In his reporting career of over 20 years, Sanjeev K Jha has covered bureaucracy, politics, ISI activities in border areas, music and Bollywood. Presently, he covers crime in the national Capital.
Articles by Sanjeev K Jha
Modest gamchha the hot property this poll season
Political parties, including BJP, Congress, and AAP, place bulk orders for gamchhas and caps for leaders and workers during election campaigns.
Updated on Apr 11, 2024 06:28 AM IST
Sanjeev K Jha, New Delhi
More than 3,000 polling booths in Delhi are marked ‘critical’
The elections in Delhi will take place in a single phase — the sixth phase — on May 25, and the city will have a little over 13,500 polling booths
Updated on Apr 02, 2024 05:20 AM IST
How Shahjahan Sheikh scripted rags-to-riches story by maintaining political clout
A police officer said that Trinamool Congress (TMC) functionary Shahjahan Sheikh, 42, has stayed on the right side of power for the last 20 years
Published on Feb 28, 2024 01:30 PM IST
Delhi LG Saxena orders removal of pharma varsity V-C
Prof Ramesh K Goyal‘s involvement was found by a probe committee that looked into the recruitment process
Updated on Feb 18, 2024 02:38 AM IST
Mosque, temples, graves in 82 structures razed in Delhi’s Mehrauli
The demolitions, which include a 12th century shrine of Sufi saint Baba Haji Rozbih and the centuries-old Akhoondji Masjid, have drawn criticism from activists
Updated on Feb 10, 2024 11:13 AM IST
12th century shrine razed in DDA drive at Delhi’s Mehrauli
Historians and activists have questioned encroachment action against an edifice that has existed for 900 years
Updated on Feb 06, 2024 04:38 AM IST
Row over police visit to Delhi CM’s house to hand over notice
An argument erupted between the police, who said they would give the notice only to Kejriwal, and CMO officials who said they would accept it on his behalf
Updated on Feb 04, 2024 12:32 AM IST
LG tells all HoDs, chief secy to visit remote villages
According to officials at the LG secretariat, this decision was taken to take forward the “Dilli Gramodaya Abhiyan” of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA)
Updated on Feb 02, 2024 05:30 AM IST
Colony bullying: Delhi boy made to lick shoes, sexually assaulted
The suspects, aged 12 and 14, were apprehended and a case has been filed. The video has been removed from Instagram.
Updated on Jan 30, 2024 05:50 AM IST
Sanjeev K Jha, New Delhi
Delhi Police to issue all-India arms licences
The order is meant for sportspersons who frequently need to travel across the country for various sporting events
Updated on Jan 22, 2024 12:14 AM IST
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Janakpur celebrates new abode of ‘brother-in-law’
The festive sentiment ahead of the consecration of the Ram Temple is palpable across the Mithila region that stretches across the India-Nepal boundary.
Updated on Jan 21, 2024 09:44 PM IST
Sanjeev K Jha, Janakpur
Delhi’s LG approves draft to amend rules for premature release of infirm inmates
The primary purpose for the change in rules is to decongest the Capital’s overcrowded jails, officials said
Published on Jan 18, 2024 10:57 PM IST
Top Hizb terrorist nabbed in Delhi
Delhi Police have arrested a Hizb-ul-Mujahideen terrorist, Javed Ahmed Mattu, who was on India's wanted list. He is an A++ category terrorist and is wanted in 11 known terror attacks in Kashmir. The police recovered a pistol, cartridges, and a stolen car from his possession. Mattu was apprehended while trying to collect arms and ammunition in Delhi-NCR.
Updated on Jan 05, 2024 05:40 AM IST
360 fined for drunken driving in Delhi on new Year’s Eve: Police
According to official data, the traffic police issued 2,129 challans to drivers driving under the influence in the 16 days till December 31
Updated on Jan 02, 2024 05:34 AM IST
Delhi’s Narela jail to cater to high-risk inmates
The Delhi home department has given its administrative approval for the new prison complex, which will cater to 250 high-security inmates
Updated on Dec 26, 2023 05:46 AM IST
Parliament breach: Accused modified shoes to hide colour bombs, say cops
The incursion – which came on anniversary of 2001 Parliament attack – was planned on December 14 but was brought forward after they received the passes early.
