A 26 year old engineer, a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, allegedly committed suicide by jumping to death from the 13th floor of a posh apartment building on Golf Course road late Sunday evening. The police said he was grappling with depression for the last 16 months.rnThe deceased, identified as Ankit Wadhwa, allegedly jumped from his uncles apartment in DLF Magnolias as he was depressed and dissatisfied with his job.Wadhwa hailed from Sriganganagar in Rajasthan and used to work in Mumbai. He was also planning to get a masters degree in business administration, said Ga ... Read More

The Delhi high court on Monday cleared Peepli Live codirector Mahmood Farooqui of charges of raping a US citizen, setting aside a lower court verdict that sentenced him to seven years in jail.rnThe high court quashed the rape charges giving the 44 year old film maker benefit of doubt.The Delhi Police had on June 19, 2015 lodged an FIR against Farooqui on the complaint of the woman, an American citizen of India descent, after which he was arrested. In its charge sheet police alleged that Farooqui had raped the research scholar from Columbia University at his Sukhdev Vihar house in south Delhi o ... Read More

Three cases of drone sightings in the last two weeks including one near the Parliament have kept Delhi Police on their toes.The security control room at Delhi airport received three calls of drone sighting from three different parts of the city in the last couple of weeks, none of which could be located later.On September 17 around 10pm, the Delhi police security control room was informed about the sighting of a drone like object in the Parliament area. The air traffic controller at Delhi airport was asked to check the radar but drone movements are usually not captured on the ATCs radar. Howev ... Read More

In another attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Shiv Sena on Monday asked the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP why the Modi wave was failing to tackle inflation.BJP leaders have been taunting the Sena, saying its members of Parliament were elected in large numbers in 2014 owing to the Modi wave.Taking potshots at this, an editorial in Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana, asked why the Modi wave could not use its power to solve the problems of the poor.The Shiv Sena has been attacking the Centre over rising fuel prices and inflation. A key constituent of the ruling National Democratic alliance, it he ... Read More

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party BJP, which bagged only four seats in 2011, won 14 seats in Municipal Corporation of Gurugram MCG elections held on Sunday.A total of 12 seats were reserved for women and 15 women candidates emerged victorious. Twelve women candidates were elected councillors in 2011.The tally, however, is a setback for the party leaders who are hopeful of bagging 30 out of 35 seats. The party had fielded candidates on all 35 seats, while the Congress did not field candidates on party symbol.Loss of local MLA Umesh Aggarwals sister in law Himani Aggarwal from ward 9 and Pramod ... Read More

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party BJP, which bagged only four seats in 2011, won 14 seats in Municipal Corporation of Gurugram MCG elections held on Sunday.A total of 12 seats were reserved for women and 15 women candidates emerged victorious. Twelve women candidates were elected councillors in 2011.The tally, however, is a setback for the party leaders who are hopeful of bagging 30 out of 35 seats. The party had fielded candidates on all 35 seats, while the Congress did not field candidates on party symbol.Loss of local MLA Umesh Aggarwals sister in law Himani Aggarwal from ward 9 and Pramod ... Read More