Samridhi Tewari

Journalist at The Hindu

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4 persons killed as massive blaze rips through building in Rohini, Delhi

2 days ago | thehindu.com | Samridhi Tewari

Four persons were killed and three others sustained injuries in a fire that broke out in a five-storey building housing several manufacturing units in Rohini Sector 5, the police said on Wednesday. Sixteen fire tenders were rushed to the spot after the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) received a call about the blaze at 7.30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Delhi Police bust racket of illegal diversion of aviation turbine fuel

4 days ago | thehindu.com | Samridhi Tewari

Delhi Police busted a racket that was siphoning off aviation turbine fuel from tankers, that were meant for the international airport and was involved in selling those in the open market as mineral turpentine oil, that caused a monthly loss of ₹1.62 crores to the national exchequer. A senior police office said, the illegal operation had been running for at least three years.
Man killed outside police station by two against whom he was about to file plaint

1 week ago | thehindu.com | Samridhi Tewari

A 32-year-old man was shot dead outside the Muradnagar police station in Ghaziabad on Wednesday night, allegedly by the two accused against whom he was about to file a complaint. The two accused who shot dead Ravi Sharma at 11.45 p.m. had fired several rounds outside his house earlier in the day, and Ravi was on his way to the police station to lodge a formal complaint regarding the same, a senior officer said.
A leap of faith

1 week ago | thehindu.com | Samridhi Tewari

On June 10, Wazir Singh, 40, was asleep inside a duplex apartment on the ninth floor of Shabad Apartments, Dwarka, a predominantly residential area in south-west Delhi. Singh was visiting his cousin Yash Yadav, 35, and the extended family had got together for a big puja. At 9.40 a.m., Singh woke up to thick smoke entering his room. Singh woke up to thick smoke entering his room.
3 injured in attack on Dalit wedding procession in U.P.’s Amroha; caste abuse alleged

3 weeks ago | thehindu.com | Samridhi Tewari

At least three people were injured on Tuesday (June 3, 2025) after a wedding procession by members of a Dalit community was pelted with stones and hit with rods and sticks in Rahdra village in Amroha, Uttar Pradesh. Two daughters of Rampal, a local belonging to the Jatav (Dalit) community, were getting married. Of the two wedding processions on Monday, the first was from Hasanpur, and the other, from Moradabad, arrived later.
Aspirational Nuh, abandoned education

4 weeks ago | thehindu.com | Samridhi Tewari

Every day, Jitender Kumar, in his early 30s, travels from Bahadurgarh city to Otha village in Nuh district, Haryana, 131 kilometres away. Kumar is a Hindi teacher at the Senior Secondary School in Otha, and takes a bus and an auto to reach the children he guides. It’s a hot, humid day in May, just before the school breaks for summer vacation. Kumar rests his head on a plastic chair, under a fan placed inside a 10x12-foot classroom.
Death row convict and parole jumper who killed 50 people, fed bodies to crocodiles, arrested

1 month ago | thehindu.com | Samridhi Tewari

A death row convict who killed over 50 people and threw their bodies in a crocodile-infested canal, and facilitated at least 125 illegal kidney transplants, was arrested from Rajasthan after he jumped parole two years ago, a police officer said on Tuesday. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Aditya Gautam said Devender Kumar Sharma, 67, a resident of Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, was granted two-month parole on June 9, 2023, but he failed to return and went into hiding.
Two arrested from Laxmi Nagar for running fake govt. job scam

1 month ago | thehindu.com | Samridhi Tewari

Two men were arrested from Laxmi Nagar for running a fake government job recruitment racket under the Ministry of Rural Development. under the name “National Rural Development and Recreation Mission (NRDRM)“ to falsely present it as a government body under the Ministry of Rural Development, have been arrested by Delhi Police, officers said on Monday.
Inside Delhi’s Madrasi Camp, the fear of a community disintegration

1 month ago | thehindu.com | Samridhi Tewari |Satvika Mahajan

Each home in Delhi’s Madrasi Camp sports a drishti bommai (a black mask with exaggerated features such as bulging eyes and red lips). Invariably, at the entryway to each single-room home are two lemons covered in red powder to keep the ‘evil eye’ away. But Yennu Malai, a 50-year-old resident of the camp, laments that ‘bad luck’ has fallen upon everyone over the past year.
Inside Delhi’s Madrasi Camp, the fear of a community disintegration

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Samridhi Tewari |Satvika Mahajan

5 hours agoIndia: Thief sneaks into temple, escapes with cash from donation box as investigation beginsBaghpat, India - May 12, 2025 A temple reported a theft where a miscreant fled with ₹8,000 ($93.46) taken from its donation box. The incident has raised concerns among devotees, prompting authorities to look into the matter and ensure better security at religious places.