Allow Chhath Celebrations, Arvind Kejriwal Asks Delhi Lieutenant Governor
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal wrote a letter to Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal requesting him to permit Chhath Puja in Delhi. | Read more|
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1,091 trees to be cut for SPA’s new campus at Vasant Kunj
A Supreme Court committee has recommended the felling of 1,091 trees for a proposed campus of School of Planning and Architecture (SPA) at the ‘extended ridge area’ in south Delhi’s Vasant Kunj. | Read more|
Capital may lose over 5,000 trees for Delhi-Saharanpur highway project
Delhi’s green cover may have to take a beating, this time to facilitate a highway project. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has submitted a proposal to clear 14.08 hectares of “forest” land in East and Northeast Delhi to make way for a six-lane road. | Read more|
PM Has Made India A "Global Player": BJP's Huge Welcome After US Visit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a grand welcome from his party, the BJP, shortly after he landed in the country after a three-day visit to the US, where he addressed the United Nations General Assembly and attended the first in-person Quad summit. | Read more|
India salon fined $271,000 for 'botching' model's haircut
A consumer court in India has ordered a salon to pay 20m rupees ($271,000; £197,000) in damages to a model for giving her the wrong haircut. | Read more|
Delhi Airport Flooded After Record Rain, City On Orange Alert
Parts of the Indira Gandhi Airport (IGI) airport in New Delhi have been waterlogged following record rain in the national capital. An 'orange alert' has been issued as the monsoon rainfall in Delhi breached the 1,000 mm mark on Friday, the highest annual rainfall in 46 years. | Read more|
‘Raped’ by BSP MP, woman who set herself on fire dies
The 24-year-old woman who had set herself on fire along with a friend outside the Supreme Court last week succumbed to burn injuries on Tuesday. The man, a 27-year-old Delhi University graduate, had died during treatment on Saturday. | Read more|
Rs. 4 Lakh For Economy Ticket: Regulator DGCA Seeks Details On India-UK Flights
Aviation regulator DGCA has asked the airlines to submit details about the airfares they have been charging for India-UK flights during August, a senior official said on Sunday. | Read more|
Delhi Police lodge FIR for ‘inflammatory slogans’ at Jantar Mantar
The Delhi Police have registered an FIR under Sections 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups), against the unknown persons a day after “inflammatory, anti-Muslim slogans” were allegedly raised at Jantar Mantar on Sunday during a march “against Colonial-era laws” in the country. | Read more|
Delhi HC refuses to stay implementation of new IT Rules for digital news portals, renotifies for roster bench
The Delhi High Court on Monday declined to stay the Centre’s May 28 notice asking digital news portals to comply with Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, saying there was ‘no question of the vacation bench granting any interim relief to the petitioners’. | Read more|
‘Baba Ka Dhaba’ owner in Safdarjung Hospital following suicide bid, says Delhi Police
The owner of the famous “Baba Ka Dhaba” in South Delhi’s Malviya Nagar area, Kanta Prasad (80), was admitted to Safdarjung Hospital on Thursday night following a suicide bid, police said. | Read more|
Delhi Police increase deployment at borders after inputs that 50,000 farmers plan to enter capital
The Delhi Police on Thursday stepped up security deployment at all the border points connecting the neighbouring states of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh after they received intelligence inputs that around 50,000 farmers are planning to enter the national capital. The farmer organisations, however, said there were no such p | Read more|
Delhi to receive Sputnik V vaccine after June 20, says CM Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday that the national capital will receive its first consignment of Sputnik V vaccine after June 20. | Read more|
"Don't Force Us To...": Supreme Court To Centre On Delhi Oxygen Supply
The central government has to supply 700 metric tonnes of medical oxygen to Delhi every day till further orders, the Supreme Court said this morning, as top hospitals in the national capital continue to struggle to tackle the unprecedented rise in Covid infections. | Read more|
India Asks State Banks To Withdraw Cash Abroad So Cairn Cannot Seize It
India has asked state-run banks to withdraw funds from their foreign currency accounts abroad, two government officials and a banker said, as New Delhi fears Cairn Energy may try to seize the cash after an arbitration ruling in a tax dispute. Cairn was awarded damages of more than $1.2 billion plus interest and costs i | Read more|