Dense fog blanketed the national capital Thursday, affecting over 11 flights at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here, officials said.
After a few clear days, fog returned to the capital with visibility dropping to 500 metres.
‘Eleven dmoestic flights have been delayed so far. However, the situation is not very bad,’ an airport official told IANS.
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A thick fog engulfed most parts Delhi Wednesday evening but air traffic to and from the capital city continued undisrupted.
‘There is no disruption of flight schedules at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport. It is normal though there are some delays but not due to the fog,’ a Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) spokesman [...]
Morning rain had Delhiites scurrying for cover early Wednesday. Though the skies cleared later in the day, it made for a chilly Lohri festival that the capital’s residents celebrated in the evening.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the total rainfall recorded Wednesday was 4.6 mm. There is, however, no rain forecast over the [...]
Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar instigated a mob of around 300-400 people in Delhi’s Sultanpuri and Palam areas of Delhi Nov 1, 1984, to kill Sikhs and pillage their houses, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said in its charge sheet before a city court Wednesday.
The CBI filed charge sheets against Sajjan Kumar and [...]
Terming her visit to New Delhi ‘100 percent successful’, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday said the treaties signed with India would not only help bilaterally, but would ‘benefit the people of entire South Asia’.
She told the media on her return from a four-day sojourn that her trip was aimed at ‘establishing peace in [...]
The cold wave in the national capital continued Monday with the daytime temperature hovering around 14.6 degrees, six degrees below the average for this time of the year, the weatherman said.
The city recorded a minimum temperature of 6.5 degrees Celsius, average for this time of the year. Visibility was normal and flights were running on [...]
The cold wave continued in the capital Monday with the maximum temperature not expected to climb above 13 degrees Celsius. But there was no fog, so there were no problems for flight operations.
The city recorded a minimum of 6.5 degrees Celsius, average for this time of the year. Visibility was normal and flights were running [...]
As Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived here Sunday on her maiden visit, India said her trip offered a ‘historic opportunity’ to build ‘a new and forward-looking relationship’ and hoped that its security concerns would be addressed.
Signalling a new spring in their bilateral ties, India and Bangladesh will ink five agreements, including three [...]
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) along with the Gandhi Smriti & Darshan Samiti (GSDS) and Unesco would be jointly organising a three-day international conference on ‘Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Peace Science’ at the Raj Ghat beginning Monday.
The conference is being held in cooperation with US-based Economists for Peace and Security International, Binghamton University [...]
Aiming to enhance the quality and productivity of power sector workforce in the country, the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Sunday signed an agreement with the power ministry for training its employees.
The university along with the power ministry has developed a programme – Certificate of Competence in Power Distribution (CCPD) – for this. It [...]
Expressing its resolve to strengthen its ‘traditional and historical close links’ with Dhaka, New Delhi Sunday hoped that Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit would prove to be path breaking in strengthening bilateral ties.
New Delhi also looked forward to conferring the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development on Hasina and [...]
Aggrieved by the actions taken against them during and after the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, a group of victims has now approached Delhi Lt. Governor Tejendra Khanna to lodge a case against former Indian Police Services (IPS) officer Amod Kanth.
In a letter to the lt. governor, the victims urged him to take action against the then [...]
As the body of 21-year-old Nitin Garg, an Indian student stabbed to death in Melbourne, was flown here Saturday, the Indian government announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 250,000 for his family.
The body arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport and was handed over to his relatives to be taken to Jagraon in Ludhiana in [...]
The body of 21-year-old Nitin Garg, an Indian student stabbed to death in Melbourne in Australia, was flown back to New Delhi Saturday.
The body arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport and was handed over to his relatives to be taken to Jagraon in Ludhiana in Punjab. The cremation will take place Sunday.
Garg, an [...]
Courtyards, shaded porticos, built-in gardens, water and solar harvesting and narrow streets – India is taking cues on sustainability and eco-friendliness in architecture from France, considered a champion of new-age architecture.
‘India and France have the same urban problems of space and high energy consumption. The idea is to save both and to accommodate more people [...]
