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Fake challan SMS scam: 5 arrested in Delhi, 544 complaints

Delhi Police arrested five people in a fake challan SMS fraud case linked to 544 complaints. Mangaluru police also warned vehicle owners.

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Illustration of a driver holding a phone with a fake traffic challan payment text stamped FAKE, a Delhi road and barricade behind, labelled Fake challan SMS scam, 5 arrested, 544 complaints linked
Haze over Delhi rooftops and high-rises in December 2019, file photo for the NCR construction ban story
31 Oct 2026

NCR construction ban rules: flyovers hit too, 50% WFH for 16 days

NCR construction ban from 5 to 20 November: CAQM pauses dust-raising work and caps office attendance at 50%.

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi lit up at night, venue of the Diljit Delhi concert, 2010 file photo
30 Oct 2026

Diljit Delhi concert traffic: 11 roads curbed, Metro till midnight

Diljit Delhi concert: curbs on about 11 roads near JLN Stadium till midnight, Delhi Metro extended to 12 am.

Purana Qila walls in Delhi, venue of the SCO dialogue forum, file photo
27 Oct 2026

SCO dialogue: Pakistan minister invited to 10-nation Delhi forum

SCO dialogue: India has invited Pakistan's culture minister to a Delhi forum of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in November, reports say.

A Delhi Transport Corporation electric bus, with a card reading Parivartan scheme, 40,000 sign-ups, Delhi transport mela on 28 October at Burari, North Delhi
27 Oct 2026

Parivartan scheme: 40,000 sign up; Delhi transport mela on 28 October

Parivartan scheme: about 40,000 owners of old trucks and buses have signed up.

Non-BS-VI vehicles ban: DND Flyway toll plaza between Delhi and Noida, file photo
26 Oct 2026

Non-BS-VI vehicles to be banned from Delhi 1 Nov to 31 Jan: who is hit

Non-BS-VI vehicles from outside Delhi will be kept out from 1 November to 31 January.

Aerial view of fields and Delhi villages beside the Najafgarh drain in west Delhi
24 Oct 2026

Delhi villages: last 48 rural villages to be declared urban

Delhi villages lose their last rural tag: the government has notified its final 48 rural villages as urban under Section 507.

Voters fill Form 6 with officials at a voter help centre during Delhi SIR claims
24 Oct 2026

Delhi SIR: 47.6 lakh names cut, Form 6 claims hit just 2.5 lakh

Delhi SIR data shows 2.5 lakh Form 6 claims against 47.6 lakh names dropped from the draft voter list.

Central Park in Connaught Place, venue of the march Neha Bora was heading to
23 Oct 2026

Neha Bora loses plea against ₹10,000 peace bond notice in Delhi HC

Neha Bora must answer a ₹10,000 peace bond notice after the Delhi High Court turned down her plea.

Gate of Bikaner House in New Delhi, where Raihan Vadra photos were removed from a show
22 Oct 2026

Raihan Vadra says 74 of 105 photos were pulled from his Delhi show

Raihan Vadra says Bikaner House had 74 of his protest photos removed hours before his Delhi show.