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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
TopicChandni Chowk

Topic: Chandni Chowk

Chandni Chowk had a grand makeover dream. 3 yrs on, vendors, vehicles, and trash take over

Three years after its much-touted revamp, Chandni Chowk’s old chaos has returned with a vengeance. Now, it is ‘as congested & dirty as before’ right under signboards that promised change.

‘Chandni Chowk, but with AC’ — Omaxe mall is the hot new thing in Old Delhi

Its bejewelled arches and roofs are straight out of the Mughal-e-Azam dance scene – a Bollywoodised imagination of the past.

‘Hell penetrated my heaven’—Old Delhi havelis crumbling, Shahjahanabad now a commercial slum

The current state of Delhi's old havelis is the result of past events, starting from the 1857 First War of Independence and the subsequent development of railway lines.

‘Pista barfi pioneer’, Kanwarji was Chandni Chowk’s OG snacking site. Now selfie spot too

Kanwarji Bhagirath Mal’s sem ke beej is an item you can’t find anywhere else even today. Aloo ka lachcha, matar samosa, and kachori are classic purchases too.

Heels, Senorita mocktails, kebabs—Gumbad Cafe is a bit of South Delhi in Old Delhi

Gumbad Cafe's Jama Masjid view is making Chandni Chowk a luxury spot. NCR visitors are lined up.

Over 100 shops burnt in massive fire at wholesale market in Delhi’s Chandni Chowk

The fire broke out in a shop at Mahalaxmi Market and soon spread to adjacent ones, all dealing in electrical appliances, said officials.

After delays and as previous work crumbles, Chandni Chowk gears up for phase 2 of revamp

Phase 2 of revamp project, which got a new chief nodal officer last week, will focus on restoring the façade of heritage buildings. But failure to maintain new order remains a concern.

‘Rules only for brick & mortar shops?’ Delhi traders despair as odd-even, weekend curfew remain

Sadar Bazar traders blame illegal hawkers for crowds, those in Chandni Chowk say they’ll write to govt by Jan-ed if rules are not relaxed. It’s a question of survival, they say.

‘Most important tourist destination’: Kejriwal inaugurates revamped Chandni Chowk stretch

Speaking at the event, Delhi CM said that earlier broken roads, dangling wires, traffic congestion were synonymous with Chandni Chowk but now it has become 'aesthetically appealing'.

‘Hawa Mahal’ in Chandni Chowk sparks row over violation of Delhi master plan

A trader reconstructs façade of his building in Shahjahanabad in the image of Jaipur’s Hawa Mahal. NDMC asks him to dismantle structure. Questions arise over rules.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.