Delhi

Delhi Police uses Mathews’ timed out incident to spread awareness about helmets

The message was posted in reference to the high number of road accidents in Delhi in recent years.

Padmavat: Under the lens of history, politics, and literature

Padmavat, a tale of a mythical queen featuring love, honour, and sacrifice, has captured the imagination of readers and audiences for centuries.

2 girl children raped every day in Delhi in 2021: Report

Delhi was the least safe metropolitan city for women in India in the year 2021, according to the latest official data.

No decision on excavation at Qutub Minar: India's culture minister

India’s Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy tonight (May 22, 2022) denied media reports claiming that the Archaeological Survey of India would be conducting an excavation at the iconic Qutub Minar complex Delhi.

Delhi death toll climbs to 42

At least 42 people have lost their lives and more than 250 are injured as armed mobs rampage through parts of northeast Delhi from Sunday till Tuesday, looting and burning buildings and attacking residents.

A tale of two Delhis: Deadly air exposes rich-poor divide

Walls draped in lush vertical gardens and air filtered through purifiers insulate diners at a swanky New Delhi food court from the choking haze outside in one of the most polluted places on earth.

Delhi hotel fire kills at least 17

At least 17 people die as a fire tore through a budget hotel in Delhi, in the latest disaster to raise concerns over fire safety in India.

Rohingya Repatriation Dhaka wants Delhi to play vital role

Bangladesh has made a strong pitch for India's intervention in persuading Myanmar to take back nearly one million Rohingya refugees and ensure their safe return.

Dhaka expects help from Delhi, Beijing

Dhaka expects India and China to stand beside Bangladesh amid the current Rohingya refugee crisis, hoping that the two countries would provide help address the influx of Myanmar nationals.

July 7, 2015
July 7, 2015

Turkish plane diverts to Delhi over 'threat'

A Turkish Airlines flight from Bangkok to Istanbul makes an emergency landing in India Tuesday after a bomb threat was scrawled in lipstick on a bathroom mirror.

July 3, 2015
July 3, 2015

Chris Martin Delhi gig: Joy for some, heartbreak for most

Chris Martin, the lead singer of popular British band Coldplay, played an impromptu gig at a pub in India's capital Delhi. The performance thrilled patrons.

June 21, 2015
June 21, 2015

India PM leads yoga day celebration

Thousands take part in a mass yoga programme in the Indian capital, Delhi, on the first ever International Yoga Day.

June 14, 2015
June 14, 2015

Delhi for protecting enclave people

Delhi approves West Bengal government's request for deploying five companies of central forces in Cooch Behar for ensuring security of citizens of Indian enclaves in Bangladesh.

June 9, 2015
June 9, 2015

Aam Aadmi leader held over ‘fake degree’

Delhi Law Minister Jitendra Singh Tomar, a legislator of Aam Aadmi Party has been arrested on charges of cheating and fraud in obtaining his law degree.

June 7, 2015
June 7, 2015

Opinion: Why Bangladesh isn’t Pakistan

Bangladesh’s liberation from Pakistan was an ideological recast. Its differences with India aren't based on ideological premise that Hindus and Muslims are engaged in some form of permanent war.

June 3, 2015
June 3, 2015

Delhi slaps 15-day ban on Maggi

Delhi government bans sale of Maggi noodles for 15 days after it found lead and monosodium glutamate in the eatable beyond permissible limit.

May 17, 2015
May 17, 2015

Birds have fundamental rights, can't be kept in cages: HC

Delhi High Court says birds have the fundamental right to "live with dignity" and fly in the sky without being kept in cages or subjected to cruelty,

April 11, 2015
April 11, 2015

Another woman raped in Delhi taxi, driver arrested

A 32-year-old woman was beaten up and sexually assaulted by a cabbie inside a black-and-yellow taxi in Dwarka, Delhi on Thursday night.

March 23, 2015
March 23, 2015

India and China hold talks on border dispute

Senior Indian and Chinese officials are meeting in Delhi for talks aimed at resolving a contentious border dispute, the first discussions since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power