Updated on Dec 15, 2023 07:33 AM IST
Calibrated Parliament security breach, planned over months
The five people came to Delhi from their respective places of residence three days ago & lived in Gurugram with a friend, who may not have known of their plans
Updated on Dec 14, 2023 12:19 PM IST
Gangster’s partner under lens for Rajput Karni Sena chief’s murder
The Rajasthan Police has started investigating the role of a 28-year-old woman in the murder of Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi, chief of Hindu right-wing group Shri Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena, officers aware of the matter said.
Updated on Dec 12, 2023 08:48 AM IST
Sanjeev K Jha, New Delhi
Karni Sena chief's murder: How shooters evaded police before being nabbed
The accused — Rohit Rathore, 24, from Makrana, and Nitin Fauji, 26, from Haryana’s Mahendragarh — were nabbed from a liquor shop in Chandigarh.
Updated on Dec 11, 2023 07:46 AM IST
Sanjeev K Jha, New Delhi
Delhi among most unsafe cities for women: NCRB data
Delhi accounted for 29.04% of the 48,755 crimes against women reported in 19 major cities across the country
Updated on Dec 05, 2023 01:13 AM IST
Traffic violations by e-rickshaws see spike in Delhi: Cops
Delhi's electric-rickshaws have seen a significant increase in traffic violations this year, with a 53% spike in infractions compared to last year, according to Delhi Traffic Police data. The most notable increase in violations was obstructive or improper parking, with 70,463 offences registered this year compared to 35,828 in 2022 and 19,357 in 2021. The Delhi transport department prohibited the plying and parking of e-rickshaws on 236 roads in the city last year.
Updated on Dec 03, 2023 05:22 AM IST
Land identified for a new cricket stadium in Narela in Delhi
A senior official in the LG secretariat said Saxena has approved a proposal to float a request for proposal for the cricket stadium
Updated on Nov 30, 2023 05:28 AM IST
LG approves appeal against HC clean chit to six in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case
Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has given approval for the filing of a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court against the Delhi high court's July judgment, in which six accused in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots were acquitted. The case pertains to attempt to murder, looting, and rioting during the riots in the Saraswati Vihar Police Station area in northwest Delhi.
Updated on Nov 25, 2023 10:11 PM IST
Delhi parking wars intensify, over 7,000 calls to police this year
These incidents show a disturbing problem that is symptomatic of a city that has maximum number of registered vehicles but very few organised parking spaces
Updated on Oct 29, 2023 04:47 AM IST
Role-playing, motorcycle chases: How budding snatchers prepare in Delhi
Delhi has reported at least 21 cases of snatching every day for the last five years, making it the most common crime in the Capital
Updated on Oct 24, 2023 12:04 AM IST
Sanjeev K JhaShiv Sunny
15 years after Soumya Vishwanathan's murder, is Delhi safer for women now?
In 2008, National Crime Records Bureau data showed there were 3,515 crimes recorded against women in Delhi. Last year the number was 13,988
Updated on Oct 19, 2023 04:26 PM IST
Nabbed 6 months after crime, how Soumya Vishwanathan’s killers were nailed
Suspects arrested in the murder of a woman in 2009 confessed to murdering journalist Vishwanathan in Delhi in 2008.
Updated on Oct 19, 2023 09:20 AM IST
Sanjeev K JhaShiv Sunny
A missing student, cries for justice, an enduring mystery
Najeeb Ahmed, a JNU student who went missing on October 15, 2016. Having found no clues, the agencies shut the case in 2018. But his family still seeks answers
Updated on Oct 15, 2023 12:35 PM IST
Sukesh case: Delhi LG allows probe against eight prison officials
An EOW officer, meanwhile, said that during the probe, all the accused jail officials were paid to ensure they remain silent
Updated on Oct 12, 2023 05:34 AM IST
Provocative speeches: Delhi LG approves prosecution of Arundhati Roy, Kashmir prof
The FIR against Roy and former professor Sheikh Showkat Hussain was registered following the orders of the Court of Metropolitan Magistrate, New Delhi
Published on Oct 10, 2023 05:59 PM IST