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Day after Diwali, Delhi gasps for air amid toxic haze

New Delhi: Delhi residents woke up on Tuesday to heavy grey haze darkening the city skies, reduced visibility and the air quality in the ‘red zone’ after many celebrated Diwali last night…
Delhi wakes up to toxic air on Diwali morning; overall AQI ‘very poor’

New Delhi: The national capital woke up to a layer of smog on Diwali morning with the city’s air quality index (AQI) slipping into the “very poor” category, as it crossed the…

IndiGo flight from Delhi to Dimapur halted after power bank catches fire

New Delhi: A passenger’s power bank caught fire on board a Dimapur-bound IndiGo plane while taxiing at the Delhi airport on Sunday, with the cabin crew extinguishing the fire, sources said. No…
Delhi should be renamed ‘Indraprastha’, VHP writes to minister Kapil Mishra

New Delhi: The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Sunday demanded that Delhi be renamed ‘Indraprastha’ to connect the national capital with its ancient history and culture. In a letter to Delhi Culture…
Massive fire at apartment complex near Delhi’s RML hospital

New Delhi: A massive fire broke out at an apartment complex, housing residences of several Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs, opposite Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital on Saturday afternoon, an official…
Coal block allocation letter constitutes ‘property’: Delhi HC

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday said that a coal block allocation letter constitutes “property” within the meaning of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), adding that “intangible property”…
South Asian University student sexually assaulted in Delhi

New Delhi: A student of South Asian University (SAU) here was allegedly sexually assaulted and an FIR has been registered in the matter, the police said on Tuesday. Police did not share…

Cough syrup deaths: Delhi govt bans sale, distribution of Coldrif

New Delhi: The Delhi government has banned the sale, purchase and distribution of Coldrif cough syrup after it was declared “not of standard quality”, an official order said. According to the order…
Delhi Police arrests man for circulating child pornographic content on Telegram

New Delhi: Delhi Police has arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly possessing and circulating child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online through Telegram, an official said on Friday. Salman, a resident of Bhalswa…
Delhi govt can regulate unaided private schools’ fee structure: HC

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has held that the city government can regulate the fee structure of unaided private schools only to curb profiteering, commercialisation of education and collection of capitation…
Delhi University students detained over pro Palestine protest

Students of Delhi University were detained by the police for organising a pro-Palestine protest on Thursday, October 9. The Fraternity Movement organised the protest. According to the Fraternity Movement, the mob objected…
AAP fields industrialist Rajinder Gupta for RS bypoll from Punjab

Chandigarh: The ruling Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday announced industrialist Rajinder Gupta as its candidate for the Rajya Sabha bypoll in Punjab, scheduled to be held on October 24. The decision was…
Delhi govt schools to teach RSS history in new ‘Rashtraneeti’ programme

Delhi government schools will now teach the history of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as part of the ‘Rashtraneeti’ programme, which features lessons on civic sense, ‘unsung heroes’ of India’s freedom struggle,…
Festival organiser, Zubeen Garg’s manager arrested in Delhi

Guwahati: North East India Festival (NEIF) chief organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta and Zubeen Garg’s manager Siddhartha Sharma have been arrested in connection with the singer’s death in Singapore, police said on Wednesday. Mahanta…
Delhi airport to introduce E-Arrival Card facility for foreign travellers

New Delhi: E-Arrival Card facility will be available for foreign travellers at the Delhi airport from October 1, a system that will allow international passengers to fill out their arrival information online…