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No cash acceptance for toll payment of commercial vehicles entering Delhi from Sept 13

8:30 pm September 3, 2019

New Delhi: Cash will not be accepted for payment of Environment Compensation Charge (ECC) and MCD toll at any of the 13 toll plazas for entry of commercial vehicles into Delhi from midnight of September 13. The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has advised transporters to use the easy online recharge facility (website or APP) […]

Clear weather, below-normal temperatures in Delhi

Sultry in Delhi; rains to return Wednesday

11:04 pm September 2, 2019

New Delhi: Sultry weather persisted in the national capital on Monday, but rains will return soon, the local MeT office said. The city recorded a high of 36.6 degrees Celsius, two notches more than the normal, and a low of 27.1 degrees Celsius. Humidity levels shot up to 87 per cent. Kuldeep Srivastava, a senior […]

UK’s Johnson takes aim against opponents of Brexit plans

10:48 pm September 2, 2019

London: British Prime Minster Boris Johnson is getting tough with members of his Conservative Party who oppose his Brexit plans. The so-called “rebels” are being warned that they will be suspended from the party if they take part in efforts led by opposition parties in Parliament meant to block a departure from the European Union […]

Sikh girl conversion: Protesters burn effigy of Pak PM Imran Khan in Delhi

9:19 pm September 2, 2019

New Delhi: A group of Sikh community members burnt an effigy of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan here on Monday to protest the forcible conversion of a Sikh woman in the neighbouring country. Around 60 to 70 protesters gathered at Teen Murti Marg in Lutyens’ Delhi and were scheduled to march to the Pakistan High […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Asian markets mostly down as China-US tariffs kick in

3:14 pm September 2, 2019

Hong Kong: Most Asian markets fell on Monday as fresh Chinese and US tariffs on goods worth hundreds of billions of dollars kicked in, though Donald Trump reiterated that the two sides were still due to hold talks this month. Hong Kong was weighed down by another weekend of violence, fuelling worries about possible Chinese […]