- newRaghav Chadha, six AAP MPs join BJP
Besides Raghav Chadha, Rajya Sabha MPs Sandeep Pathak, Ashok Mittal, Harbhajan Singh, Rajinder Gupta, Vikram Sahney and Swati Maliwal also quit the party
- 3 mins ago 24 Apr 26, 4:38pm - - newSupreme Court refuses to entertain pleas of those on election duty in Bengal, asks them to move tribunal
The apex Court asked them to approach the appellate tribunals constituted to decide appeals against the deletion or exclusion of names from the voter list
- 1 hour ago 24 Apr 26, 3:26pm - - newReviving Panchayati Raj system more urgent than raising Lok Sabha strength to ensure personal political survival: Congress
On Panchayati Raj day, the Congress also said that it is fully committed to strengthening the spirit of Gram Swaraj and congratulated the village heads and members of the panchayats and local bodies across the country
- 3 hours ago 24 Apr 26, 1:19pm - - newMake sure medicines, vaccines are available: CM
CM Rekha Gupta said that deficiencies in cleanliness, medicines and basic facilities would not be tolerated under any circumstances.
- 4 hours ago 24 Apr 26, 12:21pm - - newNGT issues notice to six stadiums, warns of shutdown over groundwater violations
The green body had asked several cricket stadiums to provide the information to the Central Ground Water Authority, which is tabulating the information disclosed by them
- 4 hours ago 24 Apr 26, 12:14pm - - newCrimes in Delhi’s upscale areas expose loopholes in hiring domestic helps
Two crimes, the murder of an IRS officer’s daughter and a dacoity took place in Delhi in the last week
- 6 hours ago 24 Apr 26, 10:48am - - newDelhi HC questions police over allegations of illegal detention, torture of activists
"You may be investigating a terrorist angle, but if you pick up someone, you have to follow the procedure," court said to Delhi Police
- 6 hours ago 24 Apr 26, 10:44am - - newDelhi High Court seeks Kejriwal’s stand on plea over court videos circulation
During the hearing, the Court stated that unauthorised recording, uploading, and publishing of court hearings are prohibited under the High Court rules
- 6 hours ago 24 Apr 26, 10:34am - - newAAP targets BJP over ‘deteriorating’ law and order situation in Delhi
AAP MLA Kuldeep Yadav pointed out that law and order in Delhi was already under the Centre, but for the past one and a half years, all levels of government in Delhi has been under the BJP
- 12 hours ago 24 Apr 26, 4:42am - - newIRS officer daughter murder case: accused sent to 4-day custody
The police said the accused told them that ‘had didi [the victim] given me money, I would not have done anything to her’
- 16 hours ago 24 Apr 26, 12:44am - - newEnsure uninterrupted supply of medicines, vaccines: CM
Directive to authorities follows surprise inspection at the Delhi government-run Aruna Asaf Ali Hospital
- 16 hours ago 24 Apr 26, 12:40am - - newGovt. schools start new session sans textbooks; contempt plea filed- 16 hours ago 24 Apr 26, 12:22am -
- new‘Women feel unsafe’: AAP targets Delhi govt. over ‘deteriorating’ law and order situation
The city is witnessing ‘daily reports of murder and robbery’, alleges Opposition party MLA Kuldeep Kumar
- 16 hours ago 24 Apr 26, 12:18am - - newState support key for DNT welfare, says Social Justice Ministry report
Only seven States issuing DNT certificates; Centre flags gaps in data, PMAY-G lists and welfare outreach
- 21 hours ago 23 Apr 26, 7:31pm - - newDelhi court sends man accused of killing IRS officer’s daughter to 4-day police custody
With his face covered by a cloth, the accused was produced in the jam-packed courtroom where the magistrate asked Rahul Meena about the injuries shown in the medico-legal report to which the accused said he got hurt while getting down from the terrace
- 23 hours ago 23 Apr 26, 6:07pm -
- Delhi High Court refuses to entertain plea over LPG shortage
Terming it a “fallout of the war” in West Asia, a Bench of Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia said it will not pass “futile” directions when the Centre has already issued various orders on the supply of LPG, including an order under the Essential Commodities Act.
- 1 day ago 23 Apr 26, 1:09pm - - IRS officer’s daughter raped and murdered in southeast Delhi home
According to police, the victim was discovered by her family members inside the house under suspicious circumstances, following which the police were alerted.
