New Delhi

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 […]

Pakistan provides consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav

Kulbhushan Jadhav appeared to be under extreme pressure to parrot Pak’s narrative: MEA

8:12 pm September 2, 2019

New Delhi: Kulbhushan Jadhav appeared to be under “extreme pressure” to parrot a false narrative to bolster Pakistan’s untenable claims in his case, the External Affairs Ministry said on Monday, hours after a top Indian diplomat met him at a sub-jail for an hour. Charge d’ Affaires at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad Gaurav […]

Rains in some parts of Delhi brings relief from heat

Light rains end sultry spell in Delhi

10:13 pm September 1, 2019

New Delhi: Light rains on Sunday brought Delhiites some respite from a long spell of sultry weather with the maximum temperature settling at 33.5 degrees Celsius, one notch below the season’s average. The minimum temperature settled at 26.4 degrees Celsius, a Meteorological Department official said. The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides official figures for the city, […]

QR tags removed from 100 trees in Lodhi Gardens after forest dept notice

8:24 pm September 1, 2019

New Delhi: Quick response tags have been removed from around 100 trees in Lodhi Gardens here after the forest department issued a direction to the New Delhi Municipal Council, an official said. A forest department team conducted an inspection of trees on Saturday and found that QR tags, which caused extensive damage to the trunk […]