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A wanted criminal, Koku Pahadia, was injured in a brief gunfight with Delhi Police in Mehrauli on Saturday NEW DELHI: A brief gunfight broke out between Delhi police and wanted criminal Koku Pahadia in Mehrauli on Saturday morning, leaving the accused injured. Pahadia allegedly opened fire on the police team while trying to escape. Two…
The Bharat International Rice Conference (BIRC) 2025 is set to be held at Bharat Mandapam, Delhi, on October 30-31, in partnership with the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Organised by the Indian Rice Exporters’ Federation (IREF) in collaboration with APEDA, the event aims to position India as a global hub for rice…
NEW DELHI: As the city skyline turns grey every Diwali, it’s not just the outdoors that becomes choking. The air in your living room is likely to be as noxious.The concentration of ultrafine particles, at least 25 times finer than PM2.5, shoot up sharply inside houses during the festive season, driven mainly by fireworks, a…
NEW DELHI: If breathing the city’s toxic air is akin to smoking 25–30 cigarettes a day, a morning walk in the haze could make you feel like a chronic smoker even if you haven’t touched a cigarette in your lifetime.With the air quality slipping into ‘very poor’ category in general and ‘severe’ in some areas,…
NEW DELHI: The Ranjan Pathak syndicate operated as judge, jury and executioner, dispensing ruthless verdicts that left law enforcement struggling to assert their authority. “Itne murder karo, itni goli maaro ki SP ka transfer ho jaaye…” — this was the intercepted phone call that prompted a full throttle, multi-state search for Ranjan and his gang,…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi-based terror module inspired by the Islamic State (ISIS) was dismantled, with two operatives arrested for allegedly planning a massive IED blast in the capital. The suspects, reportedly in the advanced stages of executing their plan, were apprehended in a joint operation by intelligence agencies and the special cell.The arrested men had…
Delhi on Friday recorded an AQI of 290, according to the CPCB-backed Sameer app. NEW DELHI: Delhi’s air quality showed a slight improvement on Friday morning as city’s air quality index (AQI) moved from very poor to poor category. The city recorded an AQI of 290, according to the CPCB-backed Sameer app.However, Anand Vihar remained…
File photo of Yuzvendra Chahal and Dhanashree Verma. Indian cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal shared a now-deleted cryptic Instagram Story featuring a Delhi High Court ruling about alimony payments, seemingly an indirect dig after his divorce from Dhanashree Verma. The post included a screenshot carrying a news article that said “financially independent wives cannot demand alimony from…
NEW DELHI: On Diwali and the day after, the capital recorded its worst PM2.5 levels of the year since Jan, analysis shows. Even on Wednesday, two days after the festival, some of its areas continued to choke on exponentially high particulate pollution. According to a study by Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air…
NEW DELHI: Delhi’s air quality continued to deteriorate on Thursday, three days after the city celebrated Diwali, with several areas recording hazardous pollution levels.The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) reported that Anand Vihar recorded an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 428, falling into the ‘severe’ category. Other areas, including Akshardham (350) and India Gate (353),…