- 1 day ago 23 Apr 26, 12:55pm - - IMD forecasts heatwave for Delhi, minimum temperature 2.7°C above normal
The air quality in the capital was recorded in the ‘moderate’ category at 9 a.m. on Thursday (April 23, 2026), with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 191, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed
- 1 day ago 23 Apr 26, 11:20am - - Delhi High Court directs government to implement Supreme Court’s open prison mandate
A Bench of Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia asked the Delhi government to file an affidavit detailing the steps taken to ensure compliance of the Supreme Court’s order
- 1 day ago 23 Apr 26, 10:29am - - Delhi High Court judge recuses from hearing contempt PIL against Kejriwal over circulation of court videos
Justice Karia, a former partner at a leading law firm, represented Meta in several cases before his elevation as a judge
- 1 day ago 23 Apr 26, 10:16am - - Promotion of Group D employees: Haryana government to convene special one-day session to introduce Bill
The decision was taken at a meeting of the Haryana Cabinet held on April 22, in Gurugram under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini
- 1 day ago 23 Apr 26, 10:13am - - Delhi court orders framing charges against Lawrence Bishnoi, 19 others in 2021 case
The court said, according to the probe, members of the present organised crime syndicate were actively operating a crime syndicate from even inside jail
- 1 day ago 23 Apr 26, 10:07am - - JNUTA opposes quota for children of teaching staff
In a statement, signed by JNUTA president Syed Akhtar Husain and secretary Avinash Kumar, the teachers’ association hit out at Vice-Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit for “blatant abuse of power”
- 2 days ago 23 Apr 26, 2:49am - - Delhi CM directs strict enforcement of ‘No PUC, No fuel’ rule
Ms. Gupta said the government is committed to ensuring a clean, healthy environment and improving Delhi’s air quality through sustained and comprehensive measures
- 2 days ago 23 Apr 26, 2:13am - - AAP to skip MCD mayoral polls for second straight year- 2 days ago 23 Apr 26, 12:54am -
- DoE issues guidelines for schools to beat the heat- 2 days ago 23 Apr 26, 12:53am -
- Judge recuses from hearing contempt plea against Kejriwal- 2 days ago 23 Apr 26, 12:53am -
- Govt claims women winning unreserved panchayat seats in ‘significant numbers’
Parliament data show 10 States/union territories where quota percentage is exceeded, but limited to an excess of up to 5 percentage points; four States/union territories were not meeting the quota, while five had just enough
- 2 days ago 22 Apr 26, 11:54pm - - Haryana BJP announces mayoral candidates for three municipal corporations; renominates Sonipat Mayor- 2 days ago 22 Apr 26, 11:03pm -
- In plea for death penalty, NIA cites Yasin Malik’s Pakistan contacts and militant ties
The agency, which has sought to enhance his life sentence in a terror funding case to death penalty, argued before the Delhi High Court that taking names of senior politicians and bureaucrats does not absolve or negate his links with militants like Hafiz Saeed
- 2 days ago 22 Apr 26, 8:33pm - - AAP will not contest mayoral poll to expose BJP failure: Saurabh Bharadwaj
In the 250-member MCD House, the BJP has a comfortable majority of 123 councillors
- 2 days ago 22 Apr 26, 6:41pm - - Watch: Delhi heatwave: Yellow alert issued, temperatures likely to touch 43 degrees- 2 days ago 22 Apr 26, 1:11pm -
- Students protest Ambedkar portrait removal at JNU hostel- 2 days ago 22 Apr 26, 6:12am -
- Plea in Delhi HC seeks contempt action against Kejriwal over circulation of court videos
The plea by advocate Vaibhav Singh submitted that unauthorised sharing of court recordings on social media can undermine the independence of the judiciary
- 3 days ago 22 Apr 26, 4:25am - - IMD issues yellow alert in Delhi, temperatures likely to touch 43 degrees Celsius on Wednesday
A maximum temperature of 38.8°C, 1.1°C above normal, was recorded on Tuesday at the Safdarjung observatory, considered representative of Delhi’s weather
- 3 days ago 22 Apr 26, 3:04am - - Parking dispute: 3 nabbed for murder- 3 days ago 22 Apr 26, 12:49am -
- Two aides of Pakistan-based gangster arrested for ‘planning shootouts, grenade attacks’ in Delhi-NCR
The duo have no prior criminal history and are fresh recruits by Shahzad Bhatti and his associates, Delhi Police Special Cell official said
- 3 days ago 21 Apr 26, 9:39pm - - Heatwave conditions likely in Delhi
The minimum temperature settled at 20.5°C, about 2.2 degrees below normal, according to official data
- 3 days ago 21 Apr 26, 3:05pm - - Nayanaa Kanodia: artist of the present-continuous
Nayanaa Kanodia’s new exhibition spans the arc of her career and is a colourful reckoning with an India in flux
