Delhi

A 38-year-old man allegedly strangled his wife to death on Wednesday following an argument on a petty matter while their children were in school and then went to the police station to confess his crime, police said. Sumit Mongia, who killed his 31-year-old wife Deepika Mongia at their Malviya Nagar home, told police during interrogation that they would have frequent ...

The Delhi Aadi Mahotsav will be organised at Dilli Haat, INA, New Delhi between 16th to 30th November, 2019. The inaugural ceremony will be graced by the Union Minister for Home Affairs Amit Shah as Chief Guest and the Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda will preside. The Minister of State for Tribal Affairs, Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta will ...

Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Dr. P. K. Mishra held a high level meeting this evening with the States of Punjab, Haryana and Delhi to tackle air pollution. The meeting comes in the wake of the increasing air pollution levels leading to an emergency like situation in the NCR. The meeting reviewed the situation arising out of stubble burning, construction ...

Lawyers and police personnel clashed at Tis Hazari Court complex here on Saturday afternoon during which nine police vehicles were vandalised, officials said. Lawyers alleged that two of their colleagues were injured, including one in police firing, but the police denied that it had opened fire. Bar Associations condemned the incident and called a one-day strike across all district courts ...

Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Thursday inaugurated a four-day cultural and literary youth event to celebrate the country’s unity in diversity. Dressed in the traditional south Indian attire, Nishank inaugurated “KVS- Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat Parv” at India Gate lawns where students from one part of the country will exhibit the cultural diversity of the other part. ...

A man has been shot dead in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area after he got into fight with two persons on a bike, which brushed passed him, police said on Saturday. The incident happened on Thursday and police said they have arrested six persons and also detained a minor in connection with the case. Those arrested are Suraj (35), Prashant (23), Arun ...

The air quality in Delhi improved slightly on Tuesday but continued to be in the ‘poor category’, according to the AQI index of the Central Pollution Control Board. This could be, perhaps, due to the easterlies that have reduced the impact of the northwesterlies which have been bringing the biomass from stubble burning in the states of Haryana and Punjab ...

In the national capital on Friday (October 18) morning air quality reached the “very poor” category and is expected to fall drastically by the weekend. Delhi’s overall air quality index stood at 306 on Friday. It was 270 on Thursday. AQI Delhi Technological The university has 312, Dwarka Sector Eight 316, Narela 310, Wazirpur 312 and Bawana 341. AQI is’ ...

The Special Cell of the Delhi Police has arrested three men from near the Barapulla flyover here and recovered heroin worth Rs 100 crore from them, a senior officer said on Thursday. Mohammad Hashim (32), Mohammad Sabbir (49) and Naresh Kumar (49), all residents of Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh used to supply drugs in the national capital, he said. “On ...

Delhi recorded poor air quality on Thursday for the first time this season, the Central Pollution Control Board said. The Air Quality Index, based on 33 air quality monitoring centres, was at 211. AQI between 201 to 300 is considered as poor. Indications of increased fire activity during the last 48 hours are visible from satellite imagery and further deterioration ...