Delhi News

Senior Aam Aadmi Party party leader Sanjay Singh said that his party is not part of an anti-BJP formation or that it is in talks with the Congress for a possible alliance ahead of the general elections.

A huge right-wing rally to demand the fast-tracking of the Ram temple at Ayodhya is being held at Delhi's Ramlila grounds. The attending groups, which include the BJP's ideological mentor, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, want the government to pass an ordinance to bypass the legal process. The winter session of parliament -- the last full-fledged one before the Lok Sabha polls are announced -- begins on Tuesday.

In another push for the early construction of the Ram temple at Ayodhya, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad is holding a mega rally in Delhi today. With more than 1.5 lakh people expected to attend, the right-wing outfit has organised the rally to demand the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya. RSS general secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi and other affiliates of the VHP are expected to gather at the Ramlila ground.

As discontent brewed in Telangana over the mass deletion of names from its electoral rolls, a similar concern sparked off a social media battle between the BJP and the ruling Aam Aam Aadmi in the national capital on Saturday.

Supreme Court-appointed Environment Pollution Control Authority Chairperson Bhure Lal Saturday said he visited various pollution hotspots in Delhi and found rampant illegal polluting activities especially garbage burning taking place in these areas.

Supreme Court-appointed Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) will call a meeting specifically for industries in Delhi to discuss the progress from shifting from coal to natural gas, as it noted that the "ease of breathing" cannot be compromised for the "ease of business".

A doctor, who terms homosexuality as "genetic mental disorder" and uses electric shock to treat gay and lesbian people, has been summoned by a Delhi court as an accused for violating norms. Though Dr P K Gupta was penalized by the Delhi Medical Council (DMC), he was still indulging in this bizarre practice. The court took note of a complaint against the doctor by the DMC, which claimed that he was using hormonal and shock therapy to provide treatment.

The air quality in four areas -- Jahangirpuri and Nehru Nagar -- recorded severe air quality in Delhi.

The Met office has forecast clear skies for the day ahead and haze and smoke towards the afternoon in Delhi.

Expected chilly winters to set in within a span of three days.

An All India Radio (AIR) official accused of sexual harassment by nine women employees has been demoted from his position and subjected to other salary cuts as he was found guilty, the National Commission for Women (NCW) said on Friday.

Hike in property tax, levying of professional and betterment taxes, and plans for a health scheme on the lines of Ayushman Bharat for Class IV employees were proposed by the NDMC in its budget today. North Delhi Municipal Commissioner Madhup Vyas presented the NDMC's revised budget estimates for 2018-19 and budget estimates for 2019-20 at the Civic Centre in the national capital.

A Delhi Court today said it would hear on January 30 the chief secretary assault case in which Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia have been named as accused. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal was told by the counsel for Mr Kejriwal, Mr Sisodia and other AAP leaders that they have not been provided with complete documents annexed with the charge sheet filed by the Delhi Police.

Even as Sabarimala in Kerala continues to simmer over the Supreme Court verdict that allowed women of all ages to enter the Lord Ayyappa shrine, women law students have filed a plea with the Delhi High Court seeking directions to the Centre and other authorities to allow the entry of women into the sanctum sanctorum of Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia Dargah in Delhi.

At a time when Delhi has been revealed as the most polluted city in the world, fires continue to rage in its Neelwal locality despite a 2013 National Green Tribunal (NGT) order that clamped down on the burning of plastic. Ironically, this West Delhi area is situated just 30 km from the green court.