Author: Sumit Kumar

  NEW DELHI: Fires at the landfill sites continued to engulf the national capital as a massive fire broke out at the Bhalswa landfill site in north Delhi on Tuesday evening. Thick fumes from the fire shrouded the neighbouring areas affecting people living in Libaspur, Swaroop Nagar and Jahangirpuri. Delhi Fire Services said they got […]

  NEW DELHI: Two days after the Supreme Court stayed the demolition drive by North Delhi Municipal Corporation in riot-hit Jahangirpuri, a temple committee in the area has gone ahead and removed part of the shrine on alleged encroached land on their own. Shree Shree Kalibari Mandir is situated in the same neighbourhood of the […]

NEW DELHI: On Wednesday, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) carried out a demolition drive against encroachment by removing illegal constructions in Delhi’s strife-torn Jahangirpuri area. Communal clashes had broken out in the area last week during a Hanuman Jayanti procession. However, after the Supreme Court’s order to halt the drive, the demolition was stopped. North […]

NEW DELHI: A day after riots in the national capital brought Delhi to a standstill, The New Indian team continues to park itself in Jahangipuri to bring you the sense of mood from the site of clashes. Here are some photographs below shot by out lensman Sumit Kumar. ALSO READ: Delhi: 14 Arrested For Violence […]

NEW DELHI: Violence broke out allegedly after stone-pelting on a Hanuman Jayanti procession in Jahangirpuri area of Delhi on Saturday evening. Several people including two policemen were injured in the ensuing chaos. Visuals from the spot show two groups of people pelting stones at each other. Two companies of the Rapid Action Force (RAF) were […]

DELHI: On a fine March afternoon, when 19-year-old Manya Dadhichi found an empty coach of a Delhi Metro train, she could not resist putting her smartphone on the floor and pressing the record button of the camera. She showcased Bharatanatyam steps on Priya Saraiya’s ‘Kalle Kalle’ and posted the video on Instagram. The video went […]

Destiny landed them in an old age home, but their zeal perched them to Delhi’s first-of-its-kind event ‘Oldies Talent Show’. Abandoned and betrayed souls living in old age homes and wounded by their own families eventually decided to stand up and buckle up to lead a joyous life.  The talent show was organised by the […]

NEW DELHI: January 10 marked the one-year anniversary of the momentous feat achieved by Captain Zoya Aggrawal, when she flew the inaugural flight from San Francisco to Bengaluru last year, taking on the Atlantic Route. She did this by leading an all-women crew alongside her and earned the nickname— Polar Girl. In fact, the past year […]

NEW DELHI: As the third wave of the pandemic progresses, various states have revised the guidelines to minimise health damage to the public and stall its spread. The Maharashtra government issued their revised Covid-19 guidelines on Sunday for the state, allowing gyms and salons to open with 50% capacity and only fully vaccinated people will […]

  GURUGRAM: “This is a very special place to celebrate photography and we are one of the most unique museums,” said Aditya Arya to The New Indian. Arya is a historian, activist and photographer who first and foremost calls himself a collector of vintage cameras and photographic equipment from all over the world. He is […]