Passes sold out overnight as Delhi zoo welcomes back visitors on first day

Earlier, the zoo had reopened for visitors on August 1, more than two months after it was shut due to a rise in the number of Covid cases during the second wave of the pandemic. The zoo was closed for the public on January 4 and the online ticket booking link on its website was […]

Delhi Anganwadi protests: Delhi Government responds to the grievances

The Delhi government is paying the country’s highest amount of honorarium and allowances to Anganwadi workers and helpers in the city, sources in the government claimed on Sunday. The Anganwadi workers are paid monthly Rs 12,720 in Delhi while Rs 12,200 is the pay in Tamil Nadu, Rs 11,811 in Haryana, Rs 10,500 in Telangana, […]

“I am spending 20-30 percent of my income on drinking water”: Azadpur Mandi struggles with unhygienic drinking water and broken toilets for the workers

As the national capital readies itself for summer, Asia’s largest vegetable and fruit market – Azadpur mandi battles a water crisis with the lack of clean drinking water and hygienic toilets. In his sixties, Ratipal is doing arduous labour to earn a livelihood. His primary work is to load and unload trucks in Asia’s largest […]

Angry strokes: protests continue at the College of Art, Delhi

With the reopening of Delhi colleges, protests have erupted at Delhi University, JNU, Jamia Millia Islamia and Ambedkar University — all for a plethora of different reasons. College of Art has its own grievances  As the College of Art readies to shift its affiliation from University of Delhi to Ambedkar University, students protest the move […]

Jamia Nagar: Home to the Homeless

Being one of the oldest regions of Delhi, Jamia Nagar houses the dichotomy of rapidly urbanising itself in the face of development, while harbouring hundreds of homeless people who find no aid in the administrative system. Given its status as one of the eight metropolitan cities in the country, New Delhi is considered one of […]

‘Accept us as we are’: Muslim girls from Delhi open up about the Hijab row

At Shaheen Bagh, a few women have come out in solidarity with those who prefer to drape themselves in hijab or burqa while stepping out of the house The hijab controversy in Udupi, Karnataka, is finding an echo at Shaheen Bagh – once notorious for the anti-CAA protests. Women are coming out at the protest […]

Three loot over Rs 11 lakh from man in Punjabi Bagh area

Three bike-borne men allegedly robbed a person of over Rs 11 lakh in west Delhi’s Punjabi Bagh area. The incident took place on Monday. Police received information at 2:30 pm on Monday from victim Ratan Shukla Baidya about robbery of Rs 11 lakh committed by three motorcycle borne men at Punjabi Bagh underpass on Rohtak […]

A load too heavy

Mehmood Khan’s story is the story of 500-600 porters who work at Nizamuddin Railway Station   Ever wondered how much porters who carry your luggage at railway stations earn? Well, one porter at Nizamuddin Railway Station, Mehmood Khan, says he used to earn Rs 5,000 per month before Covid-19 restrictions led to a shutdown of […]