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1 month ago | 
hindustantimes.com | Aheli Das |Varun Bhandari |Maria Khan
Girls continued to outperform boys in Delhi and the surrounding regions as the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday announced results for Class 10 and 12 board examinations for the 2024-25 academic year. In Delhi, the Class 12 pass percentage for girls stood at 96.71%, compared to 93.76% for boys. Overall, 95.23% of students who appeared for the Class 12 exams cleared them. In Class 10, 95.71% of girls passed, while the pass rate for boys was 93.98%.
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1 month ago | 
hindustantimes.com | Jayashree Nandi |Aheli Das
Delhi residents should prepare for another round of severe weather, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) that upgraded its alert to orange on Saturday evening, warning of moderate thunderstorms with winds reaching 40-50 kmph after the Capital experienced an unforeseen massive storm on Friday.
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Mar 2, 2025 | 
hindustantimes.com | Aheli Das
The community in this area defines the fabric of the Capital, traced in a book titled “Portrait of a Community-Jangpura”
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Feb 1, 2025 | 
htsyndication.com | Snehil Sinha |Aheli Das
India, Feb. 2 -- The Union budget presented on Saturday and its most talked-about takeaway, a big tax break for the middle class, brought cheer to a wide swathe of Delhiites and triggered the possibility that the big-bang announcement could move the needle in the upcoming assembly elections in the Capital in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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Feb 1, 2025 | 
hindustantimes.com | Snehil Sinha |Aheli Das
New Delhi: The Union budget presented on Saturday and its most talked-about takeaway, a big tax break for the middle class, brought cheer to a wide swathe of Delhiites and triggered the possibility that the big-bang announcement could move the needle in the upcoming assembly elections in the Capital in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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Jan 25, 2025 | 
hindustantimes.com | Karn Pratap Singh |Aheli Das
Amidst the high-intensity campaigns to woo Purvanchali voters in the Capital, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attacked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as member of parliament (MP) Ravi Kishan and northeast Delhi MP Manoj Tiwari addressed public gatherings and roadshows on Saturday, representing the Purvanchali leader-base of the party.
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Jan 25, 2025 | 
htsyndication.com | Karn Pratap Singh |Aheli Das
India, Jan. 25 -- Amidst the high-intensity campaigns to woo Purvanchali voters in the Capital, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attacked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as member of parliament (MP) Ravi Kishan and northeast Delhi MP Manoj Tiwari addressed public gatherings and roadshows on Saturday, representing the Purvanchali leader-base of the party.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
hindustantimes.com | Aheli Das
Pre-telescopic astronomical instruments at Jantar Mantar from the 18th century are among the most popular historical marvels of Delhi, but many are not aware of them due to the instruments lying partially functional or dysfunctional. While the observatory may have faded over time, its historical significance has not, as evidenced by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) working with a team of experts to restore some instruments that have lost their accuracy and others, their markings.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
hindustantimes.com | Aheli Das
New Delhi: Surrounded by cafes in bustling Said-ul-Ajaib in south Delhi, the wall with a mural on it is unmissable. It’s a reminder of the poison the city breathes daily. Curious onlookers take selfies with the mural, which reads, “Six hundred air conditioners on a cloudy day, a flight to Mumbai to watch the last game before the summer break, forty test drives on the latest sedan, a glass factory on a Sunday, and twenty-four thousand cigarettes is all that went into making this mural.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
hindustantimes.com | Aheli Das
Panic, anger, anxiety, frustration — these were the prevailing emotions on Monday, as more than 40 schools across Delhi received yet another bomb threat by email. The threat was declared a hoax by afternoon, but several parents were left worried about the frequency of such messages. Arpita Saha (39), whose child is a Class 7 student at North-Ex Public School in Rohini, said after the institute informed her about the bomb threat, she went to pick up her kid, but was met with bedlam.
