Category: Delhi

A Delhi Technological University (DTU) student has bagged a package of USD 1,10,000 (nearly Rs. 71 lakh) per annum from US-based cab aggregator Uber. Sidharth, an alumnus, of Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj, is a final year student of Computer Science at the DTU. The highest offer of international placement made so far in DTU campus is Rs. 1.25 crore […]

Two women were allegedly gangraped by more than half-a-dozen dacoits at a factory in Haileymandi here on Sunday. According to the police, the dacoits struck at the factory around midnight, when the women along with their families and other workers were sleeping there. Factory owner Pritam told The Hindu that the dacoits took the security guard hostage at gunpoint and […]

The Election Commission on Sunday issued directions for registration of a criminal case against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for alleged violation of the Representation of the People Act and the Indian Penal Code. “Being the Chief Minister of Delhi and a star campaigner of AAP in Goa, he is expected to conduct in an exemplary manner in election campaigns […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today approved the appointment of Delhi Police Commissioner Alok Kumar Verma as the new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation. Verma will take over from interim director Rakesh Asthana, who was handed the reins of the investigating agency after former director Anil Sinha retired on December 2. He’ll serve for a period of two years. […]

The price of petrol was hiked by 42 paise a litre on Sunday night, the fourth increase in six weeks. The price of diesel was raised by ₹1.03 a litre, the second hike in a fortnight. The increase in rates, effective from midnight on Sunday, excludes State levies. Hence the actual hike will be higher, the oil companies announced. After […]

Hundreds of air and train passengers had a harrowing time on Tuesday morning as the national capital was engulfed in dense fog. At least 50 flights were delayed by hours and two arrivals had to be diverted to nearby airports as Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport witnessed zero visibility conditions. Visibility at the airport plummeted to below 50 metres from […]