New Delhi Apr 21 PTI A fire broke out in the forest area near Rajghat on Thursday afternoon officials saidAccording to fire officials seven to eight fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the blazeThe fire was brought under control at 225 pm they said adding there was no report of any injury to any person PTI NIT CK

New Delhi Mar 29 PTI Indian Youth Congress IYC activists staged a protest outside the Union Petroleum Ministry here on Tuesday against the rising prices of petrol diesel and cooking gasIYC president Srinivas BV posted a video of the protest on his official Twitter handle In the video the protesters are seen performing a mock funeral as they carry an LPG cylinder The protesters also raised slogans against the central governmentThe protesters carried an empty cylinder in a symbolic way to bring attention towards rising fuel prices said Indian Youth Congresss National Media Incharge Rahul RaoPetrol prices in the national capital as well as most state capitals crossed Rs 100 a litre mark as its rates were hiked by 80 paise a litre and that of diesel by 70 paise on Tuesday taking the total increase since last week to Rs 480 per litre Petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 10021 per litre against Rs 9941 previously while diesel rates have gone up from Rs 9077 per litre to Rs 9147A senior police officer said that no one was detained during the protest The IYC national president said the burden of inflation is increasing continuously on the peopleWhatever reason the government may give regarding inflation but every citizen of the country knows the real reason The public fails to understand that when the price of crude oil has decreased by about 2642 per cent in the international market then rates of petrol and diesel are increasing continuously in the country he said PTI NIT CK

New Delhi Mar 26 PTI Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 345 degree Celsius three notches above the seasons average on Saturday the India Meteorological Department IMD said The citys minimum temperature was recorded at 201 degrees Celsius which was also three notches above the seasons normal it said The humidity oscillated between 56 per cent to 24 per cent The citys 24-hour air quality was recorded in the poor category AQI 207 at 4 pm Central Pollution Control Board CPCB data showed An Air Quality Index AQI between zero and 50 is considered good 51 and 100 satisfactory 101 and 200 moderate 201 and 300 poor 301 and 400 very poor and 401 and 500 severe The department has predicted strong surface winds in the daytime for Sunday The maximum and minimum temperature are likely to settle around 36 and 20 degrees Celsius respectively it said PTI NIT CK

New Delhi Mar 26 PTI A 20-year-old man allegedly stabbed his cousin to death in a fight over drugs in north Delhis Holambi Kalan area police said on Saturday Police got a call on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday informing that one Imran was stabbed by someone He was rushed to Harischandra hospital a senior police officer said Police reached the hospital and found the patient unfit for recording statement Later the victim was shifted to BSA hospital in Rohini where he was declared dead Deputy Commissioner of Police Outer North Brijendra Kumar Yadav said Meanwhile another injured Sohel was shifted to a hospital for treatment police said Based on the statement of Armaan the elder brother of Imran a case under section 307 attempt to murder was registered against Sohel who is undergoing treatment at Safdarjung hospital the DCP said According to police Sohel called Imran from his home around 5 pm on Friday Both have been involved in drug abuse Police suspected that a sudden altercation broke out between them over drugs which may have triggered the fight However the investigation is underway which will ascertain the exact cause behind the incident they said Narela Industrial Area police station received information around 330 am about the death of Imran following which Indian Penal Code section 302 murder was added in the case police said Residents of Metro Vihar Phase-II Holambi Kalan Imran and Armaan were involved in collection of scraps they added PTI NIT CK

New Delhi Mar 25 PTI The body of a 17-year-old boy was found stuffed into a bag in northwest Delhis Mangolpuri area on Friday morning police said The boy had been missing from Rohini area since Thursday night they said Police were informed regarding the body at 7 am on Friday Upon reaching the spot near Peer Baba Majaar Main Road opposite Y-Block Mangolpuri police found that the unidentified body with throat-slit injuries was stuffed into a purple colour travel bag Deputy Commissioner of Police Outer Sameer Sharma said All neighbouring police stations and districts were informed for checking the missing persons records police said During inquiry the deceased was identified as a 17-year-old resident of Rohini Sector-1 they said Based on the missing report a case under Indian Penal Code section 363 punishment for kidnapping was registered at South Rohini police station on Friday Further investigation is being conducted by the local police of Rohini they added PTI NIT CK

