NEW DELHI: Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 26.2°C on Sunday, 2.4 degrees below average, according to the IMD. The IMD has predicted a partly cloudy sky during the day and issued an orange alert, warning of heatwave-like conditions in isolated areas by the evening. The maximum temperature is likely to touch around 44°C, the…
NEW DELHI: Raghu Rai, one of India’s most celebrated photographers who captured the country’s many shades through his lens, passed away at a private hospital here in the early hours of Sunday. He was 83.“Dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer two years ago but he was cured. Then it spread to the stomach, that too…
New Delhi: A man who raped and molested his minor stepdaughters will serve out the 15-year prison term handed by a trial court, Delhi High Court has said.Dismissing the appeal of the stepfather, the high court lamented the suffering both the girls had to undergo and noted that one of the children passed away after…
New Delhi: After the CAQM imposed Rs 61 crore fine on six thermal power plants within 300-km radius of Delhi for failing to co-fire crop residue as mandated by 2023 rules, four of them got conditional stay on around Rs 54 crore environmental compensation (EC) from the National Green Tribunal. Co-firing of crop residue is…
NEW DELHI: Delhiites reeled under heatwave conditions for the third consecutive day on Saturday as the mercury touched 42.8 degrees Celsius at the city’s base station, Safdarjung — 5 degrees above normal — making it the hottest April day in four years.The last time the temperature crossed this level in April was on April 30,…
New Delhi: A court has directed the station house officer of the domestic airport police station to file an action-taken report on a complaint alleging cruelty against a community dog on the IGI Airport premises.Chief judicial magistrate Abhinav Ahlawat sought clarity on whether any complaint was filed, action taken, the status of the inquiry and…
Delhi Police’s crime branch has arrested a prominent YouTuber for murdering a 13-year-old boy after kidnapping him for ransom 31 years ago. NEW DELHI: Delhi Police’s crime branch has arrested a prominent YouTuber for murdering a 13-year-old boy after kidnapping him for ransom 31 years ago. On the run after jumping bail in 2000, Salim…
New Delhi: Delhi Traffic Police created a green corridor and shifted an injured cricketer to the hospital in 11 minutes after he sustained an injury during a match at Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium on Saturday.During a match between Delhi and Punjab, Lungi Ngidi sustained a serious head injury on the field. On contacting the match…
. A major fire broke out in an electric transformer spread to multiple residential buildings in east Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar area in the early hours of Saturday. . A major fire broke out in an electric transformer spread to multiple residential buildings in east Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar area in the early hours of Saturday. ….
NEW DELHI: India’s peak power demand reached an all-time high of 252 GW on April 24, as temperatures soared across the country, pushing electricity consumption to a record level, reports Atul Mathur.According to data from Grid Controller of India, electricity demand touched 252.1 GW at 3.28 pm on Friday, up from 240.1 GW recorded on…