- 3 days ago 21 Apr 26, 2:53pm - - Delhi HC directs expeditious decision on visa plea by Moin Qureshi's daughter
The Delhi High Court passed the order on a 2019 petition by Ms. Pernia Qureshi, a U.S. citizen, against the Centre’s decision to revoke her Person of Indian Origin status
- 3 days ago 21 Apr 26, 12:52pm - - Census 2027: Door-to-door survey begins in New Delhi
Moving through narrow lanes lined with closely packed homes, the enumerators were met mostly by women, many of whom chose to respond from behind curtains
- 3 days ago 21 Apr 26, 12:30pm - - Gujarat cops bust inter-state child trafficking racket, kingpin held in Telangana
The police said the gang would obtain newborn babies within 24 to 48 hours of birth and sell them at high prices. They found that the gang had sold two children each from Gujarat and Maharashtra, three from Telangana, and one from Delhi
- 3 days ago 21 Apr 26, 12:19pm - - Vice-President, Prime Minister greet civil servants on Civil Services Day
The Vice President said as the enduring pillar of India's administrative framework, the efforts of the civil servants in strengthening governance and delivering public services are of immense significance
- 3 days ago 21 Apr 26, 11:03am - - Excise policy case: Delhi High Court judge Swarana K. Sharma refuses to recuse, rejects Kejriwal's plea
“A political leader cannot be allowed to damage an institution without any basis, as a personal attack on a judge is an attack on the judiciary itself,” Justice Sharma said
- 3 days ago 21 Apr 26, 7:01am - - Delhi HC judge refuses to recuse herself from hearing CBI plea against discharge of Kejriwal in excise case
A judge cannot recuse to satisfy a litigant’s unfounded suspicion of bias and based on manufactured allegations, the court observed
- 4 days ago 21 Apr 26, 1:22am - - Parvesh: instal rainwater harvesting system in govt. buildings or risk losing water connection- 4 days ago 21 Apr 26, 12:55am -
- AAP students’ wing demands probe into Gargi College clash- 4 days ago 21 Apr 26, 12:54am -
- Domestic help, 2 others held for dacoity in Golf Links- 4 days ago 20 Apr 26, 11:45pm -
- DAV Public School, Dehradun wins overall champions trophy at Bharat Innovation Challenge- 4 days ago 20 Apr 26, 7:35pm -
- Schools recording 100% pass percentage see 52% jump: Sood
Delhi recorded an overall pass percentage of 97.38%, up from last year’s 95.14% in the results announced on Tuesday. Government schools in the Capital posted a 97.23% pass percentage, a 2.59% point increase, and surpassed the national average of 93.70%
- 4 days ago 20 Apr 26, 2:21pm - - No IDs, no questions: acid flows freely in Delhi’s neighbourhood markets
Ground visits by The Hindu across Delhi revealed that despite laws meant to regulate the sale of corrosive substances, acid remains easily accessible without ID proof or any inquiry into the purpose of purchase.
- 4 days ago 20 Apr 26, 12:02pm - - National Herald case: Delhi High Court to hear today ED plea against Sonia, Rahul
Besides the Gandhis, the High Court had also issued notices to Suman Dubey, Sam Pitroda, Young Indian, Dotex Merchandise Pvt. Ltd. and Sunil Bhandari on the ED’s plea
- 4 days ago 20 Apr 26, 11:07am - - Arrests in Noida workers’ protests ‘illegal’, say activists
“Mass detentions without presenting grounds for arrest or copies of FIRs, and the failure to name specific persons in the FIRs, are among the illegal means through which the police have acted,” said an advocate
- 4 days ago 20 Apr 26, 8:01am - - Congress hits streets over women’s quota; CM dubs Oppn. party ‘anti-women’
Govt. should provide 33% reservation within the existing 543 Lok Sabha seats, says Oppn. party; Gupta, BJP’s sole woman CM, terms defeat of Constitution Amendment Bill ‘deeply disappointing’
- 5 days ago 20 Apr 26, 1:36am - - Delhi CM: policy to make Delhi a semiconductor hub in works- 5 days ago 20 Apr 26, 1:35am -
- Three delivery agents nabbed for illegally refilling LPG- 5 days ago 20 Apr 26, 1:18am -
- Haryana Congress announces candidates, BJP holds back-to-back meetings- 5 days ago 20 Apr 26, 12:54am -
- Congress marches to BJP office in Delhi, demands women's reservation on current Lok Sabha strength
The protest, led by Delhi Congress president Devender Yadav, saw party workers march towards the BJP headquarters, raising slogans as part of their demonstration
- 5 days ago 19 Apr 26, 6:50pm - - Air quality poor in Delhi
The weather department has predicted a partly cloudy sky with the maximum temperature expected to touch 40 degrees Celsius
- 5 days ago 19 Apr 26, 1:48pm - - Four terror suspects held in Delhi; IED seized
The four accused were caught with two remote control toy cars, which they were assembling to carry out attacks in addition to IEDs, the police said
- 5 days ago 19 Apr 26, 1:13pm -