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New Delhi metro must keep up as capital becomes world’s largest city by 2028

The New Delhi metro faces an ever-growing ridership, with over 2.5 million passengers who rode daily in 2022.

Waterlogging, sanitation woes…and fish! The ’15 kg bounty’ the Yamuna left behind at Civil Lines

Amid the chaos, tilapia and catfish were spotted swimming about in living rooms, basements and the streets. Domestic workers in the area cast nets, and made a meal out of the catch.

‘Tired of rebuilding home’: In relief camps, Delhi’s flood-displaced forced to relive 1978 horror

Delhi’s flood-displaced wait for the government to identify their losses and rebuild their homes from scratch. The 1978 deluge is fresh in the mind of many who again find themselves in relief camps.

DCW chief demands strict action from PM Modi, Manipur CM over naked parade incident in Manipur

Tension mounted in the hills of Manipur after a video surfaced Wednesday showing two women from one of the warring communities being paraded naked by men from the other side.

Why does Yamuna overflow? Encroached floodplains & multiple barrages restricting river flow to blame

With construction of barrages & houses along Yamuna's basin having decreased width of the river & size of floodplains, the monsoonal river's no longer equipped to handle seasonal flooding.

Delhi court turns down Pernod Ricardo’s plea for renewal of liquor sale lincence

The Enforcement Directorate has accused the company of illegally making profits by giving false information to Delhi city authorities in 2021.

Can Parliament amend Constitution to strip Delhi govt of ‘services’? SC’s ordinance plea stumper

3-judge bench led by CJI Chandrachud hearing Delhi govt plea, says two previous Constitution bench judgments on distribution of powers in Capital didn’t cover this question of law.

Why Delhi drowned: Jammed gates of crucial ITO barrage & a Delhi-Haryana blamegame

Flooding that hit parts of north and east Delhi last week was not just caused by heavy rains and water release from Haryana's Hathnikund barrage.

Govt drops tomato subsidy rate to Rs 80/kg in Delhi-NCR, other areas.

According to govt data, the average all-India retail price of tomatoes was Rs 116.86/kg Saturday, with the maximum touching Rs 250/kg. In Delhi, tomatoes were prices Rs 178/kg.

Kejriwal says Yamuna level receding, two water plants to open tomorrow

The situation could worsen if weather predictions of more rain in the capital and upper catchment areas come true.

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.