Everything you need to know about Lajpat Nagar: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Lajpat Nagar: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) She had very litte time, still Rina Dhaka hopped from one city to another exploring their culture, heritage and lifestyle for her travel show. The ace desinger describes the experience as "fun and challenging".
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) A 57-year-old tutor was Thursday arrested here for sexually assaulting four minor boys who attended coaching sessions in his house, police said Thursday.
Patna, May 3 (IANS) Bihar police have arrested eight people, including two officials of the State Bank of India, for their alleged involvement in withdrawing cash running into crores of rupees from government accounts using forged cheques, officials said Friday.
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) A minor boy died after a teenager administered a drug overdose to him here, police said Sunday. The accused has been taken into custody
Ghaziabad, March 8 (IANS) A man was shot dead in his car by three men Friday morning in Sahibabad, police said.
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) A murdered elderly property consultant's Nepali domestic help and his four fellow-countrymen were Sunday arrested here, police said.
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Five people, including the domestic help of the victim, were Sunday arrested for killing and robbing an elderly property consultant in south Delhi, police said.
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) An elderly property consultant was smothered to death at his rented house here Saturday, police said. A missing domestic help is among the suspects.
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) An elderly property consultant was Saturday smothered to death at his rented house here, police said. A missing domestic help is among the suspects.
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) With autorickshaws and taxis off the roads and Metro trains and buses packed to capacity, Delhiites had a tough time commuting Wednesday as the two-day nationwide strike called by 11 major trade unions began.
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) With autorickshaws and taxis off the roads and metro trains and buses packed to capacity, commuters in Delhi had a harrowing time as the two-day nationwide strike called by 11 trade unions began Wednesday.
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) CIRA Media, a content provider company, has announced the launch of four English channels targeting the youth. The channels offer different music genres like electronic, rock, popular and dance music.
Mayor of South Delhi, Mrs. Savita Gupta today inaugurates reconstruction work of Community Hall at Amar Colony, Lajpat Nagar in Central Zone. President of BJP Delhi Pradesh, Vijender Gupta graced the occasion as chief guest
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) A 19-year-old woman who was critically injured after a man inserted an iron rod into her mouth during a rape attempt in south Delhi was discharged from hospital, but unable to speak, police said Sunday.
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) A man who disguised himself as a woman to rob unsuspecting people was arrested here while waiting for another target, police said Friday.
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Women do not feel safe in Delhi, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit admitted Wednesday.
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) A teenaged Class 9 student fought off a rape bid in her own house here by an electricity contractor who thrust an iron rod into her throat to quell her cries for help, police said Tuesday. The accused has been arrested.
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) A 24-year-old woman was critically injured here after a man inserted an iron rod into her mouth during a rape attempt, police said Tuesday.
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) A 35-year-old Iranian businessman lost Rs.22,000 when his pocket was picked in a bus here, police said Thursday.
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) There was no let-up in the spine chilling cold which worsened Sunday as the minimum temperature dipped to a five-year low of 1.9 degrees Celsius. Flights and train services were hit by dense fog in the morning.
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) The fifth and last main accused in the city's Rs.5.25 crore heist was arrested Friday afternoon from south Delhi's INA market, police said Saturday.
Delhi Social Welfare, WCD Minister Prof. Kiran Walia has said that Government has been implementing various social sector schemes across the city. The Government is committed to make Delhi a hunger free city. She was speaking on the occasion of inauguration of Aapki Rasoi was opened at Nehru Nagar, near Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi.
New Delhi, Nov.22 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday commuted to life term the death sentence awarded to a Jammu Kashmir Islamic Front (JKIF) militant in connection with the 1996 Lajpat Nagar blast case.
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) Fancy lights, "diyas" and tiered lamps -- Chinese lights are shining their multi-coloured hues on the neighbourhood Diwali market this year as their cheaper cost but good quality edge out local competition.
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Two motorcylists robbed a businessman of Rs.7 lakh here Sunday after throwing chilly powder in his eyes, police said.
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Tickets for the annual India International Trade Fair's (IITF) business visitors will be available at 26 Metro stations in the capital from Nov 14, a Metro statement said Sunday.
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Planning to visit Chandni Chowk to buy exquisite jewellery? Or Sarojini Nagar Market for ethnic attire for Diwali? Don't be surprised if you see a policeman toting a placard warning that your vehicle will be towed away if you stop or park on the roadside.
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Chaos reigned on the capital's roads Sunday as the Congress' mega rally led to massive traffic snarls in several parts of the city, especially in central and old Delhi.
