Prawesh Lama

Merc hit-and-run: Don’t let four days come in the way of justice, say police

The Delhi Police have argued that the accused driver in the Mercedes hit-and-run case should not be given the benefit of a juvenile since he was just four days shy of turning an adult.

Mercedes hit-and-run case: Friends begged juvenile driver to go slow

The two witnesses said in their statement recorded before a magistrate that they warned the accused twice, asking him to slow down after he nearly hit the two bikers before knocking down Siddharth Sharma.

In this Delhi village, Africans and villagers clash over autos

In this village, clashing cultures lead to many quarrels every day

Living the double life: Meet the other Modi, SRK, Sachin and Kejri

What’s it like to look like someone famous? It can be fun, makes for a good living, gives you a peek into that rarified world of the celebrity. Until your idol retires, or makes the wrong move

Worst 15 minutes of my life, says wife of African attacked in Delhi

Kenneth’s wife, Kate, vividly remembers how she tried to protect her daughter from the shards of glass when the car windshield was smashed by the locals that night.

Hit-and-run chargesheet today, police ready ‘watertight’ case

Chargesheet in Mercedes hit-and-run on Thursday, cops prepare ‘watertight’ case

Delhi Police will on Thursday file its chargesheet in the Mercedes hit-and-run case, in which a management student was crushed by a teenager driving his father’s car.

Ola cabbies’ background not checked

While cab drivers continue to commit crimes, the legality of web-based cab aggregators plying in the city is unclear. Transport authorities said the criminal record of these cab drivers could not be verified.

JeM suspects caught by Delhi cops learnt how to make bombs on YouTube

After allegedly following the members of communities related to terrorism and websites that have such content, Sajid “got a contact number” and was told to contact JeM founder Maulana Masood Azhar’s brother Talha.

They learnt bomb-making online, say police

Sajid, the alleged kingpin of the group picked up for alleged Jaish links, learned to make bombs on YouTube, the police said.

Kejriwal vs Jung again? Appointed by AAP govt, Tihar DG steps down

In a jolt to the Delhi government, senior IPS officer JK Sharma stepped down as Tihar prisons chief, hours after being given the appointment order. Sharma, a 1982 batch IPS officer – presently posted as director general (Home Guard) – was given additional charge of Prisons on Tuesday afternoon, an order which was reportedly passed without consultation with the lieutenant governor.

After mother’s death in road rage, she opened women-only travel firm

On May 4, 2003, two days after Sunita Chadha’s murder in a road rage incident, her daughter Rashmi told a morning daily, “...My mother’s death will not deter us from being helpful.”

Road rage: A murder that shook Capital’s public consciousness

It was Delhi’s first case of anger spilling on to the road - an incident that shook public consciousness and sparked discussions on road rage.

DTC driver’s death: Road rage took away his father and his dreams

A moment of rage changed everything in the life of Ajay Chikara whose father, a DTC bus driver, was beaten to death in west Delhi after his bus grazed past a motorcycle on May 10 last year.

Mercedes hit-and-run: Driver slapped with five challans in 8 months

The Mercedes that mowed down a 32-year-old man at north Delhi’s Civil Lines on April 4 had been involved in another case of traffic rule violation.

Dadri lynching: 6 months on, memories linger but no Muslims left village

Six months on, there is little visible impact of the incident except the crumbling house at Bisada village in Greater Noida. But memories linger of the incident that rocked India.

The secret service job scam that shattered the dreams of 200 youths

Two con men have duped job aspirants from small towns across India.

‘Pak spy’ ex-jawan says ISI looking to recruit retired Indian personnel

Kafaitullah Khan, an alleged Pakistani spy, said the Pakistan ISI are looking for retired Indian defence personnel to work for them.

Funding a dignified send-off for deceased NE migrants in Delhi

Son of soil and Lenin fan: Students who became the face of JNU dissent

Kanhaiya Kumar and Umar Khalid -- one was the son of a daily wage labourer in Bihar, the other a son of a prominent Muslim party leader in the heart of Delhi.

Proof against Kanhaiya Kumar: Just TV clips, eyewitness statement

The only evidence against JNU students’ union leader Kanhaiya Kumar, according to the DCP’s report accessed by HT, is the Zee News video clipping and statements of eyewitnesses who claim to have seen him during the protest.

Case against the Kanhaiya may fall if the video is found doctored

The only evidence against JNU students’ union leader Kanhaiya Kumar, according to the DCP’s report accessed by HT, is the Zee News video clipping and statements of eyewitnesses who claim to have seen him during the protest.

JNUSU leader Kanhaiya kept in Tihar cell where Sahara chief was lodged

JNU Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested on charges of sedition, has been kept in an isolated cell inside jail number 3, which was once occupied by Sahara India chief Subroto Roy.

My son targeted as he is a Muslim: Absconding JNU student’s father

Umar Khalid, a JNU student alleged to be the main organiser of a February 9 event where ‘anti-India slogans’ were shouted, has been targeted because he is the member of a minority community, his father said on Thursday.

Was JNU sedition case ‘based’ on a TV report?

Police FIRs name Democratic Students Union’s Umar Khalid, not JNU student union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who has been charged with sedition.

Writing on the wall: Sedition charge unites parties at JNU

The arrest of student union president Kanhaiya Kumar -- the first such incident in the last 41 years -- has united everyone but the ABVP -- from the ultra Left to the moderate.

No licences but 22 Delhi bus drivers continue to ferry thousands

A group of 22 government bus drivers who’s licensed were seized in December for speeding continues to ferry thousands of people

Whiff of a scam in police poll duty allowances, probe ordered

The alleged scam pertains to the 2015 assembly elections, when police personnel across all units were asked to report for duty and paid Rs 150 as allowance every day.

Karol Bagh heist mystery: Servant hangs self over ‘personal problems’

Tarun Ghosal was found hanging in the workshop of Vivekanand Pore 11 days after Vivekanand Pore’s house in Karol Bagh was robbed. Having been employed by Pore for more than 14 years, Ghosal was considered a very loyal and trusted employee.