Delhi

At least 40 people were killed across the country on Sunday as thunderstorms and rain swept north, east and south India. Violent dust storms, followed by rain and lightning toppled walls and uprooted trees. Eighteen people were killed in Uttar Pradesh. Eight died in Andhra Pradesh and three in Telangana, officials told NDTV. According to reports, nine people were also killed in West Bengal and five in Delhi NCR due to the storm. The weather office has said thunderstorms are expected across north-west India over the next 48 to 72 hours, as several weather phenomena, including western disturbances, converge.

Delhi Weather: A sudden dust storm and rain hit Delhi today evening. Visibility reduced and traffic slowed down in several areas of the national capital. The sudden change of weather came after a scorching hot morning.

A powerful dust storm and rain hit Delhi this evening, grounding flights, uprooting trees and bringing traffic on the city's roads to a grinding halt, days after an alert across north India for a massive storm. The weather office said the wind speed was recorded between 50 and 70 km per hour.

Ninety-two per cent of the total number of RTI requests filed with different departments of the Delhi government were filed online after the system was introduced 10 months ago, according to government data.

The Delhi Metro has told the high court in Delhi that a nominal fee is charged for drinking water and use of toilets at its stations to prevent the misuse of these facilities.

A 12-year-old boy was on Saturday allegedly attacked by his father's servant with a blade in north Delhi's Burari area, police said.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and all AAP MLAs will walk from his residence to LG House on Monday seeking nod for CCTVs cameras to be installed in the city, his deputy Manish Sisodia said today.

Delhi Police have registered a case in connection with the alleged beating of a man and his family inside a police station when they refused to pay a fine to get their two-wheeler released after it was towed away from outside their home, a police official said today.

A Haryana-based lawyer was apprehended at the Delhi airport for allegedly using a "fake ticket" to enter the terminal building, officials said Saturday.

The Delhi government has ordered that distribution of ration to those who did not avail it for three consecutive months, from January to March, be stopped till they get their verification done by food and supply officers (FSOs).

Delhi on Friday recorded a maximum average temperature of 42.8 degrees Celsius, a rise of nearly five degrees over the previous day's temperature, even as the met predicted rain on Sunday and Monday

An elderly couple was charred to death and another person injured in a fire that gutted their house in the early hours in west Delhi's Moti Nagar area, police said.

Four men were arrested and two minor girls apprehended for allegedly being involved in honey trapping and killing a youth, whose partially burnt body was recovered from a forested area near Tughlaqabad Fort in south east Delhi, the police said today.

Defying the AAP government's stand, Delhi Home Secretary Manoj Parida today chaired a meeting of the Lieutenant Governor-appointed committee on a project for installation of CCTV cameras, in what could trigger another confrontation with the AAP dispensation and the Lt General's office.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's nephew Vinay Bansal arrested in connection with an alleged scam worth Rs 6 crore in the Public Works Department (PWD) on Friday moved a bail plea in a court here.