Woman jumps off Delhi metro station
August 27th, 2012 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) A 24-year-old woman committed suicide Monday morning by leaping off an elevated metro station here onto the road below, police said.Karishma Narang, a teacher in ... Read more...
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Elderly man tries suicide in Metro station, critically injured
August 15th, 2012 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) A 60-year-old man was critically injured and may lose his hand after he tried to commit suicide by jumping in front of a Delhi Metro ... Read more...
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Two killed in Delhi road accidents
August 8th, 2012 - 12:38 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Two people were killed and 26 injured in three road accidents in the national capital, police said Tuesday.A 24-year-old bike rider was killed after a ... Read more...
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Punjab to pay for transporting bodies of gurdwara victims
August 7th, 2012 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 7 (IANS) The Punjab government Tuesday said it would bear the entire expenditure of transporting the bodies of those who were killed when a gunman opened fire at ... Read more...
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Ensure adequate drinking water supplies: Dikshit to DJB
June 13th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Wednesday directed the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to ensure adequate supplies of drinking water in the capital, and warned of strict action ... Read more...
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Woman commits suicide at Delhi Metro station (Second Lead)
June 4th, 2012 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) A 31-year-old woman committed suicide by jumping before a Metro at the Tilak Nagar station here Monday, officials said. This is the fifth such ... Read more...
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Woman commits suicide at Metro station (Lead)
June 4th, 2012 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) A 31-year-old woman committed suicide by jumping before a train at the Tilak Nagar Metro station here Monday, officials said.Seema Anand was badly injured when ... Read more...
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Woman commits suicide at Delhi metro station
June 4th, 2012 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) A 31-year-old woman committed suicide by jumping on the track at the Tilak Nagar Metro station here Monday, officials said."The incident took place around 9.58 ... Read more...
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Cyclist crushed, six injured by bus in Delhi (Lead)
May 27th, 2012 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) A 75-year-old labourer riding a cycle was killed Sunday and six others were injured after a speeding Delhi Transport Corporation bus hit them in west ... Read more...
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Cyclist crushed, six injured by bus in Delhi
May 27th, 2012 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) A 75-year-old labourer riding a cycle was killed Sunday and six others were injured after a speeding Delhi Transport Corporation bus hit them in west ... Read more...
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Metro commuters hit by mock drill
February 15th, 2012 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) Delhi Metro conducted a drill Wednesday morning in six busy Metro stations to check the response time in the event of an earthquake and to ... Read more...
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Drill to check Delhi’s earthquake preparedness
February 14th, 2012 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) A simulated earthquake will Wednesday asses the preparedness of government agencies and educate people in the capital with mock drills to handle natural disasters.While stimulated ... Read more...
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Mock drills at six Metro stations
February 13th, 2012 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) Delhi Metro will conduct a drill at six busy stations Wednesday to check if its staff is ready to deal with disasters. Passengers have been ... Read more...
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Two held for Delhi Metro brawl
February 1st, 2012 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Two men were arrested for harassing a couple in a west Delhi Metro station which escalated into a brawl, police said Wednesday.The incident took place ... Read more...
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Road rage: BJP councillor beaten up
November 7th, 2011 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillor and his brother were beaten up by four youths after the duo's car scraped past their vehicle here ... Read more...
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At risk: Delhi bikers with need for speed (Feature)
September 27th, 2011 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) Till some years ago, 23-year-old Jayant Verma was a compulsive thrill seeker and the member of a biking gang in Delhi. Performing dangerous stunts and ... Read more...
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Zonal champions India off for Polo World Cup
September 27th, 2011 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) The Indian team is off for the World Cup Polo Championships in San Luis, Argentina, to be played Oct 10-21.India, winners of the Asian-Australasian-African Championships ... Read more...
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Two Nigerians held for money exchange agent’s murder
September 6th, 2011 - 2:06 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) Two Nigerians were arrested for killing a owner of money exchanger at his office in west Delhi and robbing around Rs.4 lakh from the premises, ... Read more...
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85 shops found selling prohibited drugs
June 17th, 2011 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Eighty-five chemist shops in Delhi and Rajasthan, some of them based in hospitals, have been found selling prohibited drugs, the government said Friday.According to the ... Read more...
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Nigerian, Nepali aide held, heroin seized
February 19th, 2011 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) A Nigerian man and a Nepali woman were arrested and two kg heroin worth Rs.2 crore in international market recovered from them in west Delhi, Delhi police ... Read more...
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Thousands pay homage to dead NCP leader (Lead)
January 13th, 2011 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) Workers of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and hundreds of others watched tearfully as the mortal remains of the state general secretary Gurunath Kulkarni were consigned to flames ... Read more...
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Six held for snatchings
January 8th, 2011 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Six young men, who snatched mobile phones and purses of women in order to lead a lavish life and splurge on their girlfriends, were arrested in west ... Read more...
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Two held for New Year-eve murder
January 4th, 2011 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Two men have been arrested in connection with the murder of their friend in west Delhi on New Year's eve, police said Tuesday.Harnam Singh, 24, and his ... Read more...
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Opium worth Rs.50 lakh seized, one held
December 30th, 2010 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Five kg opium worth Rs.50 lakh was seized from a man arrested in west Delhi, police said Thursday. Satpal, 36, was apprehended from Nangloi Dec 26. He ... Read more...
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4,000 protestors arrested in Delhi during shutdown
July 6th, 2010 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Over 4,000 protestors were arrested and a similar number detained in the Indian capital during the countrywide shutdown called by opposition parties against rising fuel prices, ... Read more...
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Delhi gangster admits hand in Nepal media tycoon’s killing
February 8th, 2010 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Feb 8 (IANS) A former scalper from New Delhi's Tilak Nagar who became Indian underworld don Chhota Rajan's aide, has admitted responsibility for the audacious killing of Nepal's controversial ... Read more...
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Three Nigerians held for illegal stay in India
January 27th, 2010 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Three Nigerian nationals were arrested here for staying in the country without valid documents, police said Wednesday.
Samual, Onegya Enguroanc, Augustine were arrested from west Delhi's Tilak Nagar ... Read more...
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Lohri celebrated in Delhi with drum beats and bonfires
January 13th, 2010 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Braving the chill, thousands of residents of the capital Wednesday danced to the beats of the drum, lit bonfires and offered prayers to celebrate Lohri, a festival ... Read more...
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BJP, Congress woo Punjabi, migrant voters in Delhi
May 4th, 2009 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress candidates from West Delhi constituency largely focussed on wooing Punjabi and other migrants voters in the capital Monday - ... Read more...
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Delhi Metro not safe for us any more, say women commuters
April 7th, 2009 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
By Pupul Dutta
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Delhi Metro may have lessened commuting problems for residents of the national capital, but it has also spawned incidents of molestation and quarrels over seats ... Read more...
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Fake visa racket unearthed, two held
March 21st, 2008 - 12:09 am ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) Two people have been arrested in the capital for allegedly duping nearly 20 people, from Haryana and Punjab, to the tune of Rs.800,000 ($19,822) each by promising ... Read more...
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