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Credit: Reuters Delhi’s meteorological and political climates seem to be in perfect sync this year. After the infernal heat and dust, the city is holding its breath. It’s like being transfixed by the cobra’s eyes. Everything is at a standstill. A pregnant pause. While the new parliament is in session, nothing significant has been achieved…
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According to officials, peak power demand in Delhi reached 8,647 MW at 3:22 pm today. (File) New Delhi: As searing temperatures reaching up to 47 degrees Celsius continue to boil Delhi, the capital’s electricity usage has reached an incredible peak of 8,647 MW today, its highest-ever peak power demand. According to officials, peak power demand…
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The weather maps shows the entire stretch from Punjab to Bihar in red. New Delhi: Severe heat wave conditions are likely to prevail in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and Punjab, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its latest update as northwest India is grappling with an unprecedented heat…
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Mr Saini said the AAP government couldn’t build proper infrastructure for water. Rohtak (Haryana): Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini hit back at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal amid the row over the water crisis in the national capital. He said the state is providing its complete quota of water to Delhi and the Aam…
New Delhi: Soaring temperatures in Delhi have proven to be too much for some courts and are putting to the test a law in place since 1961 that requires lawyers to wear heavy black robes and coats. At least three High Courts have permitted lawyers to discard the robes and coats for the summer, although…
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The killed woman was identified as Pooja, a resident of Rajokri, cops said. (Representational) New Delhi: A 22-year-old woman was strangled allegedly by her husband over matrimonial dispute on Wednesday in southwest Delhi, police said. The killed woman was identified as Pooja, a resident of Rajokri, they said. “On Wednesday at 12.38 pm, a PCR…
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IndiGo flight bomb threat: The flight was scheduled to take off from Delhi airport around 5 am. New Delhi: A Varanasi-bound IndiGo flight today received a bomb threat at the Delhi airport, prompting authorities to inspect the plane, officials said. The flight, 6E2211, was scheduled to take off from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport around…
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked the Opposition again over dynastic politics today, declaring that while the BJP’s mantra is “Nation First”, the other side operates on the “Family first” maxim. Then, in an apparent dig at Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party — which rules Delhi and Punjab — and the rest of the…
Peak power demand in Delhi reached 8,000 MW at 3:42 pm today, according to officials. (Representational) New Delhi: As Delhi boils at scorching temperatures reaching up to 47 degrees Celsius, the capital’s electricity usage has reached an incredible peak of 8,000 MW today, its highest-ever peak power demand. Peak power demand in Delhi reached 8,000…
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New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday asserted that the BJP-led central government accomplished in 10 years what the Congress could not do even in 60 years of its rule. Addressing a poll meeting in support of BJP’s West Delhi Lok Sabha candidate Kamaljeet Sehrawat, Mr Gadkari asked people to vote for BJP if…
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