Smog tightens grip on Delhi-NCR

The layer of eye-stinging smog lingering over Delhi-NCR thickened on Friday, giving an orange tint to the sun and lowering visibility to 200 metres at several places in the region reeling under hazardous pollution levels since early November Delhi has recorded severe air quality on five of the last seven days after Diwali. According to an […]

Celebrate ‘Chhath Mahaparv’ with happiness, says Kejriwal while offering puja

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday celebrated Chhath Puja at East Kidwai Nagar and Raja Bazar to offer ‘arghya‘ to Sun god and said it is not the time for politics and everyone should celebrate “Chhath Mahaparv” with happiness His reaction came after the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party […]

HC seeks DDA’s response on street vendors’ plea against Master Plan 2021

The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought a response from the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on a plea by the National Hawkers Federation challenging the Master Plan of 2021 A bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice to the DDA on the petition which claims that the Delhi Master Plan […]

Withering without care

Once lush, green and a source of income, this Defence Colony’s central park now lays forgotten with muck and unkempt grass marking its landscape    Defence colony’s central park symbolises, in a way, the impact that Covid-19 has had in our world. Overgrown grass, shrubs untended to, and its carers out of jobs. Renu Pado, […]

“Not enough roles for foreign actors here”

Actor Suzanne Bernert talks about her journey in the Indian film industry as a foreigner, and her latest book ‘The Diwali Gift’ German-Indian actor Suzanne Bernert has succeeded in carving a niche for herself in the Indian entertainment industry through her sheer tenacity and hard work. Growing up in a scenic border town near Austria […]

Delhi govt installs bamboo nets, sprinkles water to remove froth from Yamuna

A day after the Delhi government deployed 15 boats in River Yamuna to remove froth at Kalindi Kunj, civic agencies on Wednesday installed bamboo nets and sprinkled water to dissipate froth — a sign of the river’s hazardous water quality. Officials have admitted that the problem of frothing will continue until sewage treatment plants in […]

Unproven not unaccepted; home remedies breed in Delhi with rise in dengue 

In a rush to find a cure for dengue, people in the Capital are turning to home remedies, despite their efficacy being unproven    Alok was informed that his friend is in the grip of dengue and requires goat’s milk as his platelet count is going down. He, without delay rushed to a jhuggi area near […]

Shastri: Player, commentator, coach and commentator again

Ravi Shastri has had a contrasting career; from being a player to BCCI’s ‘own guy’ to being a guide to the team. Patriot takes a look at his journey so far   Ravi Shastri left the Team India dressing room on Monday night delivering what he has always been best at… ‘a lecture’! As the five-year-long […]