Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and former vice-president M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday inaugurated 25 Atal canteens across the capital on the eighth death anniversary of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The new outlets, launched via remote control, include canteens outside hospitals such as AIIMS and LNJP, and in slum clusters in Janakpuri, Vikaspuri and other...
Around 5,000 people have been displaced by a powerful earthquake in Indonesia that has caused at least53 fatalities. Rescuers continue to search for survivors of the shallow magnitude 7.7 quake, which struck the island of Flores shortly before 05:00 local time on Saturday (22:00 GMT on Friday). Preliminary reports indicate more than 900 homes and...
A group of 51 farmers led by Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal was stopped by the Haryana Police at the Khanauri-Data Singhwala border in Jind on Sunday (August 16, 2026) while marching on foot towards Delhi as part of a 13-day ‘Kisan Bachao Padyatra’ (save farmers walk). Several farmer leaders were also...
The agitation by job aspirants over alleged irregularities in Jharkhand’s recruitment examinations entered its 19th day on Wednesday, with protesters vowing to intensify their stir until their demands are met. The students, protesting under the banner of the JPSC-JSSC Reforms Manch, have refused to call off their agitation despite assurances from the Hemant Soren government...
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, Speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly Vijender Gupta, along with MLAs, participated in a Tiranga Yatra at the Delhi Legislative Assembly premises. The yatra commenced from the statue of Mahatma Gandhi and culminated at the statue of Dr B. R. Ambedkar, symbolising the nation’s unity, democratic values and commitment to...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted India’s Commonwealth Games 2026 medal winners at his residence onSunday. PM Modi said that the exceptional performances of the athletes have made the country proud and will motivate youngsters. PM Modi also posted a video from his interaction with India’s CWG 2026 medal winners. The Prime Minister shared a video...
The second round of talks between the Jharkhand government and student representatives protesting alleged irregularities in government recruitment examinations ended without a breakthrough on Saturday, prolonging a conflict that the state has so far struggled to resolve. The students, however, said the government had listened to their demands and that they would wait for the...
The Delhi government will soon launch a “Child Beggar-Free Delhi” campaign to protect children found begging at public places and major road intersections in the city, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has said. In a video posted on X on Saturday, Gupta said the campaign will be conducted across 13 districts of the capital to provide...
The pilot-in-command (PIC) of the Air India Phuket-Delhi flight that suddenly lost around 300 feet of altitude during cruise on August 4 underwent a psychoactive substance screening test after the incident, with the initial result described as “not negative”, The Times of India (TOI) reported, citing the Civil Aviation Ministry. The result was sent for confirmatory testing,...
In the last few weeks, the national capital has witnessed a sudden surge in highly infectious H1N1 flu virus cases, mostly being dominated by severe throat pain and a runny nose. With 1,344 new H1N1 infections reported in just a short period nearly six times the number recorded earlier, let us understand that this year’s...