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Man killed in Delhi-Jaipur E-way crash, suspect yet to traced

A speeding car fatally struck delivery executive Mohammad Akram Ahmed on the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway; police are searching for the driver.

The accident spot on Delhi-Jaipur expressway. (HT Photo)

Other Cities

Updated on Jan 28, 2025 05:58 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

Nuh: Jaipur-based arms smuggling gang busted, murder plot in Rewari uncovered

Police said they used Akil and Salim as bait to lure the three suspects into taking the delivery of the weapons consignment

The three accused: Ravi Singh, Sandeep Singh and Veer Singh. (HT Photo)

Gurugram

Updated on Jan 28, 2025 05:12 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

Man hit by car on MG Road dies; driver on the run

Police identified the victim as Nazmul Haq, originally from South Dinajpur, West Bengal, residing in a rented accommodation at Nathupur in DLF Phase-III. He worked as a painter in Gurugram

A 34-year-old man was killed while crossing MG Road in Gurugram on Thursday evening. (FILE PHOTO)

Noida

Updated on Jan 26, 2025 05:56 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

13-year-old girl slips and drowns in Wazirabad lake in Gurugram

A 13-year-old girl drowned in Wazirabad lake, Gurugram, while playing. Police are investigating her death as an accident.

Gurugram

Updated on Jan 26, 2025 05:50 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

Drug dealer, on the run for 19 years, arrested in Ambala

They identified the arrested suspect as 38-year-old Rakesh Singh alias Rinku of Tundla Mandi in Ambala. He was arrested by a crime branch team on Wednesday

A suspected interstate drug dealer was arrested from Ambala when he arrived there to meet his family after being on the run for about 19 years, Faridabad police said. (FILE PHOTO)

Other Cities

Updated on Jan 25, 2025 05:48 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

5 held after gunfight with Gurugram police on Golf Course Extension Road

Gurugram Police nabbed five suspected gang members after a gunfight. Two were injured; three arrested with weapons and a stolen autorickshaw.

The three arrested accused on Friday. (HT Photo)

Gurugram

Updated on Jan 25, 2025 05:42 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

Two sentenced to life in prison for killing man

Police identified the convicts as Rohit alias Monu of New Colony and Rohit alias Jhabbar of Wazirpur in Sector 95

A city court sentenced two people to rigorous life imprisonment for murdering a man by assaulting him during a road rage incident at Bhangrola in Manesar in October 2020. (FILE PHOTO)

Other Cities

Updated on Jan 24, 2025 05:42 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

GMCBL to get 300 e-buses,tweak routes to meet demand

GMCBL officials said that they are awaiting procurement of 300 electric buses after which new routes to connect the developing areas of the city and to provide frequent services for Delhi, Faridabad and neighbouring cities can be launched. The procurement of these e-buses has been delayed at least thrice over the last two years

Only 150 buses ply in Gurugram of which a few remain under maintenance all the time, officials said. (HT PHOTO)

Other Cities

Updated on Jan 24, 2025 05:40 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

DHBVN officials booked after discom staff electrocuted during repairs

They identified the deceased as 40-year-old Tej Pal, who was working for DHBVN on contract for the last 15 years in the Manesar division. Pal belonged to Mirzapur in Pataudi, investigators said.

Investigators said that an FIR was registered against unidentified DHBVN officials for causing death by negligence at the Kherki Daula police station. (FILE PHOTO)

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Updated on Jan 22, 2025 06:34 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

Faridabad: Three held for stabbing man to death

The deceased was partying along with the suspects and a few others at one of their common friends’ house in Unchagaon when the incident occurred at about 10.40pm

On complaint of the deceased’s father Dinesh Kumar at Adarsh Nagar police station on Monday, an FIR was registered against the four suspects under section 103(1) (murder) and 3(5) (common intention) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. (FILE PHOTO)

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Updated on Jan 22, 2025 06:26 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

Gurugram: 74-yr-old cheated of ₹1.75 cr in cyber fraud

A 74-year-old was defrauded of ₹1.75 crore in an investment scam by cybercriminals posing as stock market experts via social media.

