Delhi

2 cops injured as speeding car rams into police barricade in northwest Delhi

10:54 pm March 17, 2021

New Delhi: Two policemen on picket duty were injured after an unidentified vehicle allegedly rammed into a police barricade on Outer Ring Road in northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri in the early hours of Wednesday, police said. The incident took place around 2 am, when Assistant Sub-Inspector Om Prakash and Head Constable Krishan were on duty at a picket deployed to […]

Delhi govt to organize digital round table conference aimed to reduce air pollution

AAP govt’s efforts helped to reduce pollution by up to 15 pc in Delhi: Rai

10:18 pm March 17, 2021

New Delhi: Reacting to ‘World Air Quality Report’ that states Delhi tops the list of the most polluted city in the world, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai claimed that the AAP government’s efforts have helped to reduce pollution by up to 15 per cent in the national capital. Rai listed out the multiple efforts that […]

Rajasthan records three more Covid deaths, 55 new cases

First patient with S Africa variant of COVID-19 confirmed in Delhi

11:59 pm March 16, 2021

New Delhi: A33-year-old man, currently admitted at LNJP Hospital here, has become the first confirmed case of COVID-19 caused by the South Africa variant of the novel coronavirus in Delhi, sources said on Tuesday. He was brought to the hospital about a week ago, and has been kept isolated in a separate unit, a source said. The LNJP Hospital had […]

Nadda promises OBC status for left out Hindu backward castes

11:54 pm March 16, 2021

Kotulpur: In a major outreach to the Hindu backward communities of the state, BJP national President Jagat Prakash Nadda Tuesday promised to include all the ‘left out’ Hindu castes in the OBC list if voted to power in West Bengal. Mocking Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Nadda said that after practising politics of appeasement for years, the TMC supremo has started reciting Sanskrit slokas to assert her Hindu identity. […]

Mercury touches 32.1 deg C in Delhi

7:49 pm March 16, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi on Tuesday recorded a maximum temperature of 32.1 degrees Celsius, a notch above normal, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The minimum temperature settled at 17.2 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature is predicted to rise to 35 degrees Celsius over the next two days. Light rain is likely on Thursday, the IMD […]