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left Devotees clicking photos at a Durga Puja pandal on Minto Road in New Delhi on October 16. SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/76zjz9/article71601122.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/DURGA%20PUJA%2013. JPG SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA NEW DELHI, 16/10/2026: Devotees offering prayer and clicking pictures at Minto Road Mandal during Durga Puja Celebration . New Delhi on Friday. Photo: Sushil Kumar Verma / The Hindu New Delhi Durga Puja pandal committee members in south Delhi’s C.

left Under the draft scheme, the government cites concerns over traffic congestion, road safety, pollution and proliferation of e-rickshaws in Delhi. ANI ANI https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/zhpi1j/article71600676. ece/alternates/FREE_1200/20260613253L.jpg ANI Prayagraj, Jun 13 (ANI): People commute in an e-rickshaw amid heavy rainfall, in Prayagraj on Saturday. (ANI Photo) New Delhi The Delhi government has proposed capping the number of e-rickshaws in the Capital at 2.

Delhi’s new protest sites face access, infrastructure, visibility hurdles left A view of CBD Ground in Shahdara (East Delhi), a 12-acre Delhi Development Authority (DDA) property that now serves as one of Delhi's newly designated protest sites following the de-notification of Jantar Mantar, New Delhi. Sushil Kumar Verma Sushil Kumar Verma https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/6rjojo/article71596611.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/CBD%20GROUND%20DELHI%20PROTEST%20SITE%2011. JPG SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA NEW DELHI, 17/10/2026: A view of CBD Ground in Shahdara (East Delhi) is a 12-acre Delhi Development Authority (DDA) property that now serves as one of Delhi's newly designated protest sites following the de-notification of Jantar Mantar, New Delhi on Saturday.

left An artist giving finishing touches to an effigy of Ravana in New Delhi. SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA The Hindu https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/wxbppr/article71583681.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/RAVANA%204. JPG SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA NEW DELHI, 14/10/2026: Artist giving the finishing touches to effigy of Ravana ahead of festival of Dussehra (Vijaya Dashami) , New Delhi on Wednesday. Photo: Sushil Kumar Verma / The Hindu From Cockroach Janta Party protests and SIR to dengue and Spider-Man, Delhi’s Ravana-makers are getting a variety of requests and are giving the festival’s most recognisable villain a contemporary makeover NEW DELHI Along the Najafgarh Road at Titarpur in West Delhi, Ravanas are everywhere.

The Delhi Police detained Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke after they served him a notice prohibiting him from holding the ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ march at Connaught Place on Friday. Wearing a white T-shirt with a photograph of Mahatma Gandhi, Dipke stepped out of the Karol Bagh house of Anish Gawande, spokesperson for the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) around 4. 50 pm. Five minutes later, he was picked up. Several media personnel and a group of police officers had been standing outside the house. As soon as Dipke stepped out of the building, television crews tried to speak to him. While talking to them, he walked towards the road, where two inspectors, along with around a dozen other police personnel, stopped him from proceeding further.

Patients in Delhi can now access the uCT Orion Elite, an 80-slice AI-enabled multi-slice non-cardiac CT system installed at City Imaging & Clinical Labs’ Dwarka centre. The installation marks the first CT system from United Imaging to be introduced in the country. The system combines DELTA, a deep-learning algorithm, with Karl3D hybrid iterative reconstruction to enhance image quality. It also features Motion Freeze AI technology to reduce blurring caused by head movement, dual AI cameras to assist with patient positioning and monitoring, and automated image-quality checks. The system also supports ECG-gated calcium scoring. Remaining still during a CT scan can be difficult for children, elderly patients and people experiencing pain or discomfort. The scanner’s Motion Freeze technology is designed to correct different types of head movement, including rotation, translation and oscillati

In CR Park, I guide friends through Durga Puja pandals I didn't grow up with. In Kolkata, pandals swallowed me whole.

With an aim to cover dark spots, improve women’s safety in the Capital and reduce energy consumption, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday launched a project to install one lakh smart LED street lights across the city under the government's Seva Sankalp Abhiyan to mark 25 years of public service by PM Narendra Modi. The project follows concerns raised by women students during Gupta’s recent interaction at Delhi University, where they highlighted inadequate street lighting and dark spots in several parts of the city. Under the initiative, which has been initiated from Andrews Ganj bus stop in South Delhi, around one lakh street lights will be replaced with smart LED lights, including approximately 45,000 high-pressure sodium vapour lamps.

Delhi on Thursday witnessed rainfall which plummeted the temperatures during the day by four to six degrees Celsius. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert for the city, warning of moderate to heavy showers, lightning, and squally winds. The rain also led to an improvement in the Capital’s air quality, bringing the AQI to 149 on Thursday from 181 recorded a day before. According to the IMD bulletin, maximum temperatures settled between 27 and 28 degrees Celsius across major weather stations. Safdarjung, the city’s base station, recorded 15.

With the Cockroach Janta Party calling for a ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ gathering in the Capital Friday, the New Delhi Municipal Council Thursday announced that the Central Park in Connaught Place will remain shut to the public on October 16 and 17 “due to administrative reasons”. The Delhi Police also informed the Delhi High Court that action will be taken against the CJP after a petition raised concerns that the group’s planned protest in Connaught Place could disrupt business activity in the area. The bench of Acting Chief Justice Nitin Sambre and Justice Sanjay Sharma, while hearing a petition by Anil Kumar Gupta who said he was espousing the cause of street vendors and small traders, recorded the police assurance: “The Additional Solicitor General (ASG) assures that the apprehension of the petitioner shall be taken care of as the respondents have taken enough steps in the matter to control

Limca, Coca-Cola India’s iconic beverage, has unveiled its first-ever Limca Delhi City Can - a limited-edition collectible that celebrates the unmistakable spirit of the national capital. Created under the idea “One City, One Can: Crafted for Collection,” the special edition reimagines the everyday Limca can as a canvas of local pride, capturing the city’s heritage, culture and urban energy. Featuring some of the city’s most iconic landmarks including India Gate, Qutub Minar and Jantar Mantar, alongside elements of Delhi’s local life such as the Metro and auto rickshaws, the design reflects Delhi’s unique blend of timeless history and contemporary life, making the capital instantly recognizable. More than a refreshing beverage, the Delhi City Can introduces a new collectible experience for consumers. Created as a limited-edition release, it is designed to inspire discovery, sharing and

Protesters climbed over barricades, slogans pierced through the din of police announcements, and detention buses filled up as hundreds of people took to the streets of central Delhi on Wednesday (October 14, 2026), the fifth consecutive day of demonstrations against the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar . The day began with protests against the judicial custody of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, who were sent to jail for entering the now-denotified Jantar Mantar protest site on Tuesday.