Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI: A “student” of Delhi University’s Kirori Mal College was in for a rude shock on Tuesday morning when he realised that his name did not figure in the college rolls despite a “fee receipt” having been issued to him by four persons, including a girl, allegedly for a consideration of Rs. […]

Legal Correspondent
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday attributed the spurt in prices of essential commodities to the monsoon failure in many States, expressed concern over the plight of the common man and directed the Centre and States to take short-term measures to solve water problem on a war- footing.
A Bench of Justices Markandey […]

 
Suspected Hizb militants Javed Ahmad and Ashiq Ali in police custody on Friday. — Photo: Anu Pushkarna
Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI: The two suspected Hizbul Mujahideen militants arrested in the Walled City of Delhi on Thursday night had been sent to India by the outfit’s supreme commander, Syed Salahuddin, on an “important” assignment.
They were remanded to […]

 Legal Correspondent
New Delhi: The Law Commission has recommended amendments to the Hindu Marriage Act (HMA) and other personal laws to the effect that a person whose marriage is governed by such legislation cannot marry again even after changing religion unless the first marriage is dissolved or declared null and void.
In its report submitted to […]

Devesh K. Pandey
Recent incidents of kidnapping for ransom and murders involving persons known to the victims have raised serious concerns over the breakdown of human bonding and relationships in urban societies.
The kidnapping of a two-year-old child allegedly by his maternal grandfather and his minor son at Nangloi in West Delhi came as a rude […]

20-year-old aspiring model-cum-actor held 
Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI: A young aspiring model-cum-actor has been arrested for allegedly killing a woman executive whose decomposed body was found in her rented accommodation at Kalkaji here on July 30.
Twenty-four-year-old Veerpal Kaur Gill worked for a firm in Okhla and had been living on the fourth floor of a […]

Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI: Three alleged recovery agents and their two accomplices who provided them cloned Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) wireless phones to make threat calls have been arrested by the Crime Branch of the Delhi police. Over 200 phone sets including 17 cloned ones, laptops, software used for cloning and fake identification documents […]

The explosions claimed 54 lives and injured 244 people  

Haneef Sayyed and Ashrat Ansari (behind him) coming out of the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai on Thursday. At right, Haneef’s wife Fahmeeda being brought out of the Byculla Women’s Jail before being taken to court. — Photos: VIVEK BENDRE and AFP
Staff Reporter
Mumbai: A special Prevention […]

 
Sandeep Kohad (right) in police custody after an encounter in Rohini area of Delhi on Wednesday. Photo: Anu Pushkarna
Staff Reporter
 
NEW DELHI: A 24-year-old man allegedly involved in ten heinous cases and carrying a reward of Rs.50,000 on his head was arrested following an encounter with the police in Rohini here on Wednesday. The police claim […]

Parul Sharma
NEW DELHI: Two final year students of Delhi University’s Kirori Mal College were arrested on Monday after they allegedly ragged a fresher in the college hostel on Sunday evening. Earlier in the day, they were expelled from the college.
The students — Hani Mohammad (B.Sc. Physical Science) and Akshay Choudhary (B.Sc. Computer Science) — […]