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) As the morning haze faded away, the Army Equestrian Centre came alive here Sunday with more than 48,000 students from 800 schools lining up to run the 18th edition of the Salwan Marathon, the world's largest cross-country run for school children.
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) A woman in her 20s has complained that her father-in-law was attempting to force her to have physical relations with him, police said Saturday. She also accused her in-laws of demanding dowry.
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) A 42-year-old Delhi Police traffic constable was crushed to death by a Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus here Monday morning, police said.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) A woman lawyer of an accused in last month's Rs.5.25 crore heist here was arrested for helping her client hide a part of the robbed money, police said Wednesday.
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) One person was arrested Saturday in connection with the sensational Rs.5.25 crore bank van robbery here that left a guard dead, police said Sunday. In all, three people were arrested over the weekend raising to ten the number of arrests in the case.
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) Six armed men drove away with a van carrying Rs.5.50 crore of ICICI Bank after critically injuring the guard in Defence Colony in south Delhi Friday, police said.
New Delhi, Sep.20 (ANI): The Kabul Delhi Restaurant situated in E-block of Lajpat Nagar II in South Delhi evokes memories of Kabul.
New Delhi, Sept 13 (ANI): Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Thursday welcomed the arrest of Mehrajuddin Dand alias Javed, suspected for providing fake travel papers and logistical support to the hijackers of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 in 1999.
In a major breakthrough for India, as Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday night has detained a key accused in Kandahar hijacking case who was in the list of most wanted terrorist and also involved in several terror attacks, informed a senior police official on Thursday..................
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) An Indian and a Nigerian were arrested in a drug trafficking case, Delhi Police said Tuesday.
The heavy sporadic rains in Delhi helped to weather cool throughout but the water logging and traffic created chaos on the road. In fact it has been raining for the last week in capital and it was the results as a heavy rain, which created a major traffic snarl in some part of the capital.
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Heavy rains lashed Delhi Saturday morning spelling chaos on city roads. The hour-long downpour in some parts of the city brought traffic to a halt and flooded roads.
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) This monsoon season's heaviest shower drenched Delhi Tuesday, bringing traffic to a halt. Rainfall recorded in the past 8 hours was 28.2 mm even as the Met office forecast more rain ahead.
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Delhi Police are planning to match the vaginal swab taken from Geetika Sharma, a former flight attendant who committed suicide, with the semen samples of arrested former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda who she blamed for her death.
Mayor of South Delhi, Ms. Savita Gupta today inaugurated tree plantation drive by planting a sapling in a function organized at National Park, Lajpat Nagar-IV. On this occasion Delhi Pradesh BJP Persident, Mr. Vijender Gupta; Chairman, Education Committee, Mr. Satish Upadhaya; officials of Horticulture Department and RWA representatives were present on the occasion.
New Delhi, Aug.1 (ANI): The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will run over 160 extra trips on Thursday, the day when the city and the nation celebrates the sibling festival of Raksha Bandhan.
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The city residents enjoyed pleasant weather Wednesday with morning showers followed by a cloudy day. Rain has been forecast for Thursday too.
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) It was a pleasant and wet day for Delhi Tuesday as the city was lashed by rains since early morning while parts of the city continued to receive light drizzle till the afternoon. The met office has forecast more rains Wednesday.
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Some documents which were purportedly sent to a special court here by an NGO over a corruption case related to Abhishek Verma, an accused in the naval war room leak, were handed over to the CBI.
South Delhi Mayor Savita Gupta laid tha foundation stone of road development work in Lajpat Nagar area. She laid foundation stone with Delhi State BJP chief Vijendre Gupta
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Water woes continued to haunt the national capital as supply of water to Delhi's various treatment plants from neighbouring Haryana remained cut, a Delhi Jal Board (DJB) official said Saturday adding that the situation may worsen further as production at water treatment plants has come down sharply.
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) A 31-year-old woman committed suicide by jumping on the track at the Tilak Nagar Metro station here Monday, officials said.
Mayor of South Delhi Smt. Savita Gupta has said that Veer Savarkar was one of those freedom fighters who had many firsts to his credit and his contribution to the indian freedom movement cannot be forget.
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) India's juvenile justice system has not been effective in safeguarding the rights of half a million street children in the capital, according to various enforcement agencies.
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The juvenile justice system has been ineffective in safeguarding the rights of around 500,000 street-dwelling children in the capital, representatives of the child welfare committees (CWCs) and police said Saturday.
