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Jamia hits a low of 40% but ‘none of above’ a hit

Friday 8 May '09

Despite the announcements by imams through local mosques’ loudspeakers on Wednesday night to come out and vote, turnout in Jamia Nagar touched mere 40 per cent.
Wounds still fresh, Jamia waves black flags at CM

Tuesday 5 May '09

The September 19 Batla House encounter, in which two alleged militants of the Indian Mujahideen and a Special Cell inspector of the Delhi Police were killed, is still fresh in the minds of the residents.
Student held for robberies in West, Northwest Delhi

Saturday 2 May '09

A student of Bachelor of Arts and his accomplice have been arrested for a string of recent robberies in West and Northwest Delhi...
BPO employee death: 7 months on, police say ‘suicide, not murder’

Saturday 2 May '09

Almost seven months after a 25-year-old call centre employee was found dead inside her room at a PG accommodation in South Delhi’s Gautam Nagar, police are now making it out to be a case of suicide.
Day on, slain cafe owner’s kin say accused shielded

Saturday 18 April '09

Gathered in their ground-floor apartment in Subhash Mohalla of Bhajanpura, relatives of Mohammed Arif Zaidi looked tense on Friday, a day after friends and relatives of the 23-year-old had attacked Bhajanpura police station.
After getting voter I-cards as Hindus, family gets new ones as Muslims

Tuesday 14 April '09

A family of six — a Muslim man with a Hindu wife, and the couple’s four children — have allegedly tried to take advantage of their dual religion status by filling in applications for voter identity cards twice in New Usmanpur of Northeast Delhi, the police said on Monday.
Hooch left 20 dead, locals say arrest Rajouri Garden SHO as well

Sunday 12 April '09

While police suspended the Station House Officer (SHO) of Khayala following the hooch tragedy in West Delhi’s Raghubir Nagar that claimed 20 lives, the “sparing” of the Rajouri Garden SHO has annoyed the locals and family members of the victims.
Jobless and jealous of wife’s earnings, man tries hand at robbery; arrested

Saturday 11 April '09

Out of a job and restless that his wife was bringing home the money, a former project manager attempted a break-in on Thursday — armed with an airgun, a rod, a bottle of acid and packets of chilli powder.
Inquiry against SHO for ‘links’ with bootleggers

Tuesday 7 April '09

A departmental inquiry has been ordered against the station house officer of Inderpuri Police Station, Hira Lal, following allegations of his links with bootleggers.
MCOCA against suspects likely: cops

Tuesday 7 April '09

On the day the fifth and final suspect in the Soumya Vishwanathan murder case was arrested, highly placed sources indicated that the police are likely to slap the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act against the five accused.
No FIR month after tantrik’s ‘potion’ kills girl

Friday 3 April '09

Parents’ belief in superstition claimed the life of a 12-year-old girl earlier last month after she allegedly consumed a ‘medicine’ given by a tantrik in Okhla area of Southeast Delhi.
Police vehicle stolen: With you, for you...now gone

Thursday 2 April '09

An official police vehicle of the East district police has been reported stolen from Kotla Mubarakpur area of South Delhi. Police officials said the white Qualis was attached to the office of the East district Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP).
Lured by job, 15-year-old from Assam confined, raped for 8 months

Sunday 29 March '09

A 15-year-old girl who was lured to Delhi from Assam was raped for eight months by a man who promised her a job in the Capital.
Police fish out more cases against Ravi, total now 21

Saturday 28 March '09

Combing old FIRs, the police have found four fresh criminal cases lodged against Ravi Kapoor, the prime accused in the murders of journalist Soumya Vishwanathan and BPO executive Jigisha Ghosh.
Ravi, Ajay clashed days before Jigisha’s murder: cops

Friday 27 March '09

Ravi Kapoor, the main accused in the Soumya Vishwanathan and Jigisha Ghosh murders, ran a pretty tight ship when it came to his gang members, sources said.
Ravi, Ajay clashed days before Jigisha’s murder: cops

Friday 27 March '09

Ravi Kapoor, the main accused in the Soumya Vishwanathan and Jigisha Ghosh murders, ran a pretty tight ship when it came to his gang members, sources said.
Jammu newlyweds face parents’ ire

Friday 27 March '09

Love became the centre of a bitter feud in a Hauz Khas hostel on Thursday morning with relatives of a Muslim girl bent on separating her from husband Khem Raj.
Prime accused posed as an officer, struck fear in neighbourhood

Wednesday 25 March '09

From allegedly taking monthly protection money from local vendors to threatening his neighbours, double-murder suspect Ravi Kapoor did it all — posing as an officer of Delhi Police’s Special Cell, police said today.
‘We still think she is just away in office’

Tuesday 24 March '09

It’s been six months since Soumya Vishwanathan was found shot dead in her car on Nelson Mandela Marg. Her death was extensively covered in the media and there was much public outrage.
On the run, woman helped robbers dodge police

Saturday 21 March '09

The only woman in the interstate gang of robbers busted by the Special Cell on Friday played a big role in the gang’s success.
Police save cost and money, leave R-Day sandbags untouched

Saturday 21 March '09

As the economic slowdown tightens its grip, Delhi Police is among the organisations finding novel ways to cut down on “unnecessary expenditure”.
Family of 7 found unconscious in Keshavpuram

Thursday 19 March '09

In what appears to be a case of a suicide pact, a family of seven was found poisoned and unconscious in the Tri Nagar area of Keshavpuram on Wednesday.
Three cops suspended for demanding ransom, face abduction charges

Sunday 15 March '09

Three police officers posted in the Pandav Nagar police station in East Delhi have been suspended for allegedly picking up a man and demanding Rs 50,000 for his safe release.
Told to sign ‘loan papers’, widow signs nikahnama; cheat held

Saturday 7 March '09

Having been widowed recently, a resident of Nand Nagri in Northeast Delhi was only too happy to sign “legal affidavits” when told that they were applications for a Rs-50,000 government loan.
Cops gauge terror suspect Peerbhoy’s hacking skills

Thursday 5 March '09

Mohammed Mansoor Asghar Peerbhoy, the alleged cyber specialist of the Indian Mujahideen, is showing the Delhi Police his knowledge of hacking.
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