The row began after information commissioner Uday Mahurkar wrote to lieutenant governor (LG) VK Saxena accusing the Delhi government of failing to implement the Right to Information Act, 2005, and reducing it to a “lame duck” legislation -- a charge denied by the state government, which described the missive as an example of “dirty politics”.

The ongoing construction work on extension of the Ashram flyover up to DND Flyway only compounds the tonnes of problems, leading to a traffic chock-a-block specially during the morning and evening rush hours.

The accused used to blackmail the victims by threatening to make their private pictures viral, police officers said.

The Delhi high court directed Delhi Police to submit data on the number of UAPA cases in which the charge sheet was filed within a period of 90 days. The court also sought to know the number of such cases where extension has been sought to complete the investigation, and has been granted by the trial court.

The Prime Minister said that this decision will benefit many states which do not have access to the coastline

Delhi Police on Tuesday night arrested a 30-year-old advocate practising at Karkardooma court on charges of forging his degree and fraudulently enrolling himself with the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD)

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has stepped up the pace of its “bio-mining project” to clear three landfill sites in the national capital, the office of Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena said on Wednesday

Delhi witnessed light fog on Wednesday morning, with visibility falling to as low as 350 metres in parts of the city. The fog resulted in the Capital’s AQI dropping to a reading 144 (moderate).

“Muslim artists indulge in love jihad under the guise of mehendi work and there have been many such cases,” the legislator from Khatauli constituency said in Muzaffarnagar district.