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) So your friend told you about this tiny, hidden away shop in a busy market that sells well-known international branded clothes, shoes and accessories at dirt cheap prices? Beware. What is being offered could be a well imitated, fake product.
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Come Friday, 50 teams of the Delhi traffic police will be stationed in the capital to crack the whip on vehicles with tinted glasses following a recent Supreme Court ruling banning use of black films on car glasses.
The cabinet approved the Court Fees (Delhi Amendment) Bill 2011 and gave its nod for auction of 93 vacant shops underneath subways and
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) India Post is offering a six percent discount on gold coins on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya across its 31 designated post offices in the national capital.
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Nine seats short of the majority mark in south Delhi corporation, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is now trying hard to woo party rebels who won as independents from the area as well as councillors from smaller parties.
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Better sanitation, roads, education, health and other civic amenities were on the minds of people from all hues who came out to elect councillors in the trifurcated Municipal Corporation of Delhi Sunday.
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) More hospitals in the capital will be linked by Delhi Metro's Phase III extension, benefiting tens of thousands of people.
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Seven more Tibetan activists were arrested Friday outside the hotel where Chinese President Hu Jintao was staying, prompting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha to call for a "more humane" police force.
New Delhi, Apr 25 (ANI): Janata Dal-United (JD-U) Delhi unit General Secretary and spokesperson Prabhat Ranjan on Monday expressed displeasure over the black marketing of drinking water in the national capital and demanded that contaminated water plants must be removed with immediate effect.
New Delhi, Sep.27 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday launched 14 air conditioned buses under Hop on Hop Off Bus Service, arranged by the Delhi Tourism and Transport Development Corporation (DTTDC).
Lahore, Sep 27(ANI): Indian freedom fighter Bhagat Singh's alma mater in Lahore, Bradlaugh Hall, is facing decay and may become a heap of bricks and building material if Pakistani authorities continue ignore the grand building.
New Delhi, Sep. 18 (ANI): A school cab driver has been arrested by Delhi Police for allegedly raping a minor girl and sodomising her younger brothers for two years.
New Delhi, Sept.8 (ANI): The Organising Committee Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi, in an initiative with the Delhi Traders Association has decided to organize the "Commonwealth Games Shopping Festival" across all main markets in Delhi from September 25, 2010 to October 15, 2010.
Srinagar, April 26 (ANI): Relatives and friends of the three Kashmiri convicts in 1996 Lajpat Nagar market bomb blast staged a protest demonstration against the court verdict here on Monday.
Srinagar, April 24 (ANI): Activists of All Parties Hurriyat Conference staged a protest here on Saturday against a court verdict that recently pronounced death sentence on three convicts, including two Kashmiris, in connection with 1996 Lajpat Nagar blast in New Delhi.
Srinagar, Apr 24 (ANI): Activists of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) clashed with police Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar on Friday while staging protest against a court order that pronounced a death sentence on three convicts in connection with 1996 blast in New Delhi's Lajpat Nagar Market.
Srinagar, Apr 23 (ANI): The Hurriyat Conference called for a shutdown in Kashmir Valley on Friday to protest against the verdict of a Delhi Court, awarding death sentence to three persons including two Kashmiris for their alleged involvement in the Lajpat Nagar bomb blast case in New Delhi.
New Delhi, Apr 22 (ANI): A Patiala House court on Thursday delivered death sentences to three of the six persons involved in the 1996 Lajpat Nagar blast.
New Delhi, April 21 (ANI): Long traffic snarls in the scorching heat of summer, made it quite difficult for people to commute at many places of the national capital on Wednesday morning, as hundreds of thousands of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters converged here to participate in the public rally against price rise.
New Delhi, April 19 (ANI): At least 16 fire tenders had to be pressed into service to curb a fire that broke out at a utensils shop in the Central Market of Lajpat Nagar here on Monday.
Srinagar, Apr 13 (ANI): The hardliner faction of the Hurriyat Conference which is led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani spearheaded a shutdown in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday in protest against the conviction of six Kashmiris, including a woman, Farida Behanji, for their alleged involvement in the Lajpat Nagar bomb blast case in New Delhi.
New Delhi, Apr 8 (ANI): A Patiala House court on Thursday convicted six people for their role in the 1996 Lajpat Nagar blast.
New Delhi, Mar 30 (ANI): The Patiala House court on Tuesday postponed till April 8 its verdict in the 1996 Lajpat Nagar blast in which 13 people were killed.
Moradabad (UP), Aug 3 (ANI): Hindu scripture Shrimad Bhagwad Gita has been transcribed into an illustrated miniature book by a sweetmeat shop owner in Moradabad.
