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Delhi Police busts Chinese manjha racket; 2 held
Delhi Police seized over 2,000 rolls of banned Chinese manjha from Uttam Nagar and arrested two men accused of stocking the hazardous synthetic kite string for sale ahead of the Independence Day season
AIIMS Delhi team begins 2nd autopsy of Twisha; kin urge people to join her funeral procession
AIIMS Delhi doctors began Twisha Sharma’s second autopsy in Bhopal on Sunday following a high court order, as her family appealed to residents and social workers to join her funeral procession and support their demand for justice
Delhi Red Fort blast: NIA chargesheet reveals abuse of AI platform for ‘terror engineering’
NIA probe into the Red Fort blast case found that accused linked to an Al-Qaida offshoot allegedly used YouTube and ChatGPT to research and fabricate rocket IEDs, drones, and explosive trigger mechanisms, exposing a wider “jihadi conspiracy” involving radicalised medical professionals
‘Kaam hai, number bhej do’ — gangs hire online, police chase shadows
Delhi Police and intelligence agencies are grappling with the growing use of social media platforms by criminal and extremist networks for recruitment, intimidation, and propaganda, as online groups glorifying gang culture continue to attract vulnerable young users across several states
Delhi Police arrest proclaimed offender in rape, POCSO case
Delhi Police arrest proclaimed offender accused in rape, POCSO case after evading court proceedings since 2024
Delhi: Rs 182 crore Captagon bust, yet tramadol flows without check
Even as authorities intensify action against pharmaceutical drugs such as Captagon and tramadol, a ground-level check by Patriot found that tramadol tablets and injections could still be obtained from several Delhi pharmacies without prescriptions, raising concerns over weak enforcement and growing misuse
2020 Delhi riots: Court convicts three for rioting, unlawful assembly
A Delhi court convicted three men for rioting and unlawful assembly during the 2020 northeast Delhi violence, saying they were part of a mob that pelted stones at police in Khajuri Khas
Spotlight on UP amid new cases, as it records most dowry deaths across India
Recent alleged dowry-linked deaths in Greater Noida and Bhopal have once again drawn attention to the persistence of dowry-related violence, even as NCRB data show Delhi recording the highest number of such deaths among the country’s metropolitan cities in 2024
