A man posing as an IPS officer with the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) was arrested from east Delhi’s Mayur Vihar. The accused had allegedly raped numerous women after promising to marry them. Police said that the accused has been identified as Piyush and a fake ID card was also recovered from him. Representational Image Piyush …

The interim budget is expected to have “interesting features”, possibly including measures to tackle the farm crisis as well as tax benefits for the middle class, as it reaches out to key constituencies ahead of this summer’s general elections. The nature of tax concessions that may be announced on Friday is not clear but sources indicated some of the sops …

Over 300 persons landed in different hospitals on Makar Sankranti due to kite-related injuries. While colourful kites dotted Jaipur’s sky on Makar Sankranti, doctors of city-based hospitals remained busy with treating patients pouring in with injuries due to kite strings and fall from the rooftop. In the city, over 300 persons including children suffered kite-related injuries. Sawai Man Singh (SMS) …

Civic officials were left bemused after a plastic trader from Vasai, fined Rs 5,000 for stocking banned items, walked into the civic headquarters on Thursday and handed over three plastic bags filled with coins in denominations of Re 1, Rs 2, Rs 5 and Rs 10. “We were surprised on seeing the coins. But we had to accept it and …

A man driving away with a van he had stolen was nabbed near Puzhal on Wednesday night when it stalled and two men he called for assistance turned out to be plainclothes policemen. The vehicle thief was Balaji alias Balakrishnan, 27 of Periapalayam, a previous offender. Police said Balaji had broken into the Tata Ace van parked on the roadside …

Three couples with identical names — Charanjeet Singh and Manjit Kaur — kept the Delhi High Court and Supreme Court, busy for more than a quarter of a century with a property dispute. The property in question was CSR Poultry Research and Breeding Farm, belonging to a partnership firm floated by Charanjeet Singh Rekhi and wife Manjit Kaur, which owned …

A Pakistani infant, who was diagnosed with a condition of a ‘giant heart’, got a new lease of life after undergoing an operation at a city hospital, doctors said on Wednesday. The 14-month-old baby, having a ‘complex and unusual heart disease’, was operated in 2016 at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) in Delhi. Dr Raja Joshi, chairman, paediatric cardiac surgery …

Forty-nine doctors have been declared as ‘absconders’ by the health department. They have been absconding from government duties for the past three years. Taking action against them, the health department has sent a list of these 49 doctors to Rajasthan Medical Council for cancellation of their registration. “We have found that 49 doctors are not coming to duties. They have …

Shoppers flock to Chandni Chowk’s Lala Lajpat Rai Market on Diwali to buy festive lights, but this time, many are going home with ‘electronic crackers’ as well. Made in China, these e-crackers produce sound and light without any smoke. Praveen Kumar Rana, a seller, said the e-crackers (in pic) are eco-friendly as “no harmful chemicals are burnt, and there is …

Following a plea that a large number of idle vehicles parked on roads were causing congestion and leading to air pollution, the National Green Tribunal has directed the transport ministry to conduct a study on the number of vehicles that should be permitted in Delhi in proportion to the capacity of roads. A bench, headed by NGT chairperson Adarsh Kumar …