New Delhi Mar 20 PTI The national capital recorded a maximum temperature of 383 degrees Celsius on Sunday eight notches above normal and highest for the city so far this season according to the India Meteorological Department IMD The minimum temperature was recorded at 212 degrees Celsius five notches above the seasons normal the weather office noted The relative humidity on Sunday oscillated between 75 per cent to 26 per cent according to the IMD The weather department has predicted clear sky for Monday The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to settle around 37 degrees Celsius and 21 degrees Celsius respectively Meanwhile the 24-hour air quality in the national capital was recorded in the poor category The Air Quality Index AQI recorded at 242 according to the central pollution control board data showed An AQI between zero and 50 is considered good 51 and 100 satisfactory 101 and 200 moderate 201 and 300 poor 301 and 400 very poor and 401 and 500 severe PTI NIT CK

New Delhi Feb 26 PTI A juvenile was apprehended for allegedly killing a woman and robbing her of her valuables in northwest Delhis Rohini area police said on Saturday On February 7 the body of a woman with stab wounds was found inside a park in Shahbad Dairy area a senior police officer saidDuring investigation police apprehended a juvenile from Rohini Sector-28 near Nahar Road the officer saidIt emerged that the minor was a resident of Shahbad Dairy and he and his friends had gone to Jaipur where they started working in a factory they saidIn Jaipur his friend Deepu befriended a woman on the pretext of marrying her and brought her to Delhi on February 6 police said The accused called their associates and took the woman to a deserted park in Sector-28 in Rohini where the minor and his accomplices stabbed her and took away Rs 98000 earrings nose earrings her mobile phone and other items and escaped they said The knife used in the murder has also been recovered from the minor A search is on for his other accomplices police added PTI NIT CK

New Delhi Dec 25 PTI A 24-year-old man was arrested for allegedly opening gunfire for his birthday celebration in northeast Delhis New Usmanpur area police said on Saturday Police said they have also arrested the person who had given the gun to him The accused were identified as Sunny Dubey and Ghanshyam 34 both residents of New Usmanpur they said Police swung into action after the video of a man firing with pistol during a birthday party went viral on the social media Through technical surveillance and human intelligence network police zeroed-in the place and the person involved in the incident The incident took place in Usmanpur area a senior police officer said Police apprehended Dubey from his home He confessed to the crime and revealed that the pistol was provided to him by one Ghanshyam On his instance a raid was conducted and Ghanshyam was also apprehended from New Usmanpur Deputy Commissioner of Police northeast Sanjay Kumar Sain said During search a pistol loaded with three live cartridges was recovered from his possession police added PTI NIT CK

New Delhi Dec 25 PTI The Delhi Police has arrested six women members of a gang for allegedly trafficking in infants officials said on Saturday The gang involved in trafficking of over 50 infants used to procure them from the parents belonging to poor financial background by offering them money and further sold the babies to childless couples for a hefty amount police said On December 17 police were tipped off that the members of the gang would come near Shamshan Ghat Gandhi Nagar around 330 pm to sell an infant Thereafter a raid was conducted and three women having a seven to eight months old boy with them were apprehended from the spot Three more members of the gang were arrested the next day and one baby girl was rescued Deputy Commissioner of Police Crime Rajesh Deo said Those who have been arrested were identified as Priya Jain Priya Kajal Rekha Shivani and Premvati the officials said During interrogation the accused revealed that a few of them had come in contact with an IVF centre and started donating their eggs to be used in IVF process In this process they came in contact with several couples who had no children of their own and could not even get through the IVF process police said The gang would identify a pregnant woman having a poor financial background and strike a deal with her and her husband When the child was born they used to keep it in their custody police said They would simultaneously identify several possible buyers and circulate the childs photograph among all touts through WhatsApp and sell the child to one who agreed to buy the DCP said Kajal and Priyanka are the mastermind of the gang It is also suspected that their network is spread in other states as well Priyanka is absconding and efforts are being made to arrest the remaining accused police added PTI NIT CK

New Delhi Dec 25 PTI Five inmates have died inside prisons in Delhi in the last eight days officials said on Saturday and asserted that none of the deaths were related to violence According to the officials these deaths were reported in different jails In all these cases the circumstances indicate towards natural cause like old disease or other unknown reason Inquest proceedings are being conducted by Metropolitan Magistrate in each case in accordance with the rules a senior jail official said Police said an undertrial prisoner died on Friday in jail number 3 of Tihar Vikram alias Vicky lodged in central jail number 3 in Tihar died allegedly because of health issues Action has been initiated under Section 176 of the Criminal Procedure Code CrPC a senior police officer said PTI NIT CK