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…
New Delhi: Eviction proceedings at Sujan Singh Park in the heart of the capital, that includes the Ambassador Hotel, will continue as Delhi High Court on Thursday declined to stay it.The court granted the Centre three weeks to reply to a petition by the owners of the entire 7.8-acre property, Sir Sobha Singh and Sons….
New Delhi: Delhi govt Thursday unveiled a redevelopment and conservation plan for Old Delhi while also renaming Shahjahanabad Redevelopment Corporation, the body responsible for preserving Walled City, Indraprastha Heritage Redevelopment Corporation.Chairing the corporation’s annual general meeting, chief minister Rekha Gupta directed officials to prioritise Chandni Chowk’s redevelopment with improved public amenities, parking and tourist facilities….
Heavy overnight rain inundated several arterial and internal roads across Delhi. NEW DELHI: Heavy overnight rain that continued Thursday morning inundated several arterial stretches and internal roads across Delhi, with photos and videos of submerged underpasses, vehicles resembling boats, and people gingerly wading through waterlogged roads flooding social media.By 2 pm, PWD was swamped with…
NEW DELHI: The city witnessed the year’s most intense spell of rain on Thursday, making it the wettest July day in three years. The heavy downpour caused the maximum temperature to drop below 30 o C. Four stations in DelhiNCR received more than 100mm of rainfall in 24 hours till 8.30am Thursday. Tukmirpur-Khajuri logged 160mm,…
The idea of Speed Dating was to let participants meet multiple people at once, judge vibes in-person, and put apps aside “Have you ever gone on a date just for the food? Lied about your age on a dating app? Or given a piggyback ride to a stranger for a dare?” Delhiites answered all these…
New Delhi: The rain disrupted morning traffic headed to schools and offices across Delhi on Thursday, with waterlogging on several roads slowing vehicles on key corridors and fallen trees adding to commuters’ woes.Among the worst-hit stretches was NH-24 near Ghazipur, where waterlogging severely affected traffic entering Delhi from Ghaziabad. Traffic Police issued an advisory urging…
New Delhi: For traders in Sadar Bazar, the onset of the monsoon brings more anxiety than relief. Waterlogging is a recurring problem, with shopkeepers alleging that repeated representations to authorities have yielded little improvement.Residents and traders of the area in Old Delhi said the issue cannot be resolved unless three agencies — DJB, Northern Railways…
