After several days of relatively mild June weather, Delhi is set to witness a gradual rise in temperatures over the coming week, though intermittent thunderstorms and light rain are expected to provide brief relief from the heat, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Firefighters mounted an overnight operation in a congested Tughlakabad lane after reports of residents trapped inside a multi-storey building engulfed by flames.
Delhi Minister Parvesh Verma on Thursday chaired a meeting with concerned officials to review the ongoing preparations for the 39 Jan Kalyan Shivirs to be held across national capital to mark 12 years of good governance and welfare of the poor under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership.
Bharat Skill Exchange, a platform aimed at bridging the skill gap in India through trust and transparency, held a launch event in the national capital on Tuesday.
As the national capital is again reeling under extreme heat, Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Sandhu and Chief Minister Rekha Gupta reviewed the rollout of the heat wave action plan on Tuesday.
AAP’s Delhi President Saurabh Bharadwaj said that Delhi is witness to a large-scale demolition drive in jhuggi clusters in different parts of the city ever since the BJP came to power.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) launched a massive crackdown on Thursday in connection with a Rs 2,700 crore money laundering case involving a real estate scheme. The ED conducted raids at approximately 24 locations across Delhi, Rajasthan and Gujarat.
Delhi will continue to sizzle under a scorching heatwave on Thursday as the mercury is expected to remain dangerously high, prompting the issuance of a red alert across the national capital, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Notably, this detention of Bangladeshi immigrants came after 92 immigrants were detained from various parts of the city on Tuesday.
Moreover, the weather office has issued a ‘red alert’ for Thursday and a yellow alert for Friday with no immediate respite forecasted from the scratching heat.
