North Delhi

A CBI special court in New Delhi on Tuesday convicted five persons in connection with a coal scam case related to Lalgarh (North) coal block allocated during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government in 2003, officials said.

Hours after the collapse of an old four-storey building in Sabzi Mandi in north Delhi, the area's civic body today ordered a probe into the incident and decided to reassess the condition of all dangerous buildings across its six zones.

A building collapsed in north Delhi's Sabzi Mandi area on Monday, following which seven fire tenders were rushed to the spot for rescue operations, officials said.

A nine-month-old boy died after a portion of a roof fell on him in North Delhi's Swaroop Nagar area, police said on Sunday.

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi government to consider as representation a plea alleging defects in the project of double decker viaduct DMRC pink line in north east Delhi.

The BJP-led North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) House on Friday approved a proposal to waive property tax for owners of houses and residential plots spanning up to 50 sqm, subject to certain conditions, officials said.

A team of biologists from Delhi University, Wildlife Institute of India and North Carolina Museum of Natural Science (USA) has discovered a new species of frog from the Adi hills Arunachal Pradesh, according to an official statement.

The Delhi government's tourism department has resumed boating in the Naini Lake situated in north Delhi, officials said on Tuesday.

Meghalaya's ruling party - the National People's Party (NPP) - has extended its presence to the national capital with a party office in Delhi's 75, North Avenue.

Rains lashed parts of the national capital and adjoining states early this morning, bringing down the temperature in the region. There is also a forecast of thunderstorms and heavy rain in and around Delhi later today, the weather department said.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday predicted thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rain over some parts of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh today.

After a string of monsoon predictions by the India Meteorological Department going haywire for parts of north India, including Delhi, one of its senior scientists has explained the reasons behind the faulty forecasts.

The easterly winds have made conditions favourable for the advancement of the southwest monsoon and it is likely to cover parts of north India, including Delhi, Haryana and Punjab, in a day, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday.

Two persons were shot dead in a firing incident that was reported on Thursday in north Delhi.

North India sizzled under heat wave conditions today owing to a delay in the arrival of monsoon with the weather department forecasting rain-laden easterly winds covering the region by July 10.

A CBI special court in New Delhi on Tuesday convicted five persons in connection with a coal scam case related to Lalgarh (North) coal block allocated during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government in 2003, officials said.

Hours after the collapse of an old four-storey building in Sabzi Mandi in north Delhi, the area's civic body today ordered a probe into the incident and decided to reassess the condition of all dangerous buildings across its six zones.

A building collapsed in north Delhi's Sabzi Mandi area on Monday, following which seven fire tenders were rushed to the spot for rescue operations, officials said.

A nine-month-old boy died after a portion of a roof fell on him in North Delhi's Swaroop Nagar area, police said on Sunday.

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi government to consider as representation a plea alleging defects in the project of double decker viaduct DMRC pink line in north east Delhi.

The BJP-led North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) House on Friday approved a proposal to waive property tax for owners of houses and residential plots spanning up to 50 sqm, subject to certain conditions, officials said.

A team of biologists from Delhi University, Wildlife Institute of India and North Carolina Museum of Natural Science (USA) has discovered a new species of frog from the Adi hills Arunachal Pradesh, according to an official statement.

The Delhi government's tourism department has resumed boating in the Naini Lake situated in north Delhi, officials said on Tuesday.

Meghalaya's ruling party - the National People's Party (NPP) - has extended its presence to the national capital with a party office in Delhi's 75, North Avenue.

Rains lashed parts of the national capital and adjoining states early this morning, bringing down the temperature in the region. There is also a forecast of thunderstorms and heavy rain in and around Delhi later today, the weather department said.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday predicted thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rain over some parts of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh today.

After a string of monsoon predictions by the India Meteorological Department going haywire for parts of north India, including Delhi, one of its senior scientists has explained the reasons behind the faulty forecasts.

The easterly winds have made conditions favourable for the advancement of the southwest monsoon and it is likely to cover parts of north India, including Delhi, Haryana and Punjab, in a day, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday.

Two persons were shot dead in a firing incident that was reported on Thursday in north Delhi.

North India sizzled under heat wave conditions today owing to a delay in the arrival of monsoon with the weather department forecasting rain-laden easterly winds covering the region by July 10.