Tag: Delhi

New Delhi: “Now the real one comes, let us go in the front,” said the crowd sitting on the back benches at Rajpath on the occasion of Republic Day after finding that a contingent of women bikers of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will perform daredevil stunts. Defying security personnel, spectators moved ahead to take […]

New Delhi: Air India’s 423-seater jumbo B747 plane took off from the Delhi airport for Wuhan at around 1.20 pm on Friday to evacuate Indian nationals as China deals with the novel coronavirus outbreak, officials said. There are five doctors from the Health Ministry and one paramedical staff on board, they said, adding that around 400 […]

New Delhi: The polling for the 70-member Delhi Assembly got underway on Saturday morning, an election that saw the ruling AAP, opposition BJP and the Congress engaged in a bitterly fought high-octane campaign. Over 1.47 crore people are eligible to exercise their franchise in the polls that will decide the fate of 672 candidates. The […]

New Delhi: Congress’ Chandni Chowk candidate Alka Lamba on Saturday got into an altercation with an AAP worker outside a polling booth, a purported video of which has gone viral. The video shows Lamba arguing with the AAP worker. She can be then seen trying to slap the man, but misses. Lamba alleged that the […]

New Delhi: Giving a message to voters in the national capital to come out and vote in the Assembly polls, a bridegroom from east Delhi on Saturday exercised his franchise on the day of his wedding and urged others to fulfil their responsibility towards the nation. Dhananjay Dhyani, a bridegroom from east Delhi’s Shakarpur area, […]

New Delhi: In a shocking incident, a Delhi Police woman sub-inspector was shot dead by a male sub-inspector, who later committed suicide on Friday night, a senior official told IANS on Saturday. Prima facie the matter seems to be a love affair gone wrong, he added. Additional Commissioner of Police S.D. Mishra (Rohini district) said: […]

New Delhi: With the Election Commission yet to come out with the final voting percentage of Delhi assembly elections, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said the delay was “absolutely shocking” and wondered why the poll panel was not releasing the figure several hours after polling got over. “Absolutely shocking. What is EC doing? Why […]

New Delhi: After a row over the delay in announcing total voter turnout for Delhi Assembly elections on Saturday, Chief Election Officer Ranbir Singh on Sunday evening blamed the delay on collation of data. Singh informed media that the final voter turnout was 62.59 per cent, which he termed “satisfactory”. He said that the Delhi […]

New Delhi: In the wake of the unabated resurgence of new Covid-19 cases in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday declared a six-day lockdown starting from…

New Delhi: Delhi topped the list of most polluted capital cities in the world in 2019, according to a new report which also revealed that 21 of the world’s 30 most polluted cities are in India. According to the World Air Quality Report 2019 compiled by IQAir Air Visual, Ghaziabad is the most polluted city […]

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) Class 12 exams in violence-hit areas of northeast Delhi on Thursday have been postponed. The CBSE said in a statement that considering the request of Delhi’s Directorate of Education and to avoid inconvenience to students, staff and parents, the exam has been postponed for the area, […]

New Delhi: The situation in northeast Delhi was peaceful Saturday morning with residents gradually coming to terms with the damage in communal riots in the area earlier this week. Security personnel have been conducting flag marches and holding regular consultations with locals to assuage their fears. They are also urging residents to not pay attention […]

New Delhi: Two new novel coronavirus cases have been reported in Delhi and Telangana, the Ministry of Health and Family welfare announced on Monday. The Ministry in a statement said: “One positive case of COVID-19 has been detected in New Delhi, and one has been detected in Telangana.” According to the Health Ministry, the person […]

New Delhi: Two new cases of coronavirus have been reported from Bengaluru and Punjab taking the total positive cases to 45 so far. A new case each was earlier reported from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Ernakulam in Kerala, and Jammu, the Health Ministry said, adding that no deaths due to the coronavirus had been reported yet […]

New Delhi: In wake of complete lockdown to prevent the COVID-19 spread Delhi Police cleared the anti-CAA protest site in Shaheen Bagh in the national capital on Tuesday and detained some protestors. According to the police, no force was used during the process, however, several protesters, who refused to leave the venue despite continuous persuasion, […]