Homeless; Kathputli Colony residents spend nights out in the cold
26 Dec 2016 5:52 AM ISTIn what appears to be a Dickensian nightmare playing out in real time, the residents of Kathputli Colony, are forced to spend a bleak Christmas as...
Rape victim’s mother shot at, assailants still at large
24 Dec 2016 5:52 AM ISTShe is currently being operated upon by a team of doctors at AIIMS Trauma Centre. The two accused are yet to be identified.The incident happened on...
17-year-old girl shot dead in Merc near her house
22 Dec 2016 6:22 AM ISTA 17-year-old girl was found shot dead in a Mercedes car parked right outside her house in South-west Delhi’s Najafgarh area on Tuesday night. She was...
Post demonetisation, puppeteers find it hard to make ends meet
22 Dec 2016 5:29 AM ISTKathputli Colony, which has earned the moniker ‘Magician’s Ghetto’ for it’s eccentric inhabitants ranging from puppeteers to snake charmers, may have...
Joblessness plagues Okhla industrial hub
21 Dec 2016 5:31 AM ISTSouth-east Delhi’s industrial hub, Okhla, has always been bustling with the sound of machines silently whirring away finished goods that are then...
Camp is hell, say residents; authorities claim bogus proofs
20 Dec 2016 5:45 AM ISTThe residents of Kathputli Colony have always been at loggerheads with the DDA and police ever since the DDA had awarded the contract of redeveloping...
Kathputli Colony residents ‘forced’ to sign consent to shift
20 Dec 2016 5:42 AM ISTKathputli Colony, a myriad amalgamation of street performers ranging from puppeteers, acrobats, snake charmers, singers and actors woke up to a heavy...
With little or no guards outside ATMs, city women feel unsafe
17 Dec 2016 5:32 AM ISTSerpentine queues are now the new normal across various ATMs and bank branches across the Capital, as the citizens continue to reel under the cash...
Fight for gender inclusive spaces still on for city women
16 Dec 2016 5:52 AM IST“I don’t feel safe in the city. If you ask me, I fret going out of my house late in the evening, and have to depend on my family or at least go out in...
Four years on, Nirbhaya’s parents still await justice
15 Dec 2016 6:06 AM ISTFour years after ‘Nirbhaya’, a physiotherapy intern, was brutally gang-raped and tortured, leading to widespread protests that brought the issue of...
Drug in times of demonetisation: Supplies dry up along with cash
14 Dec 2016 5:39 AM ISTThirty five days after the demonetisation drive, Delhiites are not the only ones bearing the brunt of cash crunch. Drug peddlers across the city have...
Harrassment, brutality; a part of her life, claims Laxmi Devi
13 Dec 2016 6:01 AM ISTTwo days ago, a video was circulated on social media showing a senior citizen being beaten up by her son in East Delhi, which had created a lot of...
