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January 7, 2025 6:14 PM

Delhi’s Ballot Box Battles: 70 Years of Wins and Upsets

After Independence, Delhi, then a Part-C State, was granted an assembly that was disbanded in 1956. The assembly had 48 members. According to data sourced from the Election Commission of India, the story begins in 1951 with a handful of prominent par...

January 7, 2025 11:39 AM

ECI set to announce Delhi assembly election schedule

The Election Commission of India (ECI) is set to announce the much-anticipated schedule for the 70-member Delhi Assembly elections on Tuesday. The announcement will be made during a press conference at 2 PM in the Plenary Hall of Vigyan Bhawan, sett...

January 6, 2025 9:25 AM

Prime Minister Modi sets ball rolling for India to become world’s 2nd largest metro rail network

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi laying the foundation for multiple urban railway development projects worth over Rs 12,200 crore in Delhi on Sunday, India is well on track to become the second-largest metro rail network in the world, according to a...

January 6, 2025 9:09 AM

Delhi shivers as mercury drops, IMD issues yellow alert for light rain

Inclement weather and cold wave conditions gripped the national capital in the early hours of Monday, accompanied by a temperature dip and chilly winds. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert, forecasting light rain in th...

January 6, 2025 8:32 AM

PM Modi takes dig at AAP, says ‘Delhi witnessed ‘AAP-DA’ in name of state government

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged Delhi's voters to give the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a chance in the 2025 Delhi assembly elections, taking a sharp swipe at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government. He labeled the AAP's governance in Delhi...

January 5, 2025 10:18 AM

Delhi freezes under severe cold wave; dense fog disrupts flights, train services

Delhi is reeling under a severe cold wave, with the temperature dropping to 9 degrees Celsius early Sunday morning. Brisk winds at 16 km/h have intensified the chill, leaving residents braving the biting cold. The India Meteorological Department (IM...

January 4, 2025 2:26 PM

Delhi polls: BJP fields Parvesh Verma against Kejriwal

BJP releases its first list of 29 candidates for Delhi assembly elections expected to be held in February 2025 with Parvesh Verma to contest from the New Delhi assembly seat against AAP's Arvind Kejriwal. Former Lok Sabha MP Parvesh Verma will c...

December 31, 2024 12:01 PM

Cold winds, foggy conditions to continue in Delhi-NCR

The national capital experienced shallow fog on Tuesday, with temperatures dropping and visibility reduced in several areas. According to the IMD, the average temperature in Delhi was 10.2°C, with Pusa recording the lowest at 9.1°C and Najafgarh ha...

December 27, 2024 8:53 PM

Delhi’s air quality improves; GRAP stage III measures withdrawn

The Centre's air quality monitoring panel revoked Stage III measures under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) on Friday, citing a notable improvement in Delhi’s air quality. Favourable weather, including persistent rainfall, has played a pivot...

December 22, 2024 2:17 PM

Students wanted to postpone exams, sent bomb threats to their own schools: Delhi Police

The Delhi Police revealed on Sunday that bomb threat emails sent to two schools in Rohini were sent by their own students. According to the police, the students sent the emails in an attempt to postpone their exams as they were unprepared. "After an...

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