NEW DELHI: Some two and half years ago a massive fire had broken out in Anaj Mandi in Old Delhi which had gobbled 43 lives and then another fire in Arpit hotel in Karol Bagh had claimed 17 lives in 2019. Almost the same story was repeated when a warehouse was situated between Mundka Metro […]
Sounds of wailing, strong enough to melt even the stone-hearted, reverberated at the Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Mangolpuri as a stark remembrance of the horrific inferno at a four-storied building in Mundka on Friday afternoon. Distraught relatives of missing persons waited with bated breath, hoping their dear ones are not on the list of […]
NEW DELHI: An anti-encroachment drive was launched by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) in Shaheen Bagh, the center of anti-citizenship law protests, on Monday but was forced to halt it following a massive resistance. In heavy police presence, the officials of the SDMC arrived at the busy Shaheen Bagh market at around 11 […]
With the COVID-19 restrictions lifted, the devotees drove in herds to the iconic Jama Masjid in New Delhi as Muslims in the country celebrated Eid-Ul-Fitr with devotion. The old city area of the capital is full of fun and fervour filled with colour with the aroma of delicacies, especially seviyan, filling the air, bringing […]
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 […]