Efforts to recover the funds have been challenging as the suspects emptied the accounts and transferred the money to multiple others more than a month ago, police said. (File Photo)

Gurugram

Updated on Jan 22, 2025 06:10 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

12-yr-old girl raped in Faridabad, two arrested

The vegetable vendor lured the girl with chocolates, and dresses, and on the pretext of a scooter ride, took her to the guest house, where the second accused worked as a manager

The girl’s mother approached the police, following which a medical examination of the girl was conducted and revealed internal injuries. (Representational image)

Gurugram

Updated on Jan 21, 2025 05:56 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

Gurugram: Retired army colonel runs over woman with his SUV in Ardee city, held

The accident took place around 4pm when the victim, Kanchan Devi, a resident of Saraswati Kunj in Sector 53, was walking home

Police saidthe SUV driver, a resident of Block B of Ardee City, claimed that he had tried to save the woman and took a sharp left turn but ended up crashing into another car parked nearby. (Representational image)

Gurugram

Updated on Jan 21, 2025 05:32 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

Haryana asks discoms to levy fuel surcharges

DHBVN officials said that the FPPAS, earlier known as fuel surcharge adjustment or FSA, was started in April 2023 and was continued till June 2024. Orders were issued in July last year to continue the charges till December 2024. Officials also added that users with electricity consumption below 200 units will be exempted from the charge

The Haryana government has ordered the power distribution companies to continue levying fuel and power purchase adjustment surcharge (FPPAS) till March 2026. (FILE PHOTO)

Gurugram

Updated on Jan 19, 2025 06:28 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar, Gurugram

Ggm: Two booked for stealing from 4 cars

According to the police, one of the cars belonged to a police sub-inspector posted at Bhondsi police station and was parked near Arcadia Mall in Sector 49 and three other vehicles were parked near another mall and a residential society in Sector 65

Two unidentified suspects were booked for allegedly stealing valuables and files of several cases after breaking into four cars. (FILE PHOTO)

Other Cities

Updated on Jan 19, 2025 06:00 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

Highways continue to be epicentre of wrong side driving in Gurugram

Gurugram Traffic Police issued 4,390 challans for wrong-side driving in two weeks, collecting ₹24.9 lakh in fines, while enhancing awareness efforts.

Traffic police challan a man for driving on the wrong side on the Dwarka Expressway in March 14. (Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

Gurugram

Updated on Jan 18, 2025 05:28 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

17-year-old murdered after being abducted from home, 1 held, 10 absconding

Investigators said three criminal cases were registered against the deceased at Sector 9A police station

A man was arrested and at least 10 more are on the run for allegedly murdering a 17-year-old boy after abducting him from his home in Devi Lal Colony in Sector 9 in Gurugram. (FILE PHOTO)

Other Cities

Updated on Jan 16, 2025 06:36 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

4 held for performing stunts with sports car in Gurugram

Four men were arrested in Gurugram for filming dangerous stunts on a moving Mustang GT for social media, disrupting traffic and risking safety.

The four suspects were released on bail on Tuesday night, but their vehicles remain impounded, police said. (HT Photo)

Gurugram

Updated on Jan 16, 2025 06:34 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

Man bludgeoned to death for mocking friend, 1 held

Investigators said that on Sunday night, Vishal reached the village to attend the birthday of his maternal aunt’s daughter. After the celebration, he and some old friends consumed liquor and decided to take revenge following which Vishal along with a friend reached the spot were Harsh was asleep and killed him

A 22-year-old man was bludgeoned to death at Rithoj village in Bhondsi by his friend on Sunday night. (FILE PHOTO)

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Published on Jan 15, 2025 09:39 PM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

Man dies, two injured in Delhi-Jaipur Expressway crash

Police are examining CCTV footage from the expressway to identify the truck involved in the incident. Singh noted that eyewitnesses reported the truck slowing down momentarily, suggesting the driver might have realised the collision, but it sped away soon after

A 40-year-old man was killed, and his wife, along with her brother, was severely injured when a speeding truck hit their motorcycle near Panchgaon Chowk on the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway in Manesar. (HT PHOTO)

Gurugram

Updated on Jan 15, 2025 06:30 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar, Gurugram

South Korean national injured in fight at Gurugram pub, undergoes facial surgery

A South Korean man was injured in a pub fight in Gurugram over trying to get a woman's number; he underwent surgery after being hit with a beer mug.

