Condensing the many motifs of the monsoon into one evening, the first chapter of Baarish festival season two unfolded under a glass dome in Chhattarpur coinciding with World Music Day. The evening brought together music, storytelling and a bespoke fragrance inspired by petrichor to celebrate the many ways rain has shaped India’s cultural imagination.A session,…
Skate jams, kickflips & camaraderie: Inside NCR’s skating scene Skate jams, kickflips & camaraderie: Inside NCR’s skating scene Skate jams, kickflips & camaraderie: Inside NCR’s skating scene Skate jams, kickflips & camaraderie: Inside NCR’s skating scene Skate jams, kickflips & camaraderie: Inside NCR’s skating scene Did you see? I just landed a kickflip for the…
Birders flock to Lodhi Garden to witness the OPH Nature is currently writing a heartwarming story of its own right in the middle of Lodhi Garden. Forgoing typical bird behaviour, a female Oriental Pied Hornbill has stepped up as the ultimate ‘cool aunt,’ taking grey hornbill chicks under her wings. Birders in NCR are buzzing…
In Haryana’s Kundli Industrial Area, a substantial fire erupted in an electronics factory GURGAON: A massive fire broke out at an electronics factory in Kundli Industrial Area on Friday, sending thick plumes of black smoke billowing across the locality and triggering a major firefighting operation.The blaze spread rapidly through the factory, which stores electronic goods,…
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea to stay the conviction of MLA Rajendra Bharti NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Friday refused to suspend the conviction of disqualified Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti in a cheating case linked to the alleged forgery of bank records to secure illegal interest payments between…
The Delhi court has greenlit the cancellation of proceedings on July 20, permitting Aaftab Poonawala, the accused, to sit for his final MA exam NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has allowed the cancellation of proceedings the Shraddha Walkar murder case scheduled for July 20 after accused Aaftab Amin Poonawala informed the court that he would…
Free bus travel in Delhi to go fully digital NEW DELHI: Women commuters in Delhi will have to carry the newly introduced Pink Saheli smart card to continue availing free travel on bus service from August 1, with the government set to phase out the existing paper-based pink tickets.The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) on Friday…
NEW DELHI: Cloud-laden skies blanketed Delhi on Friday morning as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a yellow alert for thunderstorms and rain, a day after heavy showers lashed the national capital.According to the IMD, the city received moderate rainfall over the past 24 hours, with Safdarjung, Delhi’s base weather station, recording 33.6 mm of…
Thursday offered a rare sight for a city that spends much of the year battling hazardous air pollution, and a rarer statistic. Delhi’s air quality slipped into the “good” category for the first time in nearly three years, giving residents a fleeting sense of what it actually feels like to breathe clean air.The continuous monsoon…
Primary school merger has left nearly fifty children without accessible education. NEW DELHI: For years, the primary school located between Chandpur and Chhota Chandpur villages in northwest Delhi meant that young children could walk to their classrooms within minutes, without relying on buses or their parents to accompany them. But since the school was merged…
