Delhi

Heavy overnight rain lashed Delhi, inundating roads and causing massive traffic snarls. NEW DELHI: Heavy overnight rain lashed Delhi and continued through Thursday morning, inundating roads, uprooting trees and causing massive traffic snarls across the city.According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Safdarjung, the city’s base weather station, recorded 72.6 mm of rainfall in the…

Police arrested three individuals for running a fake government job racket (AI image used for representational purpose only). NEW DELHI: Police have arrested three people, including a former Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) employee of the Income Tax Department, for running a fake government job recruitment racket that duped unemployed aspirants by promising them MTS posts in…

CM Rekha Gupta said the Corporation has launched a comprehensive initiative to preserve Old Delhi’s historic identity while equipping it with modern civic amenities. NEW DELHI: The Delhi government on Thursday renamed the Shahjahanabad Redevelopment Corporation, set up for the conservation and redevelopment of Old Delhi, as the Indraprastha Virasat Punarvikas Nigam (IVPN) as part…

Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds are also likely in several regions as the southwest monsoon remains active. NEW DELHI: Heavy rain is expected to continue across several parts of the country on Friday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall in parts of north, central and east India.Thunderstorms…

A preliminary enquiry suggests plumbing work involving the drilling or cutting of columns and beams may have triggered the collapse. NEW DELHI: Two under-construction buildings collapsed in northwest Delhi’s Rohini on Wednesday, killing a 42-year-old man and leaving four-five labourers feared trapped beneath the debris.A preliminary enquiry suggests plumbing work involving the drilling or cutting…

Delhi remained under the grip of heavy monsoon showers on Thursday morning as overnight rain lashed the city. NEW DELHI: Heavy rain since Wednesday night has brought large parts of Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) to a standstill, triggering widespread waterlogging, traffic congestion and tree falls across several areas on Thursday morning.The India…

Delhi resident found an old school certificate while searching for electoral documents. NEW DELHI: Across Delhi, steel almirahs are being opened, dusty trunks dragged out and cardboard boxes emptied as families search for birth certificates, school records and electoral slips amid the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.For 46-year-old Sharad Kumar Sharma,…

According to police, a PCR call was received at around 4.28 pm regarding the collapse of a building in G-4 Pocket, Sector 16, Rohini. NEW DELHI: Two more people died on Thursday, a day after two newly constructed buildings collapsed in Sector 16 of Rohini, taking the death toll in the incident to three.The deceased…

New Delhi: More than two weeks after a 30-year-old cab driver died in what appeared to be a road accident in south west Delhi, police apprehended two men after the victim’s family alleged that he was chased, abducted and assaulted before his death.On June 26, Mohammad Ujaib died after his taxi crashed into a concrete…

New Delhi: A cab driver allegedly threatened and attempted to assault a man with a stick following a minor collision inside Dwarka Expressway tunnel in southwest Delhi, with a video of the incident now going viral on social media. Police said efforts are under way to identify and trace the cab driver, who fled the…