Gurugram

Updated on Jan 15, 2025 06:24 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar, Gurugram

Man bludgeoned to death over ‘personal enmity’ in Bhondsi

Probe suggested Kumar was brutally assaulted multiple times with a heavy blunt weapon, and the killers had smashed his head and face

On complaint of the deceased’s father, an FIR was registered against three suspects under sections 103(1) (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at Bhondsi police station on Monday. (File Photo)

Gurugram

Updated on Jan 14, 2025 07:06 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

Former Haryana home secy among four booked for 2019 land grab

On January 3, 2025, a Sohna court ordered an FIR be registered against the retired home secretary, an inspector, an ASI and a private individual

No first information report (FIR) was registered at that time despite complaints from the 40-year-old land owner Rajender Singh, a farmer, prompting him to move court over the January 5, 2019 incident, seven months after which the IAS officer had superannuated. (Representational image)

Gurugram

Updated on Jan 11, 2025 06:08 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

Gurugram: Telecom firm officials held in cyber fraud case

The gang paid the firm a monthly fee of ₹8-10 lakh for using these numbers, which were issued in the last four to five months, police said

The two arrested officials of the telecom firm on Friday. (HT Photo)

Gurugram

Updated on Jan 11, 2025 05:38 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

15 arrested in Noida for extorting ₹310 crore from thousands across India

Fifteen arrested in Noida for extorting ₹310 crore via fake loan apps, linked to a gang in China and Indonesia, say police.

Gurugram

Updated on Jan 11, 2025 05:34 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

Man given life in jail for raping two minor girls

The court, while pronouncing the sentence against Ahmad, observed that the maximum punishment should be given in such incidents of rape so that it acts as a deterrence. The court ordered that the survivors be compensated as per the rules of the Haryana victim compensation scheme

A special fast track court in the city sentenced a 24-year-old man to rigorous life imprisonment for raping two minor girls simultaneously in a residential colony in Badshahpur about two years ago. (FILE PHOTO)

Other Cities

Updated on Jan 10, 2025 07:04 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

Nuh: Racket of fake death certificates busted, 2 held

They said that the duo had been running the racket for the last three years and are suspected to have claimed hefty financial benefits on the basis of several fake certificates they created by using forged signatures of the sub-registrar

Two people including a common service centre owner were arrested in Nuh for running a racket to make fake death certificates of workers holding the Haryana government’s job card. (FILE PHOTO)

Other Cities

Updated on Jan 10, 2025 06:32 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

Robbery at F’bad jewellery store, valuables worth ₹30L stolen

The owner’s family suspect the robbers had been tracking their movements, with CCTV footage from their home also collected

According to police, the suspects snatched the victims’ mobile phones before fleeing to delay any alert to authorities (File Photo)

Gurugram

Published on Jan 09, 2025 04:57 PM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

Two held in murder of 18-yr-old engineering student in Faridabad

On Tuesday night, police arrested Pankaj Singh, 36, of Motihari in Bihar and Jilajit Singh, 20, of Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh.

Yashpal Yadav, public relations officer of Faridabad police, said Jilajit has confessed of stabbing of the victim with a sharp weapon (File Photo)

Gurugram

Published on Jan 09, 2025 04:08 PM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

18-year-old stabbed to death in F’bad for intervening on behalf of neighbour

Investigators said that the incident took place near Sarurpur industrial area in Sector 53, where Ayush’s neighbour Varun Kumar, 18 works

A group of around eight people allegedly stabbed an 18-year-old man to death in Faridabad on Monday when he tried to intervene in a fight for his neighbour, police said. (FILE PHOTO)

Gurugram

Updated on Jan 08, 2025 05:50 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar, Gurugram:

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A speeding car fatally struck delivery executive Mohammad Akram Ahmed on the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway; police are searching for the driver.

