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The southern cities of Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Chennai have driven a sharp rise in housing sales, reporting a combined 47% growth during the July-September quarter, even as overall demand across India’s top eight cities remained subdued, according to PropTiger.During the quarter, the three cities sold 38,644 residential units, up from 26,284 in the same period…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday shared a video of him visiting a famous sweet shop in Delhi, where he was seen trying his hand at making ‘imarti’ (a crispy, orange Indian delicacy) and ‘besan laddoo’. Ghantewala sweet shop’s owner, in conversation with the Congress leader, remembered how his family members had served…
Delhi and its surrounding areas have been placed under GRAP-2 restrictions, as the Air Quality Index (AQI) continues to show alarming levels. This is a significant escalation from GRAP-1 measures, which were implemented for the first time this season on October 14. The move comes amid growing concerns about deteriorating air quality, which experts say…
Singer Kumar Sanu has achieved a major legal victory as the Delhi High Court protected his personality and publicity rights. The court ordered the removal of objectionable videos and content that misused his name, voice, likeness, and performances on social media.Sanu had approached the court seeking protection for his personality and publicity rights, including his…
NEW DELHI: Delhi AAP chief Saurabh Bharadwaj on Sunday slammed the BJP-led Delhi government over Yamuna cleaning claims, challenging chief minister Rekha Gupta and minister Parvesh Verma to “drink a litre of Yamuna water” to prove their assertions.Bharadwaj said, “The chemical which was sprayed by the previous Delhi government is being sprayed by the current…
NEW DELHI: Shalini had moved on, but Aashu had not. After she chose her husband over him, his obsession only grew darker.On Saturday night, as the 22-year-old pregnant woman and her husband Aakash (23) met her mother on Qutub Road in central Delhi’s Nabi Karim, Aashu (34), a local goon, waited in the shadows. When…
A passenger’s power bank ignited on an IndiGo flight bound for Dimapur while taxiing at Delhi airport on Sunday (Representative image) NEW DELHI: Panic briefly gripped passengers aboard a Dimapur-bound IndiGo flight on Sunday when a passenger’s power bank caught fire while the aircraft was taxiing at the Delhi airport. The crew acted promptly, extinguishing…
NEW DELHI: The impact of additional emissions due to firecrackers on Diwali is likely to stay in the air through most of the week due to calm wind conditions, with no respite from extremely toxic air likely until at least Friday, weather analysts said.According to the forecast by the Air Quality Early Warning System (AQEWS),…
NEW DELHI: The capital’s air quality slipped to the ‘very poor’ category by late Sunday evening, a day before Diwali, prompting CAQM to impose stage 2 of the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap). Stage 2 of the plan restricts use of DG sets across NCR and bars interstate buses, other than those running on electricity,…
NEW DELHI: The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Saturday invoked Stage II of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) across Delhi-NCR after air quality showed a sharp deterioration, crossing into the ‘very poor’ category. The decision follows an emergency review by the Sub-Committee on GRAP, which observed a steady rise in pollution levels…
