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The ED on Sunday conducted multiple searches in Delhi-NCR in connection with its probe into two money laundering cases and arrested a person in the Noida 'Bike Bot' ponzi scheme, officials said. The raids were carried out at six locations in Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad and Hapur by officials from Enforcement Directorate's (ED) Lucknow zone. ED Joint Director (Lucknow zone)

Thousands of farmers from 21 districts of Maharashtra under AIKS leadership will converge on Monday morning at the Golf Club Maidan in Nashik to begin their Vehicle Jatha to Delhi. The Jatha to Delhi will be led by AIKS leaders Dr Ashok Dhawale, J P Gavit, Kisan Gujar, Dr Ajit Nawale, Sunil Malusare and others. The public meeting beginning the Jatha will be greeted by Kerala

Monu and Aamya live in one of the world’s most polluted cities. Only one of their families can afford air purifiers. We measured their exposure to pollution for a day, to see how much inequality makes a difference. Air pollution killed more Indians last year than any other risk factor, and Delhi is among the most polluted cities in the country. But the burden is unequally

Delhi recorded 1,418 fresh Covid-19 cases on Friday with over 88,000 tests being conducted, while the positivity rate stood at 1.6 per cent, authorities said. The national capital's death toll mounted to 10,219 with 37 new fatalities, they said. This is the fourth consecutive day when the positivity rate has remained below 2 per cent. It was 1.51 per cent on Thursday, 1.96 per

Police in New Delhi say they have arrested more than 50 people over a call center scheme that lured victims into thinking their assets were being frozen as part of an elaborate drug investigation and would then transfer money to avoid going to jail. According to authorities, scammers in the plot would telephone people and tell them that their assets and bank accounts were

A medium-intensity earthquake of magnitude 4.2 hit Alwar district in Rajasthan on Thursday, tremors of which were felt in Delhi-NCR, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. The epicentre of the quake was Alwar in Rajasthan, according to the NCS. The earthquake of magnitude 4.2 occurred at 11.46 pm at a depth of five kilometres, it said.   Earthquake tremors felt in

The Delhi government has appointed a consultant for redesigning of national capital roads on the lines of European cities and it is likely to be completed by early 2023, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday. Chairing a review meeting, the chief minister said the consultant should submit the detailed project report by February 2021 for rapid progress of the project.

A minor girl died after a building collapsed in Delhi's Khazoori Khas area, according to ANI.  #UPDATE: A minor girl died in Delhi's Khazoori Khas area building collapse incident. https://t.co/R6Y81XAEwO — ANI (@ANI) December 14, 2020

The Delhi High Court has declined bail to a 70-year-old general surgeon who "transgressed" his field and performed surgery for medical termination of pregnancy upon a woman, resulting into her death. Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri lent credence to the findings of the Delhi Medical Council (DMC) that the accused doctor Suresh Chandra Gupta was not a qualified obstetrician and

A man died after he was stabbed 22 times, while his two friends were injured in a brawl with another group of three people, including a juvenile, police said on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Neeraj and his two injured friends have been identified as Mukesh and Rakesh, both work as contractual security guards in Safdarjung hospital, they said.

A Delhi court Thursday clears cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir of all charges in a case of alleged criminal breach of trust and cheating flat buyers. After discharging the BJP MP from East Delhi, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Dharmender Singh sent the file back to the District Judge to transfer the matter to the court having jurisdiction as the

The Delhi High Court has sought the Centre and DGGI's reply on a plea challenging the constitutional validity of various provisions of the Central Goods and Service Tax (CGST) Act, relating to the power of arresting a person. A bench of Justices Manmohan and Sanjeev Narula issued notice to the central government and the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) on the

The ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala on Tuesday condemned the arrest of Left farmer leaders in New Delhi during their protest as part of the Bharat Bandh against the contentious farm laws. LDF convener and CPI(M) secretary in-charge A Vijayaraghavan said it shows that the "authoritarian BJP government" will not tolerate any democratic protest against it. He asked