New Delhi, July 15 (ANI): The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has sacked official in-charge of the Badarpur Metro line, Vijay Anand, for neglecting his duty, following shocking collapse of an under construction Metro pillar in south Delhi.
New Delhi, July 12 (ANI): Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) chief Dr. Elattuvalapil Sreedharan on Sunday resigned over the bridge collapse incident in the Lajpat Nagar area of South Delhi in which killed six persons, including an engineer, and 15 wounded, five of them seriously.
New Delhi, July 12 (ANI): Taking full responsibility for Sunday's Metro bridge collapse in Lajpat Nagar in South Delhi, in which 6 people were killed and 13 injured, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's (DMRC) 77-year-old Managing Director, E Sreedharan announced that he was resigning with immediate effect.
New Delhi, July 12 (ANI): The Managing Director of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), E Sreedharan, on Sunday said he would take stock of the situation arising out of this morning's DMRC bridge collapse, and then decide what action was to be taken against the project contractor, Gammon India.
New Delhi, July 12 (ANI): The Delhi Police on Sunday registered a case against the contractor, supervisor and construction company Gammon India Limited after an under-construction Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) flyover collapsed in the Lajpat Nagar area of South Delhi this morning.
New Delhi, July 12 (ANI): At least five labourers were killed and 20 others injured when an under-construction Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) flyover collapsed in Lajpat Nagar area in South Delhi early this morning.
New Delhi, July 12 (ANI): At least three labourers were killed and seven others injured when an under-construction Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) flyover collapsed in Lajpat Nagar area in South Delhi early this morning.
New Delhi, June 28 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has called a meeting of top officials to discuss ways to resolve the power crisis in the capital at the earliest.
New Delhi, June 4 (ANI): Politicians and civil servants are rated to be the most corrupt persons according to the 2009 Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) released by Transparency International, (TI) the global body monitoring corruption in governance.
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Under a public-private initiative, Delhi Police with the help of local business houses and traders' associations will install high-end cameras and security gadgets at markets and business centres which see footfalls of over 100,000 a day, officials said Friday.
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Driving allegedly under the influence of alcohol, a man rammed his luxurious car into the wall of a cabinet minister's house after hitting and injuring a motorcyclist here, police said Thursday.
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) One person was killed and 34 injured when a speeding container truck jumped the road divider and collided with a bus in south Delhi early Wednesday, police said.
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) One person was killed and 34 injured when a speeding container truck jumped the road divider and collided with a bus in south Delhi early Wednesday, police said.
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Journalist Jarnail Singh, who flung a shoe at Home Minister P. Chidambaram, did not vote Thursday as a sign of protest against parties negating the 'essence of the Constitution' and seeking power on grounds of region, religion and caste.
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Party campaigners find they do not know many of the areas now within their constituency as delimitation has altered the political demography of the capital. The maps of all seven Lok Sabha constituencies in Delhi have been redrawn.
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) As many as 31 students of a government-aided school in the capital fell ill Wednesday after eating mid-day meals provided by the school, police said.
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Minerals and Metals Trading Corp (MMTC), tying up with jewellery house Gitanjali Group, Tuesday announced the launch of its retail chain across the country to sell hallmark gold and diamond jewellery.
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) State-owned commodity trader MMTC Ltd, in association with diamond company Gitanjali Group, Tuesday launched 'Suddhi Sampoorna Vishwash', a chain of retail stores for selling hallmark gold and diamond jewellery.
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd, one of the pioneers of linen in India, paid tribute to the country's most sought-after fashion fabric by launching a new store 'Linen Club The Ramp' in the capital.
New Delhi, April 9 (ANI): Delhi Public Library has opened a fully computerised sub-branch library at Vinobha Puri near Lajpat Nagar II in the capital, which offers computerised library services, free lending services and a modernised children section.
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) At 104 Satyavati is the oldest surviving freedom fighter in India. Her 80-year-old daughter, Subhadra Khosla, was the youngest girl to have been arrested in 1942, during the struggle for independence. Recalling the moments that led to their arrest, the mother and daughter say the spirit of sacrifice was then at its peak.
Ghaziabad, Jan 24 (IANS) A teenager was killed after two groups of students fired at each other in a college at Sahibabad Saturday, a police officer said.
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) A day after four robbers were injured in a shootout, Delhi Police Tuesday said the 'intelligent' criminals were members of an interstate gang and were targetting to rob two banks, a jewellery and a diamond shop and an embassy cash van in south Delhi.
