25 at the New Delhi Railway Station, when a woman died of electrocution amid waterlogging due to incessant rains. According to sources, the basement was full of water and electric wires were submerged in it.

  • Hyderabad: Laxman leaves for Delhi for a key BJP meeting

    Hyderabad: Rajya Sabha MP and BJP Parliamentary Board Member Dr K Laxman touring Chitradurga and Tumkur districts in Karnataka State, left for Delhi on Friday, to participate in an important party meeting in the national capital.

    Dr Laxman’s Delhi visit assumes significance against the backdrop of the party’s strategy for the poll-bound Telangana and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit on July 12 to the State. Earlier, interacting at the intellectuals’ meet in Chitradurga as part of the Maha Jana Sampark Abhiyan, Dr Laxman explained the 9-year performance of the Centre. The reaching out to the people as part of Maha Jana Sampark Abhiyan is not that the elections are nearing.

    But to inform people of the development and welfare initiatives of the Modi government, as well as the historical and challenging decisions taken during the last nine years, he added.

    Dr Laxman also dared that the Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah should also come up with a performance report of his government before the people on the completion of one year of his government.

    The BJP MP pointed out how the country was steered through the trouble times of Covid, Russia-Ukraine ward. Also, the development initiatives in the airways, highways, railways and waterways witnessed a high unlike any government performed since independence.

    The BJP leader also visited the Siddaganga Mutt, Tumkur and received blessings of Siddalinga Swamy, and inspected how the Mutt is providing free food, accommodation and education from Class 1 to 10 for 11,000 students. In Tumkur, he visited the development activities taken up under the Smart City programme.

  • Three illegal vehicle scrapping yards busted, 4 arrested

    Three illegal vehicle scrapping yards busted, 4 arrested

    New Delhi (IANS). On suspicion of scrapping stolen cars, the Delhi Police has arrested four people in three separate raids who were running an illegal vehicle scrapping yard in Delhi’s Ranhola area.

    The accused were identified as Tarlochan (50), a resident of Tilak Nagar, Ramayan Yadav (59), a resident of Hari Nagar, Jasbir Singh (76), a resident of Paschim Vihar and Gurdeep Singh (39), a resident of Subhash Nagar.

    Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer) Harendra Singh said that on Friday, specific information was received about the location of stolen vehicles in Ranhola area.

    The DCP said, “Three separate raids were conducted in Chanchal Park and Baprola areas where it was found that many old vehicles were being scrapped with gas cutters and other cutting tools. permission was sought, but it was not available with them.”

    The official said information about the illegal scrapping yard has been shared with SDM Punjabi Bagh and the transport department.

    “Three separate FIRs have been registered under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and all the four accused have been arrested,” the official said.

    “Further investigation into the matter is on. Efforts are being made to ascertain the condition of the motor vehicles/parts whether they were stolen or taken for scrapping and sold as spares,” the official said. Were.”

  • Two arrested with drugs worth 8 crores in Delhi

    Two arrested with drugs worth 8 crores in Delhi

    New Delhi (IANS). The Special Cell of Delhi Police busted the interstate drug cartel and arrested two people on Friday. Police recovered 1.505 kg of Heroin and 2.126 kg of Tramadol powder worth over Rs 8 crore from the accused.

    The arrested accused were identified as Dharmendra Kumar (26) and Visheshwar Yadav (40), both residents of Chatra in Jharkhand.

    Special Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) HGS Dhaliwal said that on June 23, specific information was received that a person named Dharmendra along with another member of the cartel was in Sarai Kale Khan area to deliver a huge consignment of drugs to their associates in Delhi. Will come

    Acting on the information, a trap was laid in Sarai Kale Khan area and both were caught in a white Hyundai Creta. Special CP said that on checking, 1505 grams of good quality heroin and 2126 grams of tramadol powder were recovered from the car.

    During interrogation, the accused revealed that they had come to Delhi to supply heroin on the instructions of Dinesh Yadav, the kingpin of the network.

    It was further learned that all these Chatras are engaged in opium cultivation in remote areas of Jharkhand. They then manufactured heroin using chemicals available in the local markets, Dhaliwal said.

    The accused further stated that tramadol powder is added to heroin to increase its potency.

    Dhaliwal said, that after the heroin was prepared, Dinesh with the help of his associates used to sell it in different parts of the country including Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi, NCR.

    Both the accused Dharmendra and Visheshwar have been involved in three drug trafficking cases earlier. The officer said that efforts are being made to nab the kingpin Dinesh.

  • 2 IPS officers transferred, see order…

    2 IPS officers transferred, see order…

    Raipur. New postings of Indian Police Service officers issued by the state government.

  • ‘No flowers-no gifts, tea and vegetarian food in Kulhad’

    ‘No flowers-no gifts, tea and vegetarian food in Kulhad’

    Assam | Assam Chief Minister Himanta Vishwa Sharma has issued an advisory to all Deputy Commissioners, listing out details of the easing programs to be followed during their official visits to districts. The advisory states that honoring the Chief Minister with Gamocha/Bouquet of flowers should be strictly avoided and no gift should be given to him. Before the start of the function, the organizer may light a lamp which remains lit throughout the meeting. Could stay. It states that no one other than the speaker should propose the vote of thanks. In case of Chief Minister’s night stay, the next morning’s program should start with commercial plantation. The advisory said that tea should be served in kulhads and water should be kept in glass bottles or jugs instead of single-use plastic bottles.
    Lunch and dinner menu should always be simple vegetarian food with Assamese/local tribal menu. Sameer Sinha, principal secretary to the chief minister, tweeted, “This advisory has been issued because the Chief Minister wants that any VIP culture should be avoided and a culture of simplicity should be adopted.”