Police said they used Akil and Salim as bait to lure the three suspects into taking the delivery of the weapons consignment

Police identified the victim as Nazmul Haq, originally from South Dinajpur, West Bengal, residing in a rented accommodation at Nathupur in DLF Phase-III. He worked as a painter in Gurugram

A 13-year-old girl drowned in Wazirabad lake, Gurugram, while playing. Police are investigating her death as an accident.

They identified the arrested suspect as 38-year-old Rakesh Singh alias Rinku of Tundla Mandi in Ambala. He was arrested by a crime branch team on Wednesday

Gurugram Police nabbed five suspected gang members after a gunfight. Two were injured; three arrested with weapons and a stolen autorickshaw.

Police identified the convicts as Rohit alias Monu of New Colony and Rohit alias Jhabbar of Wazirpur in Sector 95

They identified the deceased as 40-year-old Tej Pal, who was working for DHBVN on contract for the last 15 years in the Manesar division. Pal belonged to Mirzapur in Pataudi, investigators said.

The deceased was partying along with the suspects and a few others at one of their common friends’ house in Unchagaon when the incident occurred at about 10.40pm

A 74-year-old was defrauded of ₹1.75 crore in an investment scam by cybercriminals posing as stock market experts via social media.

The vegetable vendor lured the girl with chocolates, and dresses, and on the pretext of a scooter ride, took her to the guest house, where the second accused worked as a manager

The accident took place around 4pm when the victim, Kanchan Devi, a resident of Saraswati Kunj in Sector 53, was walking home

According to the police, one of the cars belonged to a police sub-inspector posted at Bhondsi police station and was parked near Arcadia Mall in Sector 49 and three other vehicles were parked near another mall and a residential society in Sector 65

Gurugram Traffic Police issued 4,390 challans for wrong-side driving in two weeks, collecting ₹24.9 lakh in fines, while enhancing awareness efforts.

Investigators said three criminal cases were registered against the deceased at Sector 9A police station

Four men were arrested in Gurugram for filming dangerous stunts on a moving Mustang GT for social media, disrupting traffic and risking safety.

Police are examining CCTV footage from the expressway to identify the truck involved in the incident. Singh noted that eyewitnesses reported the truck slowing down momentarily, suggesting the driver might have realised the collision, but it sped away soon after

A South Korean man was injured in a pub fight in Gurugram over trying to get a woman's number; he underwent surgery after being hit with a beer mug.

Probe suggested Kumar was brutally assaulted multiple times with a heavy blunt weapon, and the killers had smashed his head and face

On January 3, 2025, a Sohna court ordered an FIR be registered against the retired home secretary, an inspector, an ASI and a private individual

The gang paid the firm a monthly fee of ₹8-10 lakh for using these numbers, which were issued in the last four to five months, police said

Fifteen arrested in Noida for extorting ₹310 crore via fake loan apps, linked to a gang in China and Indonesia, say police.

The court, while pronouncing the sentence against Ahmad, observed that the maximum punishment should be given in such incidents of rape so that it acts as a deterrence. The court ordered that the survivors be compensated as per the rules of the Haryana victim compensation scheme

They said that the duo had been running the racket for the last three years and are suspected to have claimed hefty financial benefits on the basis of several fake certificates they created by using forged signatures of the sub-registrar

The owner’s family suspect the robbers had been tracking their movements, with CCTV footage from their home also collected

On Tuesday night, police arrested Pankaj Singh, 36, of Motihari in Bihar and Jilajit Singh, 20, of Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh.

Investigators said that the incident took place near Sarurpur industrial area in Sector 53, where Ayush’s neighbour Varun Kumar, 18 works

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