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Diwali celebrations in New Delhi were marred this year by a severe spike in air pollution. On the festival morning, the city was engulfed in a dense grey smog, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) climbing to 278, classified as “poor” and nearing extremely hazardous levels. Experts caution that this is far more than a…
Rahul Gandhi visited the historic Ghantewala sweet shop in Old Delhi. (Image Credit- Congress) NEW DELHI: During a Diwali visit to the historic Ghantewala sweet shop in Old Delhi, Congress MP and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi tried his hand at making traditional sweets, where shop owner Sushant Jain expressed his wish to see Gandhi…
Perverts in public places (Representative Image) A TOI reporter recounts a sickening encounter while on her way to work this week that made her realise how fragile a woman’s sense of safety can be in a place where such incidents are far from uncommon How does a city you have been born and grown up…
India’s decision to upgrade its technical mission in Kabul to a full embassy has sparked cautious optimism among Delhi’s Afghan community NEW DELHI: On a quiet afternoon in the neighbourhoods of Lajpat Nagar and Bhogal, Delhi’s Afghan heartland hums with everyday life. The aroma of kabuli pulao wafts from restaurants, children chase each other through…
Unable to speak, move 17 yrs ago, now close to doc dream NEW DELHI: When he was one-and-a-half years old, he was fighting for his life in an ICU, unable to move or speak after a severe brain infection left him paralysed on one side and impaired his hearing. Seventeen years later, Vansh Kumar has…
File photo: External affairs minister S Jaishankar (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Admitting that there are “problems” and “issues” in the India-US relationship that need to be resolved, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said here Sunday that any understanding on bilateral trade “has to be (one) where our bottom lines, our red lines are respected”….
Russia has firmly backed India’s stance on continuing Russian oil purchases despite US pressure, praising the nation’s “self-respect” and affirming that there is “no threat” to the long-standing New Delhi-Moscow partnership.Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, addressing the media after speaking at the UN General Assembly on Saturday, underlined that India’s ties with the US or…
NEW DELHI: A self-styled godman and former chairman of a private management institute in southwest Delhi, Chaitanyananda Saraswati (62), also known as Swami Parthasarathy, has been booked for sexually harassing 17 students and allegedly tracking women through hostel CCTV feeds, police said on Thursday. Delhi Police Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) South West, Aishwarya…
Engineering institute manager accused of molesting 15 students in Delhi’s Vasant Kunj NEW DELHI: A manager of private engineering institute in South West Delhi’s Vasant Kunj area, identified as Chinmayanad Saraswati, also known as Parthasarthi or Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, has been booked for allegedly sexually harassing multiple female students. Police say the accused is currently…
NEW DELHI: The sex ratio at birth recorded a decline for the fourth successive year in Delhi, with 920 females being born in 2024 per 1,000 males, compared with 922 in 2023 and 929 in 2022. Delhi govt officials said the fall was marginal, but health experts sounded an alarm, saying that the trend pointed…
