カテゴリー: Delhi
Leader of India’s Common Man party has spent his career rooting out everyday corruption and is now in jail weeks before general election beginsIndia summons envoy after US criticises Delhi chief minister’s arrestWhen Arvind Kejriwal emerged on to India…
Calls for fair legal process for opposition figure Arvind Kejriwal amid claims rivals to Modi are being targeted before elections Arvind Kejriwal: the Delhi chief minister jailed by Modi’s governmentThe chief minister of Delhi has been remanded in cust…
Judge says Arvind Kejriwal can be held until next Thursday, as his party’s leaders condemn accusations as politically motivated An Indian court has ruled that Delhi’s chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, will be kept in custody for six days after his drama…
Leaking, ‘super emitter’ landfills of India’s capital are a global hotspot for the potent greenhouse gas, according to satellite dataRevealed: The 1,200 methane leaks from waste dumps trashing the planetThey tower above Delhi like monstrous mountains, …
Fear of crime in UK capital is one of biggest concerns of rich Indians, says entrepreneurIndian business people are avoiding being out and about in Mayfair over fears they could be mugged for their expensive watches after a 27% rise in “theft from a pe…
The campaigner has faced death threats and gone on hunger strike to change laws and bring rapists to justice. She has no plans to stop thereOnce upon a time, Delhi’s Commission for Women was regarded as a toothless, comatose body that few took seriousl…
Fourteen-year-old Fayza Ansari wanted to be an engineer. Instead, she died this month from leukaemia, failed by an overloaded and often heartless healthcare systemFrom the day Fayza Ansari, 14, was diagnosed with leukaemia, her life followed a tragic a…
One in three children in Delhi is already asthmatic, with many more at risk of organ damage from breathing noxious air. A crowded waiting room at one children’s hospital tells the storyIt is the third time in a week that Pankaj Ram, a construction work…
Season of smog begins with air quality index near worst possible level of 500 and little apparent progress in controlling annual poisonous blight on lifeAir quality in Delhi hit severe levels on Friday and a thick toxic smog cloaked the city, marking t…
Search also carried out on office of news website under investigation for allegedly receiving funds from ChinaPolice have carried out early morning raids on a news portal office and the homes of almost 50 journalists, activists and comedians across Ind…
The neglected but sustainable cereal crop is on every hotel menu in town as India’s government tries to spark a global craze As the leaders of the world’s largest economies descended on Delhi this weekend, there were two things on the menu: geopolitics…
Despite reforms, campaigners say Mumbai killing proves lack of progress in protecting students since 2012 ‘Nirbhaya’ gang-rapeThe list of complaints made by female students living at the women’s hostel in the south of Mumbai is depressingly long and go…
Party leader seeks to win back British Indian voters after anger over party’s perceived support for Pakistan in Kashmir disputeKeir Starmer has promised to reset relations between the Labour party and India after years of tension between the two.The La…
Ankush Dutta was meant to check out after one night but reportedly stayed for nearly two years Indian police are investigating a suspected fraudster who spent nearly two years in a five-star hotel without paying, local media have said.Ankush Dutta book…