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Topic: Delhi

5.4-magnitude earthquake hits Jammu and Kashmir, tremors felt in Delhi, parts of north India

The quake struck moments after 1.30 pm and lasted a few seconds.

Air India grounds 2 pilots for inviting woman into cockpit, second incident in over 3 months

Action was initiated against the pilots after a complaint from the cabin crew regarding an unauthorised female passenger entering the cockpit of a Delhi-Leh flight last week.

Too unsafe for a nightlife? Why efforts to make Delhi a 24/7 city are proving slow-starters

New Delhi: It is just past 10 pm on a Wednesday, and the crowd at Delhi’s famed Connaught Place market has already started to...

Delhi cafes are bringing women singers for live gigs. But rowdy guests are a big problem

Popular cafes such as The Piano Man Jazz Club, Cafe 27, and Teo are opening their doors to women singers, and they enjoy adequate security. But not everyone is so lucky.

Why Delhi master plan-2041, which aims to make Capital 24/7 city & cut pollution, is hanging fire

While there is no tentative date in sight for the final nod for the implementation of MPD-2014, the Centre is examining three major components, including land-pooling policy, to clear the plan.

Homi Bhabha loved Delhi for its monuments. He thought PWD architects would ruin the city

Bakhtiar K Dadabhoy's full-fledged biography of Homi J. Bhabha provides a good vehicle for telling the story of Indian science and the foundations of India’s atomic energy programme.

Man caught for murder of teenage girlfriend after row, repeatedly stabbed her, hit with stone

Sahil, 20, was in a relationship with the girl, but killed her after a fight, the Delhi Police said.

How ‘unauthorised’ constructions are taking over Delhi’s urban villages marked for DDA land pooling

Delhi Development Authority's land pooling policy remains a non-starter due to 2 criteria landowners struggle to meet — 70% landowner participation & 70% contiguous encroachment-free land.

SC verdict on Maharashtra shows it’s willing to wound yet afraid to strike

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Jackals, migratory birds from Europe, Tesu flowers — Delhi is a thriving urban jungle

At an event organised by ecology-focused music festival Echoes of the Earth, environmentalists spoke about how to engage with nature fruitfully.

On Camera

‘Trade, not aid’—Narasimha Rao’s 1991 reforms speech that changed India’s economic landscape

On 9 July 1991, then-PM PV Narasimha Rao addressed the nation days before the Budget presentation, admitting that the job of repairing India's sick economy won't be easy, quick, or smooth.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.