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NEW DELHI: Four passengers and a crew member on board a SWISS Delhi-Zurich flight on Sunday morning were injured while being evacuated on a runway at IGI airport using emergency slides as the aircraft had to abandon take-off following an engine fire. The passengers were admitted to Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon; the cabin crew member…
NEW DELHI: The Virat Kohli frenzy has well and truly taken over Delhi. Fans are expected to turn up in huge numbers at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, many sporting jerseys with “Kohli” or “Virat” on their backs. And once the IPL 2026 clash between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru gets underway, one chant is…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only In many parts, that moment still carries an unspoken question: Is it a boy?Behind this question lies the weight of cultural expectations, financial anxieties and patriarchal norms that continue to place sons above daughters.A study by academics from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia,…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi Police head constable posted with the special cell allegedly opened fire with his service-issued Glock pistol after an argument in southwest Delhi’s Jafarpur Kalan area early Sunday, killing a 21-year-old food delivery worker and injuring his friend, aged 30. The victims, seated on a bike, were shot with a single bullet,…
Is there a solution to Delhi pollution? Delhi, the heart of India, is fast turning into a city that cannot breathe. As pollution levels climb — AQI touching 226 (Poor) — the Commission for Air Quality Management has once again triggered Stage-I GRAP, pointing to “unfavourable meteorological conditions”. It’s a familiar script—one that the capital…
India and New Zealand are set to sign their long-pending Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on Monday at Bharat Mandapam, in the presence of Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal and New Zealand’s minister for trade and investment Todd McClay. The agreement, finalised in December 2025 after negotiations that began in March the same year,…
NEW DELHI: The body of a man was found hanging inside a locked women’s washroom at the Inderlok Metro station premises, police said on Sunday.The incident came to light around 5:33 pm on Saturday after a call was received reporting a foul smell from a ladies’ toilet that was locked from the inside.Upon reaching the…
NEW DELHI: Raghu Rai, one of India’s most celebrated photographers who captured the country’s many shades through his lens, passed away at a private hospital here in the early hours of Sunday. He was 83.“Dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer two years ago but he was cured. Then it spread to the stomach, that too…
Delhi Police’s crime branch has arrested a prominent YouTuber for murdering a 13-year-old boy after kidnapping him for ransom 31 years ago. NEW DELHI: Delhi Police’s crime branch has arrested a prominent YouTuber for murdering a 13-year-old boy after kidnapping him for ransom 31 years ago. On the run after jumping bail in 2000, Salim…
NEW DELHI: Delhiites reeled under heatwave conditions for the third consecutive day on Saturday as the mercury touched 42.8 degrees Celsius at the city’s base station, Safdarjung — 5 degrees above normal — making it the hottest April day in four years.The last time the temperature crossed this level in April was on April 30,…
