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AAP holds ‘Jan Aakrosh Rally’ to protest targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits in valley
New Delhi: A massive protest rally to condemn the targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir Valley was organized by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi's Jantar Mantar on Sunday. Labelled as Jan Aakrosh rally, the protest witnessed…
Social Media Cell set up at Delhi Police HQ
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Monday set up a Social Media Cell in-house state-of-the-art studio to counter fake news, holding Podcast, Twitter Live sessions, panel discussions and press briefings.
Inaugurating the Media Cell, Delhi…
Strong hailstorm, rain hit national capital, 2 dead
New Delhi: At least two persons lost their lives in separate incidents after the national capital received a heavy downpour, accompanied by a hailstorm, which lashed a few parts of the national capital on Monday evening.
The deaths were…
Delhi L-G asks MCD to prepare action plan to sort legacy waste sites
New Delhi: Delhi Lieutenant Governor (L-G) VK Saxena on Sunday asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to draw out an action plan for the complete razing of all three garbage mountains situated at Ghazipur, Bhalaswa and Okhla area of…
At 49 degrees Celsius, Delhi city turns into hot cauldron
NEW DELHI: Recurring heat waves in the city is taking a toll on people as well as the environment. The two city weather stations on Sunday recorded a high of 49 degrees C first-ever such reading in Delhi, said experts.
The heat waves are…
Kejriwal to devise counter-strategy against MCD demolition drive
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister and national convenor of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Arvind Kejriwal, will hold a crucial meeting with party MLAs on the anti-encroachment drive by the BJP-ruled municipal corporations in the city. As per the…
Mundaka Fire: Authorities identify seven of 27 dead bodies, 29 missing
New Delhi: The authorities have identified 7 out of the 27 people
who were killed in a massive fire in Mundaka area of West Delhi on Friday, officials told media. The bodies retrieved by Delhi Police and Fire Department from…
Several reported missing after blaze in building in Mundka
NEW DELHI: Several people were reported missing after a massive fire broke out in a four-storey building near Mundka metro station in Delhi on Friday evening. Panic gripped the kin of those who went missing after the fire mishap as they…
Demolition spree unabated in Delhi; war of words break out between AAP, BJP
NEW DELHI: The Municipal Corporations (North and South) continued with the anti-encroachment drives in various parts of the city on Friday, with Shaheed Bhagat Singh Stadium at Mangolpuri being one of them, which they said was “illegally”…
Pvt schools can’t enforce specific vendor, shop upon parents for books, uniform
New Delhi, May 5: In a move to tighten the noose around private schools in the national capital, the Delhi Government on Thursday ordered that the school will not force the parents to buy uniforms and educational materials ffrom certain…
Delhi has a burning problem: Three garbage mountains
How long will it take to flatten Delhi’s tottering garbage mountains? At the largest dumpsite in East Delhi’s Ghazipur, it could take decades to process just the legacy or old waste at the current pace. Not to mention that the landfill,…
Satyendar Jain responds to letter by Union Power Minister
A day after Union Power Minister R K Singh said the Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain’s letter to the Union Minister had incorrect figures on the coal stock at plants supplying electricity to Delhi, Jain has responded to Singh saying that…
Delhi HC issues notice to Delhi Govt on demolition of 95-yr-old school
New Delhi, May 2: The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to the Delhi government and other Government officials on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), challenging the construction of a multi-level car parking facility by…
Rangpuri slum residents live in fear as they face prospects of eviction
New Delhi, May 1: Rangpuri slum residents, who face the prospect of being evicted from their homes due to a National Green Tribunal (NGT) order passed in January 2021 are living in fear and are demanding regularization of their slum…
Coal shortage may hit metro & hospital services, Delhi Govt warns
New Delhi, April 28: The Delhi Government on Thursday raised an alarm over the possible shortage of coal stating that the situation may even hit Delhi Metro rail services. Power Minister Satyendar Jain held an emergency meeting at Delhi…
BJP renames Mohammadpur as ‘Madhavpuram’, in South Delhi
New Delhi, April 27: The Bhartiya Janata Party's Delhi unit said that it has "renamed" South Delhi's Mohammadpur village as Madhavpuram on Wednesday, even though official clearance from the Delhi Government for the same was yet to…
Mask mandate returns to Delhi, violators to pay Rs 500
New Delhi, April 20: The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Wednesday reinforced the mask mandate in the national capital making non-wearing in public places a punishable offence attracting a fine of Rs 500, officials said.…
Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area violence leaves several hospitalized, security deployed
New Delhi, April 16: Hours after violence broke out between two groups in Jahangirpuri of the national capital on Saturday during a procession of Hanuman Janmdivas, the Delhi Police deployed heavy security personnel in the area and were…
Clash breaks out between two groups in JNU, several injured
New Delhi, April 10: A clash broke out between two groups of students in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) over allegedly eating non-vegetarian food on the occasion of Ram Navmi. Both groups were making allegations and counter…
BJP leaders meet LG, present five-point memorandum of demands
New Delhi, April 4: Delhi BJP leaders met Lt Governor Anil Baijal on Monday regarding Delhi's problems and presented him with a five-point memorandum of demands. The BJP said it raised some of the demands including problems of Anganwadi…
