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Abducted by tutor, boy rescued in Jaipur

Sunday 7 February '10

A 13-year-old boy, allegedly kidnapped by his tutor in Faridabad, was rescued on Friday from Jaipur, the police said.
Abducted by tutor, boy rescued in Jaipur

Saturday 6 February '10

Police, on Friday, rescued a 13-year-old boy from Jaipur, allegedly kidnapped by his own tutor in Faridabad.
‘Seemed normal, till we read reports’

Thursday 4 February '10

After months of near anonymity, residents of Palam Vihar Sector 23 today got to know of the occupants of the red duplex (House No 1659) at the far end of the sector from media reports.
On first day of popular Mela, crowds don’t disappoint, sales do

Tuesday 2 February '10

Nargis Totakhai, 16, and her older sister Neelab, 20, stand in a semi-dark stall attending customers in English and Hindi. Shokirova Sabohat, 29, sits with her arms folded, waiting for customers and hoping to understand snatches of their conversation this time.
Capital contest

Sunday 31 January '10

In a small, bare room, a girl in her early 20s leans back on a grey plastic chair while the make-up artist dabs face cream on her throat.
R-Day crowd makes you forget fear: bravehearts on bikes

Wednesday 27 January '10

BSF Inspector Gurpreet Singh is posted in Srinagar, Constable Bhoop Kumar in Tripura, Constable Rajinder in Assam-Manipur, and Constable Satya Prakash in Gujarat.
Night shelter on R-Day route not to be demolished

Monday 25 January '10

After the Supreme Court order to the government provide shelter to all homeless people in the city, the blue tarpaulin night shelter at Dilli Gate which is on the way of the Republic Day parade, will not be dismantled.
JNU PhD student says harassed, assaulted inside campus; probe on

Tuesday 19 January '10

A jawaharlal Nehru University student was allegedly harassed and physically assaulted by a group of students in the campus when she tried to dissuade one of them from “constantly staring” at her.
Last to drop off trip, man left with news of 7 deaths

Thursday 14 January '10

When bodies of his friends began arriving on Wednesday morning, Ajay Aggarwal didn’t know whose family to console first in Brahmpuri, Northeast Delhi.
To ease traffic in CP, NDMC to make new plan

Tuesday 12 January '10

With construction work for subways throwing traffic out of gear in Connaught Place over the past fortnight, it was decided on Monday that officials of all the stakeholders will visit the area and make a fresh plan to tackle the situation.
Killer roads

Monday 11 January '10

Road accidents account for the highest number of deaths in Delhi. While the total number of road accidents saw a slight dip last year, fatal accidents went up from that of 2008.
Expo organisers, CP facelift to blame for jam: cops

Friday 8 January '10

Below the giant posters announcing the arrival of the “winged” Mercedes at the Auto Expo in Pragati Maidan, hundreds of cars stand choc-a-bloc in one of the worst traffic jams in the city.
‘Harassed by teacher’, 18-yr-old commits suicide

Thursday 7 January '10

An 18-year-old girl, a student of Class XII, allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her house in Dakshinpuri on Wednesday morning.
‘Game’ for makeover: Biometric IDs, GPS devices for auto-rickshaws in Capital

Thursday 7 January '10

Twenty-eight years ago, when Asian Games came to Delhi, the boring black auto-rickshaws underwent a makeover and were brushed with yellow.
Dadwal: societal imbalance breeding first-time offenders

Sunday 3 January '10

The heterogeneous nature of Delhi’s population, the city’s unplanned urbanisation and increasing socio-economic imbalances are the main breeding ground for criminals...
Photojournalist death: report points to accident, family says killed for camera

Saturday 2 January '10

Two days after his body was found by the railway tracks in Sahibabad, photographer Aman Kashyap’s family and friends believe he was murdered while trying to save his camera.
Traffic challans set to go e-way

Saturday 2 January '10

The city’s traffic police expect to go digital by the middle of this year, when their challan books will shrink into a kindle.
Divide and rule: new mantra for roads leading to India Gate

Tuesday 22 December '09

The ride to India Gate from almost every direction will soon have railings, raised as central verges to prevent traffic jams and accidents, which the police say are caused mostly by the absence of verges.
East Delhi bank robbed: Rs 7.5 lakh gone in 4 minutes

Wednesday 9 December '09

Five men, masked and armed, stormed into a bank in East Delhi, overpowered the two security guards, held the staff hostage, robbed it, and disappeared — all in less than four minutes on Tuesday afternoon.
Five injured as gas line bursts in Dwarka house

Saturday 5 December '09

Three members of a family and two technicians received burn injuries when an IGL gas pipeline burst while being connected at a house in Dwarka on Thursday evening.
Week on, missing boys found drowned in ditch at civic park

Wednesday 2 December '09

A week after Arman, 8, and Arshid, 4, went missing, their bodies were found on Tuesday, floating in a seven-foot ditch at a municipal park next to their home in Shakurpur Basti in West Delhi.
Parents’ demand for better service draws school’s ire

Friday 27 November '09

The afternoon saw parents crowding outside the Evergreen School, waiting for their children to come out.
Leaking gas tank leads to fire in schoolbus, kids safe

Friday 27 November '09

The burnt out skeleton of the bus stood on a secluded road a few metres from the school where it was supposed to drop the 40 students it was ferrying.
Killer buses: Blueline leads with 99, DTC follows with 49

Wednesday 25 November '09

Blueline and DTC buses took one young life each in the past 24 hours, and sent a chilling reminder that the Capital’s roads continue to be a dangerous territory.
JNU students, cops clash after outsiders molest girl on campus

Monday 23 November '09

Uproar prevailed at the Jawaharlal Nehru University till late on Sunday night after four youths allegedly molested a girl student on the campus.
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