Lawyers held peaceful protests at various district court complexes in the national capital on Tuesday in support of farmers' agitation against the new farm laws. While lawyers at Karkardooma district courts held a protest march raising slogans to take back the laws, lawyers at Tis Hazari district courts held a meeting in solidarity with the farmers and put forward certain

Maharashtra minister and Shiv Sena leader Abdul Sattar on Tuesday said the party workers will go to Delhi if issues of farmers are not resolved soon. Speaking to reporters at Sillod in Aurangabad district, Sattar said the Bharat Bandh being observed by farmer organisations for repeal of three agri farm laws has been successful. "Farmers should not think that they are alone. We

Delhi government spent Rs 659.02 crore on advertisement since 2012-13 out of which Rs 511.78 crore or 77.66% were in the past five and half years when Arvind Kejriwal was in power, according to an RTI reply. Between April and October this year, the Delhi government has spent Rs 99.69 crore while the highest expenditure was incurred in the 2019-20 fiscal when it gave

Petrol price on Saturday breached the Rs 83 per litre-mark in Delhi for the first time in more than two years after a rally in international oil prices forced a 13th increase in rates in the last fortnight. Petrol price on Saturday was raised by 27 paise per litre and diesel by 25 paise, according to a price notification of oil marketing companies. Petrol price in Delhi rose

The Railway Protection Force (RPF) police on Wednesday rescued a 13-year-old Bengaluru girl who fled home after her parents scolded her for excessively using her smartphone. The Class 8 student from Bengaluru suburbs boarded the Karnataka Express Special train on Monday with a confirmed ticket to New Delhi. Ajay Buwa, a journalist who boarded the train at Manmad on Tuesday

Delhi's air quality remained “very poor” on Thursday, and it is likely to remain so for the next two days. The city's air quality index (AQI) was 342 at 9 am. The 24-hour average AQI was 373 on Wednesday. It was 367 on Tuesday, 318 on Monday and 268 on Sunday. An AQI between zero and 50 is considered "good", 51 and 100 "satisfactory", 101 and 200 "moderate", 201 and 300

With 35,551 new Covid-19 infections, 526 deaths India's total cases rise to 95,34,964. However, the daily caseload has remained below 50,000 for 26 days now. In a major development, the UK gave its nod to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for rollout, to begin vaccinating people as early as next week. Stay tuned for more updates.

With 36,604 new Covid-19 infections, 501 deaths India's total cases rise to 94,99,413. India's total Covid-19 cases inch closer to 95 lakh, however, the daily caseload has remained below 50,000 for 25 days now. In a major development, the UK gave its nod to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for rollout, to begin vaccinating people as early as next week. Stay tuned for more updates.

A 31-year-old man, who had contracted Covid-19 a few months ago, has successfully undergone a lung transplant surgery, lasting 10 hours, at a private facility after the organ was transported from the city airport in a green corridor, hospital authorities said on Tuesday. In a statement, the hospital group claimed that this was the “first” such procedure performed on a

The November of 2020 was the coldest in the national capital in 71 years, with the mean minimum temperature dropping to 10.2 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department. Delhi had recorded a mean minimum temperature of 10.2 degrees Celsius in November 1949. The mean minimum temperature for November was 9.6 degrees Celsius in 1938; nine degrees Celsius in

The Covid-19 positivity rate in Delhi dropped to 7.24 per cent on Saturday, the lowest since October 23, as authorities detected 4,998 fresh Covid-19 cases from a record 69,051 tests. Eighty-nine more fatalities pushed the city's death toll to 8,998. "Since 7 Nov, cases and positivity in Delhi are going down. Today, less than 5000 cases, 89 deaths and 7.24 positivity. Hope

Haryana Police has booked state Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) chief Gurnam Singh Charuni and several farmers on attempt to murder, rioting, causing obstruction in government duty and other charges for violations during their "Delhi Chalo" march, officials said on Saturday. The FIR names Charuni and several other unknown farmers as accused. According to it, the BKU Haryana chief