India’s top court revises stray dog policy after public outcry
- 22-Aug-2025
NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court modified its order on stray dogs on Friday, directing that those picked up from streets in and around Delhi be released after sterilisation and immunisation, after a storm of protests from animal lovers. Earlier this month, the court ruled that all stray dogs in Delhi and its suburbs be moved […]
Saudi Minister in New Delhi on unannounced visit
- 08-May-2025
NEW DELHI: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-jubeir has been in India on an unannounced visit on Thursday. Saudi minister held talks with India’s external affairs minister S Jaishankar on Thursday and discussed current situation of the region with a focus on de-escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, Indian media reported. […]
India capital shaken by 4.0-magnitude earthquake
- 17-Feb-2025
NEW DELHI: India’s capital New Delhi was jolted awake Monday by powerful tremors from a magnitude 4.0 earthquake, with its epicentre on the edge of the sprawling megacity an hour before dawn. There were no immediate reports of major damage, but terrified residents rushed outside as buildings shook. The US Geological Survey said the quake […]
India’s capital shuts schools because of smog
- 18-Nov-2024
NEW DELHI: India’s capital New Delhi switched schools to online classes Monday until further notice because of worsening toxic smog, the latest bid to ease the sprawling megacity’s health crisis. Levels of PM2.5 pollutants — dangerous cancer-causing microparticles that enter the bloodstream through the lungs — were recorded at 57 times above the World Health […]
Indian capital New Delhi records highest-ever temperature
- 29-May-2024
NEW DELHI: Temperatures in India’s capital soared to a record-high 49.9 degrees Celsius (121.8 Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, the government’s weather bureau said. The India Meteorological Department (IMD), which reported “severe heat-wave conditions”, recorded the temperatures at two Delhi suburbs stations at Narela and Mungeshpur. Forecasters predict similar temperatures on Wednesday. In May 2022, parts of […]
Man stabbed 50 times for refusing to order biryani
- 20-Feb-2024
A horrific incident in India saw a 16-year-old boy stabbing a 17-year-old to death after he was refused money for biryani.
Horrific video: Two shot dead in salon
- 12-Feb-2024
A horrific video of two men getting shot dead in a salon in India's capital New Delhi is going viral on the social media X (formerly Twitter).
New Delhi plans to make rain to tackle ‘hazardous’ smog
- 08-Nov-2023
New Delhi plans for the first time to make rain to try improve air quality in the city, which is the world’s most polluted capital and has been gripped by smog for a week. The city has already shut all schools, stopped construction activities, and said it will impose restrictions on vehicle use. Depending on […]
Smog crisis: Schools’ closure extended
- 05-Nov-2023
Authorities in the smog-ridden Indian capital New Delhi on Sunday extended an emergency schools closure by a week, with no signs of improvement in the megacity’s choking levels of pollution. Every autumn New Delhi is blanketed in acrid smog, primarily blamed on stubble-burning by farmers in the neighbouring agrarian states. The city is regularly ranked […]
Amazon manager shot dead in India’s Delhi
- 31-Aug-2023
NEW DELHI: A 36-year-old man, working as a senior manager for e-commerce giant Amazon, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Indian capital New Delhi. According to details, the incident took place in Subhash Vihar area of North East Delhi’s Bhajanpura, wherein five unidentified assailants on two-wheelers opened “unprovoked firing” and killed a 36-year-old man, […]