Rains at last in Delhi, more expected Saturday (Lead)
July 27th, 2012 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The skies opened up and it rained finally in the capital Friday, bringing relief to a parched city after days of watching the dark clouds ... Read more...
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Delhi High Court lawyers join strike
July 12th, 2012 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Lawyers of the Delhi High Court Thursday abstained from attending the court and joined a two-day strike called by the Bar Council of India (BCI) ... Read more...
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Delhi lawyers observe strike on bar council’s call
July 11th, 2012 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) City lawyers Wednesday joined the two-day strike called by the Bar Council of India (BCI) to protest a proposed legislation that could affect its autonomy ... Read more...
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Lok Adalat settles 1,400 power bill cases
May 20th, 2012 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Around 1,400 disputes related to electricity bills and power thefts involving Rs.3.5 crore were settled Sunday in a special Lok Adalat held here.The Lok Adalat ... Read more...
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Four held for attack on Delhi judges (Lead)
May 18th, 2012 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Four people have been arrested for the attack on three judges and their driver here in an incident of road rage, while lawyers in all ... Read more...
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3,092 cases disposed off in Delhi Lok Adalat Sunday
March 18th, 2012 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DLSA) Sunday organised a Lok Adalat (People's Court), where 3,092 out of 3,833 cases were settled.A DLSA spokesperson said ... Read more...
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Delhi lawyers to strike work Thursday
January 11th, 2012 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The lawyers of Delhi district courts will observe a day-long strike Thursday to press their demand for transfer of property cases from the Delhi High ... Read more...
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Delhi Metro opens winter home for elderly
November 21st, 2011 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The Delhi Metro has opened an Old Age Winter Home in south Delhi to save homeless male senior citizens from the winter chill, a Delhi ... Read more...
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Attention, your honour: Delhi court complex in shambles
September 23rd, 2011 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Withered walls, cracked roofs, non-functioning lifts, defunct water coolers and damaged furniture. Aftermath of an earthquake? Actually, it's the Tis Hazari district court complex in ... Read more...
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Lawyers’ strike to back Anna hits litigants
August 17th, 2011 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Litigants suffered and work in Delhi courts was hit Wednesday as lawyers in all the six district court complexes struck work to protest the arrest ... Read more...
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Washer man held for hoax bomb call
August 10th, 2011 - 1:10 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) A 24-year-old washerman has been arrested in north Delhi for making a hoax call saying that a bomb had been planted in the parking lot ... Read more...
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Metro ridership touches 18 lakh, sets new record
August 2nd, 2011 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Within six days of registering its highest ever ridership, the Delhi Metro again surpassed the earlier record as over 18 lakh commuted in its trains ... Read more...
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Rains lash Delhi, add to commuter woes
July 8th, 2011 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Heavy rains lashed several parts of the national capital Friday morning, leading to waterlogging and huge traffic snarls, officials said.Commuters in Vasant Vihar, Munirka, Dhaula ... Read more...
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Lawyers strike work in Delhi courts
March 24th, 2011 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Mar 24 (IANS) Work in the capital's six district courts and the Delhi High Court was paralysed Thursday as lawyers went on a strike to protest the Finance ... Read more...
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Nigerian arrested for drug peddling in Delhi
January 11th, 2011 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) A Nigerian has been arrested on charges of drug peddling in the capital after 52 grams of heroin worth Rs.3 million was recovered from him, police officials ... Read more...
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Outlet for Tihar Jail products opens at high court
April 16th, 2010 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Delhi High Court Friday got a unique outlet selling "TJ" products ranging from biscuits to cotton shirts and hand-made decorative items - all made by inmates of ... Read more...
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Apex court declines to transfer provident fund scam trial to Delhi
November 12th, 2009 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) Nearly a month after the mysterious death of Ashutosh Asthana, the key accused-cum-witness in a corruption case involving judges of higher judiciary, in a Ghaziabad jail, ... Read more...
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Lawyer murdered by robbers in Ghaziabad
September 19th, 2009 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Sep 19 (IANS) A lawyer was murdered and his daughter beaten up in their home by six armed men early Saturday when he refused to hand over some official papers to ... Read more...
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Anger spills over on Delhi streets at water, power woes
June 30th, 2009 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) Protests in the national capital over acute water and power scarcity continued Tuesday with angry residents hitting the streets in several parts of the city, despite the ... Read more...
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Delhi district court lawyers go on day-long strike
May 8th, 2009 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Lawyers at district courts Friday went on a day-long strike to press for a hike in the monetary ceiling of cases heard by these courts.
At present, district ... Read more...
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CBI arrests RAW official for taking bribe
February 3rd, 2009 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday arrested a Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) official here for accepting a bribe of Rs.100,000."We arrested A.S. Narayan Rao while ... Read more...
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Lawyers’ strike paralyses Delhi’s district courts
January 7th, 2009 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Work in five district courts of the capital was paralysed Wednesday as lawyers went on strike demanding repeal of an amendment to the Code of Criminal Procedure ... Read more...
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CBI gets six additional courts in Delhi
December 19th, 2008 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) The Delhi High court has approved the creation of six additional courts for the speedy trial of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) cases in the national capital."Long ... Read more...
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Abu Salem returns to Mumbai after Delhi court appearance (Lead)
November 26th, 2008 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) Underworld don Abu Salem was brought before a Delhi court Wednesday for allegedly making an extortion call to a city businessman. He was taken back to Mumbai, ... Read more...
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Salem produced in Delhi court, allowed to return to Mumbai
November 26th, 2008 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) Gangster Abu Salem was Wednesday produced in a Delhi court for allegedly making an extortion call to a city businessman. He was allowed to return to Mumbai ... Read more...
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Lawyers’ strike at Tis Hazari affects litigants
May 16th, 2008 - 8:45 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) It has not been easy for Harkishan Singh, 70, to come to the capital from Punjab in the scorching summer heat to fight his 10-year-old cheque bounce ... Read more...
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Settle pending traffic fines at Lok Adalat Sunday
April 21st, 2008 - 11:30 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Happy with the response at two previous Lok Adalats in the capital, Delhi Police is organising another one Sunday when people can just walk in and pay ... Read more...
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