Prawesh Lama

Four years after Dec 16: Number of rape cases in Delhi have increased

On the night of December 16, 2012, when a young woman was brutally gangraped by six men in a bus in and left to die, the moment was described as one that would change Delhi’s attitude towards women’s safety. But, four years later, the situation has only worsened.

Delhi Police’s new jail vans bought to avert gang wars lying unused

It has been a month since the Delhi Police purchased 11 new vans, but they are yet to hit the road. Instead, the vehicles stand idly outside the armed police headquarters in west Delhi – ignored by all and sundry.

Burglary at Shashi Tharoor’s official residence in Delhi, six idols stolen

Police suspect that buglers climbed the boundary wall of Tharoor’s residence and stole antique piece, copper spectacles and six idols.

Delhi Police teams sharing notes to see if three cases of chopped bodies linked

Delhi Police teams that are probing the three mutilated bodies found in south Delhi within a 10 km radius of each other in the last 10 days are comparing notes and sharing information to see if the three murders could be connected.

Three chopped, mutilated bodies in 9 days puzzle south Delhi cops

It could be an eerie coincidence that three corpses found within 10km of each other over the past nine days in New Delhi were chopped and mutilated almost identically.

Tihar jail guards: MBAs, engineers who also teach inmates, manage prison factory

In all, a group of 59 men and women were chosen recently from 45,000 applicants and barring 16, almost everyone is a graduate or a postgraduate.

Mobile identity theft: Why Delhi Police can’t find your stolen phone

Four ‘flasher’ devices and 401 cell phones were recovered from two men who ran a racket of stolen phones in Old Delhi

Demonetisation impact? Petty crimes dip in Delhi after note ban

Crimes with a financial motive have dipped sharply in Delhi since the government pulled out high-value banknotes, police data show.

Bastar murder: Academics rally behind Delhi profs, say they are being targeted

Alleged spy met Jodhpur MP for visa help?

Shoaib told the police that last year he had approached Jodhpur MP Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in Delhi. Shekhawat confirmed to HT that Shoaib had approached him but he denied writing any recommendation. On his Facebook page, Shoaib has uploaded his photographs with many politicians at social gatherings.

The spy story: 10 things about Pak official’s detention in Delhi, his network

Tensions between India and Pakistan have escalated further after a Pakistani high commission staffer was briefly detained for allegedly running a spy ring that collected sensitive information about Indian security operations.

Expelled diplomat Akhtar tried to exploit people with kin in Pakistan

Pakistan high commission staffer, Mehmood Akhtar, was on Thursday asked to leave India after being declared persona non grata on charges of espionage.

Hostilities escalate as India, Pakistan expel high commission officials

Hours after New Delhi asked a Pakistani high commission official to leave India accusing him of running a spy ring, Islamabad late on Thursday expelled an India embassy staff in a tit-for-tat move that signalled a ratcheting up of hostilities.

Pakistan high commission staffer asked to leave, 3 Indians held for espionage

Delhi Police arrested two men believed to be Pakistani spies after a staffer at the Pakistan High Commission was found with confidential documents.

National kabbadi player Rohit Kumar arrested over wife’s suicide

National kabaddi player Rohit Kumar and his family, who had been missing since the suicide of the sportsman’s wife Lalita Dabas, were arrested by Delhi Police on Friday.

New prison in Mandoli to decongest Tihar jail starts functioning

A new prison complex, first proposed by the government 35 years ago to decongest Tihar Jail, started functioning in northeast Delhi’s Mandoli on Thursday afternoon.

Delhi’s new Northeast cops get to grips with Hindi

Lessons in khaki: Delhi’s new northeast cops get to grips with Hindi

Armed with books for third standard students, a group of 12 Delhi Police subinspectors meet at the police library every Sunday to take Hindi lessons.

Fake coin factories: Did Haryana turn a deaf ear to alerts?

In May, a woman wrote to Haryana’s Hisar police station house officer, alleging that her husband was murdered by seven men who ran a fake coin factory.

Six years after deadline, Delhi to get a new jail in Mandoli

Six years after deadline, new jail at Mandoli set to open next month

Here’s why Delhi CM Kejriwal and L-G Jung should bury the hatchet

Boys saved money for a week to buy knife to kill teacher in Nangloi

An hour before they murdered their teacher, the two Class 12 boys had gone to the vice-principal’s office seeking the 17-year-old student’s transfer certificate. The juvenile had been rusticated because of low attendance.

Delhi’s dengue bluff: Just 4 died officially, but HT finds 19 in one locality

Abuzar, 14, died at Apollo Hospital on September 13. His death certificate says he died of “dengue shock syndrome with multiple organ failure”. But the 14-year-old does not figure in the city’ s municipal records of dengue deaths. Nor do the names of 18 other residents of Shaheen Bagh and Abu Fazal enclave in Jamia Nagar who died of the mosquito-borne disease.

Shaheen Bagh mourns dengue ‘deaths’

19 die of dengue in locality, including 3 of MLA’s kin

19 die of dengue in southeast Delhi locality, but civic body refuses to believe

The locality in southeast Delhi has a population of around 100,000. According to activist Sameer Khan, at least 30 people have fallen to dengue in the area in the last two months. Families of two victims have left for their ancestral village, neighbours said.

Shaheen Bagh in Delhi mourns dengue ‘deaths’

District health officer Dr Tunit Singh said of the houses that MCD surveyed in Shaheen Bagh, every day around 7% were found to have dengue larvae breeding.

Preeti Rathi case: Acid attacker’s family to move Bombay HC

Ankur Panwar’s family is planning to move the Bombay High Court against the death sentence awarded to him for allegedly throwing acid at a Delhi nurse and killing her.

Acid attacker’s family to appeal death sentence