Heavy rains cause extensive waterlogging in Delhi, traffic movement affected

Heavy rains on Tuesday morning led to extensive waterlogging at several road stretches across Delhi, including near Pragati Maidan in the central part of the city and Dhaula Kuan in the southern part, affecting traffic movement. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said 100 mm of rainfall was recorded at the Safdarjung observatory, which provides representative […]

‘Racial slurs are normal’: It’s lack of jobs driving North easterns away

Restrictions in Delhi may have eased, but for migrants from the Northeast states lack of jobs and security are driving factors for not returning to the city  Like many high hopes for the future, 25-year-old Premjit Lhaho from Sikkim to Delhi. In 2013, He rented a flat in Kamala Nagar with four other friends, later […]

Women farmers hold ‘Kisan Sansad’ at Jantar Mantar

Nearly 200 women farmers from Delhi’s neighbouring states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana gathered at Jantar Mantar in the national capital for a ‘Kisan Sansad’ on Monday to continue the agitation against the Centre’s contentious agricultural laws They raised slogans demanding scrapping of the three farm laws — the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce […]

HC asks police to shift LGBTQ couple to safe house, provide security

The Delhi High Court Friday directed the police to shift a LGBTQ community couple, wanting to get married and facing threat from families, to a safe house set up by the Delhi government and provide them adequate security. Justice Mukta Gupta directed the SHO of Mayur Vihar Phase-I police station to ensure that the couple […]

Tilak Nagar market in Delhi closed for Covid protocol violations

Several markets in the Tilak Nagar area have been closed by the sub-divisional magistrate till July 27 following violations of Covid protocols, officials said on Friday. Jitender Singh, the sub-divisional magistrate of Patel Nagar, on Thursday ordered the closure of Tilak Nagar markets comprising Mall road, main market, Mangal Bazar road, old market and fruit […]

COVID-19: Delhi HC to resume physical functioning from Aug 16 on experimental basis

The Delhi High Court Thursday said it may on experimental basis resume from August 16 its physical functioning which was restricted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An administrative order of the high court said this will be done in a restricted manner subject to further orders based on evaluation of the situation of the pandemic […]

Brawny is the qualification; low incomes and the lure of crime are big challenges for traditional wrestlers 

For traditional wrestlers jobs like enforcers, personal security, manning cash collection points like the toll plazas, even organised crime are a niche professional avenue with that come with greater risks than rewards   It’s an overcast Sunday evening, outside a popular bar in the Kailash Market in South Delhi, Samar Chaudhary is getting ready for his […]

Can Delhi resist the third wave?

Even though the government denies a record of any death due to lack of oxygen, the horrors of the last wave still haunts the citizens. With the probability of an upcoming Covid-19 third wave, the capital city amps up its healthcare facilities to fight it better — unlike last time The number of Covid cases, […]