India and Bangladesh are set to turn a new chapter in their ties by signing three counter-terror agreements and a pact on power swapping during the four-day visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that starts Sunday.
A $500 million line of credit to promote infrastructure development in Bangladesh and a decision to facilitate a rail transit [...]
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will open a college in a remote Nagaland village to impart life skills to people and train villagers in the region as teachers.
‘The university has started work for setting up a Centre of Community Education and skills training in the Chuchuiymlang village of Mokokchung district, Nagaland under the [...]
A thick blinding fog paralysed the Indian capital for the second consecutive day Friday, hitting air and rail services badly and making travelling a nightmare for tens of thousands.
Around 50 international and domestic flights as well as nearly 100 trains were affected due to poor visibility, leaving scores stranded at the Indira Gandhi International Airport [...]
Thousands of air and rail passengers had a harrowing time Friday as dense fog disrupted train and flight services for several hours in the national capital.
Passengers were stranded at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) and all three long-distance railway stations in the capital as services of around 50 international and domestic flights and 65 [...]
Thousands of air and rail passengers had a harrowing time Friday as dense fog disrupted train and flight services for several hours in the national capital.
Passengers were stranded at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) and all three long-distance railway stations in the capital as services of around 50 international and domestic flights and 65 [...]
Hardly any flight took off or landed, trains crawled and were cancelled, vehicles butted into one another and people shivered as thick fog covered much of north India Friday. Visibility fell below 50 metres. The weatherman has forecast a further dip in temperature this weekend.
An official at the capital’s Indira Gandhi International Airport said 30 [...]
Thick fog enveloped the national capital Thursday disrupting air and rail services once again and throwing normal life out of gear. As many as 34 trains and seven flights were cancelled because of fog while numerous others were rescheduled for the same.
Hundreds of passengers were stranded at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) as around [...]
One of the old warhorses of Africa’s colonial struggle, Kenneth Kaunda, who was a contemporary of Indira Gandhi, wants India’s help in fighting a new adversary – HIV/AIDS.
‘India has made significant advances in the development of drugs. I wish to appeal for assistance to us in this region so that we can fight the AIDS [...]
Thick fog enveloped the national capital Thursday morning disrupting air and rail services and throwing normal life out of gear.
Hundreds of passengers were stranded at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) as around 25 domestic flights and over 10 international flights were delayed for three to four hours owing to runway visibility dropping below 50 [...]
A 38-year-old woman died due to swine flu in Himachal Pradesh, taking the toll due to Influenza A (H1N1) in the state to 16, a health official said here Wednesday.
‘A 38-year-old woman died at the Shimla’s Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital last (Tuesday) evening due to swine flu. She was admitted to the hospital [...]
Congress leader Sajjan Kumar Wednesday submitted before the Delhi High Court that the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case should not be heard and they do not have the right to file an appeal against him. His plea was turned down.
Sajjan Kumar made this submission through his counsel and senior advocate I.U. Khan and [...]
Delhiites witnessed yet another chilly day Wednesday with dense fog engulfing the national capital and bringing the mercury down to 5.6 degrees Celsius. Weather officials have forecast a further drop in temperatures in the next two days.
The minimum temperature dropped a degree below the normal Wednesday and settled at 5.6 degree Celsius. The maximum temperature [...]
After two clear days, dense fog covered many parts of the national capital early Wednesday. But the fog spared the airport and flights were not disrupted, an official said.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) the visibility was 100 metres at 7 a.m. It rose to 400 by 9 a.m.
‘There was dense fog in the [...]
The wind-chill factor continued to add to the woes of shivering Delhi residents, but there was some respite from the fog. Unlike Monday when the city saw the lowest day temperature in the last five years, there was a rise in the maximum temperature Tuesday, the weatherman said.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the [...]
Chennai, Jan 4 (IANS) With India embarking on a massive expansion in the power sector, it is imperative for equipment manufacturers to source steel locally to keep costs low, according to various speakers at a seminar here.
‘We import different kinds of steel for power plants. We can save around 15 percent in material costs if [...]
