Not only Delhiites, but even travellers to the city, national or international, are curious to go through a pile of piping hot golden bhaturas. In Food Tales, our new series, we bite into the flavours that made Delhi what it is. From chhole bhature in Paharganj to Daulat ki Chaat in Old Delhi, we trace…
Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu inaugurated Delhi’s renovated Terminal 2 at Indira Gandhi International Airport NEW DELHI: Civil aviation minister K Rammohan Naidu on Saturday inaugurated the renovated Terminal 2 (T2) at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), which will reopen for operations from Sunday. Built by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) four…
New Delhi enjoys a pleasant, sunny day with temperatures up to 32°C, ideal for outdoor enjoyment. Despite the inviting weather, the city grapples with ‘poor’ air quality, registering an AQI of 257 yesterday. Residents are urged to wear masks and limit prolonged outdoor exposure. The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in,…
New Delhi: Even as Delhi govt prepares to set up 23 major Chhath ghats along the Yamuna, the Delhi stretch of the river, which was visibly cleaner after the monsoon rain, is showing renewed signs of degradation. Frothing has reappeared in parts of it — a sign that pollution levels are rising again. Delhi Pollution…
New Delhi: Delhi Development Authority (DDA) will launch Phase II of the Jan Sadharan Awas Yojana on Nov 11, offering 1,537 affordable flats under the low-income group (LIG) and economically weaker section (EWS) across the city. The flats are in some of Delhi’s emerging residential hubs such as Shivaji Marg (Moti Nagar), Ramgarh Colony that…
A wanted criminal, Koku Pahadia, was injured in a brief gunfight with Delhi Police in Mehrauli on Saturday NEW DELHI: A brief gunfight broke out between Delhi police and wanted criminal Koku Pahadia in Mehrauli on Saturday morning, leaving the accused injured. Pahadia allegedly opened fire on the police team while trying to escape. Two…
New Delhi: In a move to re-establish a unified command over Delhi’s traffic management for the first time in nearly four years, Delhi Police commissioner Satish Golcha on Friday appointed Neeraj Thakur, a 1994-batch IPS officer, as the new chief of traffic police. Delhi’s anti-terror unit also got a new chief, Anil Shukla, a 1996-batch…
New Delhi: The city’s base station, Safdarjung, recorded the season’s lowest minimum temperature on Friday at 17 degrees Celsius. While the minimum temperature is expected to remain 16-18 degrees Celsius on Saturday and Sunday, it is likely to rise to 18-20 degrees from Monday due to a western disturbance.The city is likely to receive one…
New Delhi: To strengthen the national capital’s disaster preparedness, Delhi govt has expedited the long-pending earthquake plan and announced the creation of a dedicated State Disaster Management Force (SDMF). The move comes amid growing concerns over the city’s vulnerability to earthquakes, given its dense population, as flagged by chief secretary Rajeev Verma in a recent…
New Delhi: What if doctors could tell, right at the time of breast cancer diagnosis, which patient is more likely to face heart problems years later? A new study in JAMA Oncology suggests that may soon be possible.The study, which followed more than 26,000 women with early-stage breast cancer, developed a risk prediction model that…
