Delhi Assembly elections will be held on February 8 and counting on February 11
NEW DELHI : The voting for assembly polls in Delhi will be held on February 8, while the counting of votes will be held on February 11, the Election Commission has announced. Voting will be held across 13,750 polling stations and the Model Code of Conduct is effective immediately, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said. The term of the 70-member More...
Delhi gets its first smog tower to tackle air pollution
NEW DELHI : The first ‘smog tower’ in Delhi will become operational from Friday. The giant 20-ft-tall device has been installed at south Delhi’s popular Lajpat Nagar Central Market. The “smog tower” More...
CAA Will Hurt Both Hindus, Muslims”: Arvind Kejriwal
NEW DELHI : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal voiced concern over the new citizenship law and the government’s insistence on it amid spiralling protests. Instead of focusing on Hindus from Pakistan, More...
Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad arrested for violence
NEW DELHI/ LUCKNOW: A Delhi court on Saturday sent Bhim Army chief Chandrasekhar Azad sent to 14-days judicial custody over violence in Daryaganj area in Delhi. Protesters clashed with the police in Daryaganj on More...
43 killed as fire breaks out in factory in Delhi,16 others injured
NEW DELHI : Forty-three people were killed when a fire broke out at a luggage manufacturing factory in a crowded area in north Delhi. Most of the people who died were labourers who were sleeping at the factory when More...
MHA Receives Mercy Petition Of Convict In Nirbhaya Case
NEW DELHI : According to the sources on Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) received the mercy plea of one of the convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya rape and murder case. This was forwarded by the Delhi government which rejected More...
‘Are you the minister?’: Naidu scolds Sanjay Singh of AAP
NEW DELHI : Ahead of the Delhi assembly elections next year, BJP and AAP were locked in a war over the quality of tap water in the national capital. BJP and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members clashed in Rajya Sabha on More...
“Worship All Daughters This Diwali”: PM Modi At Dussehra Event In Delhi
IRA JHA NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi today urged people to celebrate the girl child this Diwali while inaugurating a Dussehra function at Delhi’s Dwarka. “Lakshmi in our house. He said More...
AAP Lawmaker Alka Lamba meets Cong. Prez. Sonia Gandhi
ANUP SINHA NEW DELHI : Aam Aadmi Party legislator Alka Lamba, who had earlier announced that she would quit the party in 2020, met Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday, triggering buzz that the 43-year-old More...
My Son Will Study With Tailor’s Son In IIT, Says Kejriwal
NEW DELHI : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said his government’s free coaching scheme ensured that a tailor’s son got the chance to study at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, More...