Senior BJP leader Anurag Thakur on Monday released a “chargesheet” against Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and accused its national convener and former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of turning the Capital into a “laboratory of corruption” through multiple scams. Hitting back, Mr. Kejriwal said the BJP’s sole strategy seems to be targeting him as...
Delhiites woke up to a drizzle and fog on Monday morning with the minimum temperature settling at 8.6 degrees Celsius, a notch below the seasonal average, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). At 8.30 a.m., Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 402, in the ‘severe’ category, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed....
The death toll from the LPG tanker accident-blast in Jaipur has risen to 14, officials said on Saturday. Of the 80 injured in the massive blast that occurred on the Jaipur-Ajmer highway on Friday, at least 30 are in critical condition. The LPG tanker collided with a truck, igniting a massive fire that engulfed the area in an inferno,...
Delhi recorded a temperature of 17.93 degrees Celsius on December 20, 2024, with the minimum and maximum temperatures expected to be around 10.05 degrees and 22.9 degrees Celsius during the day, respectively. The relative humidity is 37 per cent, with a wind speed of 37 km/h. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted that the sky...
High-voltage drama was witnessed in the Parliament as the scuffle between ruling alliance and opposition’s members on Thursday led to a blame-game over who pushed who, with two BJP MPs being injured and Mallikarjun Kharge claiming that he was physically pushed by MPs of the saffron party in the House. Meanwhile, an FIR was registered...
The BJP has shortlisted three to four candidates in each of the 70 Assembly constituencies from a list of over 700 names for the election due in February next year, a senior party leader said on Friday. A committee headed by Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva met on Thursday to screen the names,” added the leader....
Delhi’s air quality plunged into the ‘severe plus’ category on Thursday, with a 24 hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) of 451 recorded at 4 pm, according to the Central Pollution Control Board data. The city witnessed dangerously high levels of PM2.5, the primary pollutant, with 32 of the 35 monitoring stations recording air quality...
The Delhi Police on Thursday registered an FIR against Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi in connection with a scuffle at Parliament where two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs were injured. According to a PTI report, an FIR under section 117 (voluntary causing grievous hurt), 125 (act of endangering life or personal safety...
Delhi BJP, on Thursday, alleged a scam of `250 crore in the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB), which functions under the Delhi government. Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva alleged that the AAP government allocated salaries for a staff of about five to six caretakers per shelter home to contractor NGOs. However, he said that,...
Delhi’s air quality deteriorated further during the day, breaching the 400 mark, and dipping into the ‘Severe+’ category, forcing the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), the Centre’s anti-pollution panel, to impose GRAP 4 restrictions in the national capital and its adjoining areas from tonight. This comes hours after CAQM imposed GRAP 3 during the...