NEW DELHI: Heavy rainfall along with thunderstorms lashed several parts of the city and National Capital Region (NCR) in the wee hours of Tuesday.Waterlogging was witnessed in several parts of Delhi after the rainfall, which is likely to create inconvenience for commuters during peak morning hours.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted thunderstorms with light to moderate-intensity rain...
NEW DELHI: A Nigerian national was arrested in Delhi for duping a Gurgaon woman of Rs 2 lakh on the pretext of custom clearance after they met on a matrimonial site, police said on Monday.The accused, identified as Ignatus Ngosine, was arrested from Delhi on Sunday night, they said. According to the complainant, she started talking to the accused, who posed as a project manager working with a Turkish...
NEW DELHI: For the second consecutive day, Delhi recorded more than 400 cases of Covid-19. On Sunday, the national capital registered 429 new cases and another fatality owing to the virus. As per the daily health bulletin, the positivity rate was 16.09%, a jump of around 2% from Saturday.Sunday's figure came from 2,667 samples. According to the state government, the primary cause of the death was "not...
NEW DELHI: Delhi on Sunday recorded 429 fresh Covid cases, the highest in more than seven months, with the positivity rate rising to 16.09 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. One Covid-related death was reported in the city. The health bulletin, however, said the primary cause of death was not Covid.The death toll due to the infection stands at 26,530. Delhi saw 416 fresh...
NEW DELHI: A collision between a crane and a two-wheeler in Keshavpuram area of northwest Delhi resulted in the death of a 15-year-old boy and injury to his friend, police said on Sunday. At midnight, the incident occurred on the carriageway towards Inderlok, close to a restaurant, they said. According to the police, Arib and his 18-year-old friend Irfan while taking a joyride on a scooter after having...
NEW DELHI: Despite it being a weekend, the traffic from IIT-Delhi to Nehru Place via the Chirag Dilli flyover was very slow on Saturday. Vehicles going from Hauz Khas to Chirag Dilli too ran into jams in the afternoon. The carriageway on the flyover taking traffic from IIT towards Nehru Place was shut for repair work on Friday, though with one of the lanes left open for use by motorists. On the second...
NEW DELHI: Delhi recorded 416 fresh Covid cases on Saturday, the highest in over seven months, with a positivity rate of 14.37 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. Also, one Covid-related death was reported, stated the department's latest bulletin that had two additional sections to describe the fatality -- "Primary cause of death is Covid - zero; primary cause of death is...
NEW DELHI: Thunderstorm with heavy rain lashed parts of Delhi and the National Capital Region on Saturday evening. Areas, including south and southeast Delhi witnessed heavy downpour around 6pm.The IMD had issued a forecast for rain a day back saying that the city was likely to witness rain accompanied by thunder and lightning with the maximum temperature likely to settle at 30 degrees Celsius.The...
NEW DELHI: Police have arrested an 18-year-old boy from Jyoti Nagar for insulting a saffron flag and posting the video of the incident on social media. "After the video was widely circulated on social media, we looked up for the people in the video. The 18-year-old was identified as Faiz Alam. The two juveniles seen in the video have also been apprehended," a police officer said. "The phone that was...
NEW DELHI: March started as a warm month but ended cooler than expected, which was a relief after Delhi recorded the warmest February in 17 years.Several western disturbances ensured that Delhi got rain, thunderstorms, cloudy skies and strong winds. At 30.9 degrees Celsius, the city recorded the lowest mean maximum temperature in March since 2020, although, it was still about one degree above normal. In...
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