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Actor arrested over death at cinema, gets interim bail

Popular Telugu actor Allu Arjun was arrested on Friday and later granted interim bail in connection with the death of a woman during the premiere of his latest film Pushpa 2: The Rule at a Hyderabad theatre earlier this month.

This way to Gali Sheesh Mahal

The Old Delhi encyclopaedia - The afternoon sunlight is filling up a breach in the street-side wall. The breach turns out to be the opening of a side-lane full of its own turns and tributaries.

NARESH BALYAN SENT TO JUDICIAL CUSTODY TILL JAN 9 IN MCOCA CASE

A Special MP/MLA court in the city on Friday sent AAP legislator Naresh Balyan to judicial custody till January 9 in connection with an MCOCA case lodged against him over links to UK-based gangster Kapil Sangwan.

AAP MLA FROM NANGLOI JAT TAKES OATH AS DELHI MINISTER

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Nangloi Jat, Raghuvinder Shokeen, on Friday took oath as a minister in the Delhi government.

SC: Will only look at MCD panel row

The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a plea by former Delhi mayor Shelly Oberoi to allow the Delhi Assembly to address urgent issues related to bio-fill sites and waste management in the absence of a functioning standing committee of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), emphasising that it cannot \"micromanage\" its affairs.

Birders, forest dept officials working on Delhi 'Bird Atlas'

GOVT YET TO APPROVE PLAN - SET FOR DEC 2025 RELEASE

Police tell HC about steps taken at Chandni Chowk

THE PREVENTIVE MEASURES INCLUDE SECURITY PERSONNEL, 100 CCTV CAMERAS FOR PROPER SURVEILLANCE, AND LEGAL ACTION AGAINST ENCROACHERS

Break from cold wave, but not for long: IMD

Residents got a respite from cold wave conditions on Friday, as the minimum temperature rose sharply after being below the 5 degrees Celsius mark for two consecutive days.

'REALISATION OF ASPIRATIONS': CM MEETS STUDENTS SENT TO FRANCE

Chief minister Atishi on Friday interacted with 30 students from Delhi's government schools who went to Paris to study an advanced French course.

COPS: 2 ILLEGAL BANGLADESHI MIGRANTS HELD

The Delhi Police on Friday said it arrested two illegal Bangladeshi immigrants from Hazrat Nizammuddin area in two separate drives this week.

'FAKE VOTERS' IN DELHI ELECTORAL ROLLS: BJP TO CEC

Leaders of the Delhi BJP met the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) on Friday and submitted documents alleging that names of lakhs of \"fake voters\" have been added to the Capital's electoral list.

STRICTLY FOLLOW ELECTORAL ROLL REVISION RULES: EC TO DELHI CEO

The Election Commission (EC) on Friday wrote to the Delhi CEO directing the authority to \"scrupulously\" follow the process for deletion and revision of the electoral rolls by conducting proper enquiry and involvement of various political parties in the run up to the assembly polls next year.

BJP calls for special session of House, tabling of CAG reports

Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vijender Gupta on Friday demanded that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government table all pending Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) reports and set a date for an assembly session, fulfilling its commitment made in court.

Kejriwal: Will contest from New Delhi seat

Amid rumours of him shifting to another constituency, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo and former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday announced he will contest from his New Delhi seat in the upcoming assembly polls.

BJP making silent push for AAP's stronghold — slums

Out of power since 1998, the BJP is trying to lure voters in the city's JJ clusters, but the AAP's sway in the demographic makes it a tough challenge

Delhi HC junks plea by widow of great-grandson of Bahadur Shah Zafar seeking Red Fort's possession

The Delhi high court's division bench on Friday upheld a single judge's order dismissing a woman's petition seeking possession of the Red Fort.

2 installments of ₹1K to be given this fiscal: CM

Chief minister Atishi said on Friday that the first two installments of ₹1,000 each under the government's \"Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana\" will be credited into the accounts of eligible women in Delhi by the end of the current financial year.

A confluence of heritage and infra as Prayagraj prepares for Kumbh

The sun is already setting behind the Ganga when Ram Asrey and Harish Chandra start packing up their hammers and shovels. The 62- and 60-year-old have been at work since eight in the morning, helping widen the roads from Prayagraj leading to the Kumbh mela ground. Their limbs are sheathed in sweat beads despite the winter chill setting in.

Ranga, Billa's death penalty upheld for gruesome murders

In 1980, SC junked the criminals' plea against death sentence over a crime that shook Delhi

Kumbh to propel goal of Viksit Bharat: Modi

The Maha Kumbh next year will play an important role in India's journey to becoming a developed nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday as he described the mega religious event as a \"mahayagya of unity\" that will take the country's cultural and spiritual identity to new heights.

OPPN SUBMITS NOTICE FOR IMPEACHMENT OF HC JUDGE

More than 55 Opposition lawmakers from the Rajya Sabha on Friday submitted a notice to the secretary general of the Upper House for the impeachment of Allahabad high court judge, Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, over his controversial remarks at an event organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad last week.

Actor Allu Arjun held, gets interim bail in HC

STAMPEDE CASE - PUSHPA 2 SCREENING

Govt, Oppn trade blows in Constitution debate

The government and the Opposition on Friday clashed in the Lok Sabha during the opening day of a historic debate to mark 75 years of the Constitution, with 26 speakers weighing in on themes ranging from reservation, politics, the administration's inclusive development agenda and the missteps by previous regimes.

'Want good ties but Pak must end terror'

India desires relations \"free of terrorism\" with Pakistan and hopes that its ties with Bangladesh will \"settle down to a mutually beneficial and stable relationship\", external affairs minister S Jaishankar said in Parliament on Friday, as he also cautioned against \"point-scoring\" over the state of India's diplomatic relations.

It's newbies versus biggies in quick drug delivery space

As Flipkart and Swiggy prepare to add medicines to their quick-delivery portfolios, relatively unknown entities such as Medino's, Medstown and Plazza have started 30-minute services in smaller cities and are looking to raise funds to expand and take on the giants.

Bad assets of PSBs fell to 3.12% in Sep: Fin Min

The government said on Thursday that policy reforms in the financial sector have restored the health of the banking sector, with the gross non-performing asset (NPA) ratio of public sector banks (PSBS) falling to 3.12% in September 2024 from a peak of 14.58% in March 2018 and 4.97% in March 2015.

THE STEADFAST TEEN KING

As an 8-year-old in 2013, Gukesh says, he wanted to be the one to bring the World Chess Championship crown back to India

Revisiting 2021: Pant, Gill and a slice of heaven called the Gabba

A bit like the six by MS Dhoni in the 2011 World Cup final. Rishabh Pant's four will forever be enshrined in our memory.

Juve deepen City crisis, Barca win

Manchester City's crisis continued with a 2-0 defeat away to Juventus in the Champions League on Wednesday, while Pep Guardiola's old club Barcelona beat Borussia Dortmund to clinch a spot in the knockouts of Europe's elite club competition.

India need more all-rounders: Anjum

Tough questions loom for Harmanpreet Kaur and her team as Australia clean swept India in their home ODI series.