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Delhi Weather and AQI Today: Check weather forecast for January 17, 2025

Published on Jan 17, 2025 07:00 AM IST

Check the weather forecast and air quality updates for Delhi on January 17, 2025 here.

Delhi weather update on January 17, 2025

Byhindustantimes.com

2 friends returning from Himachal killed as SUV overturns in Delhi

Published on Jan 17, 2025 12:41 AM IST

PTI |

2 men returning from Kasol die in car crash

Police suspect fog to be the prime reason of the accident, however, overspeeding or a technical fault could also have occurred, police said.

The overturned Thar at the spot of the accident. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jan 17, 2025 06:28 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Mob thrashes two men in Rohini, 19-yr-old succumbs

Tiwari allegedly told police that he and Mehroliya were sitting in the park and two girls were roaming in the same park.

Updated on Jan 17, 2025 06:24 AM IST

ByHemani Bhandari

SC exempts Rera registry for Unitech projects

The government-appointed board that manages Unitech approached the top court, citing practical difficulties faced by homebuyers in getting loans sanctioned from banks

A Unitech project in Noida, as seen in 2017. (Representative photo/HT Archive)

Updated on Jan 17, 2025 06:02 AM IST

ByAbraham Thomas

Delhi polls: BJP questions Kejriwal’s 2020-21 income

In a press conference on Thursday, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva cited Kejriwal’s election affidavit, according to which he earned ₹1,57,823 in 2019-20, ₹44,90,040 in 2020-21, ₹1,62,976 in 2021-22 and ₹1,67,066 in 2022-23

Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva with party candidate Anil Goyal. (PTI)

Updated on Jan 17, 2025 05:58 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Congress finalises 5 guarantees for Delhi polls

The Congress on Thursday announced two new guarantees, of free power, and subsidised LPG cylinders for cooking and free ration

Telangana CM A Revanth Reddy announces Congress’ guarantees for Delhi. (ANI)

Updated on Jan 17, 2025 06:10 AM IST

BySnehil Sinha

Delhi govt opposes BJP plea in HC to table CAG reports in assembly

It argued that the procedures required to table the reports could not be completed in the time available and convening a special session would be futile

The BJP accused the Delhi government of delaying the process to avoid scrutiny ahead of the polls. (HT Archive)

Updated on Jan 17, 2025 05:54 AM IST

ByShruti Kakkar

Baboon dies at Delhi zoo, probe underway

A female hamadryas baboon lodged at the National Zoological Park — informally known as the Delhi zoo — has died, officials said on Thursday, adding that they are probing the cause behind the death of the primate

Baboons are primates that are native to Africa and the Arabian peninsula. They are known for their long, dog-like muzzles and also have a hairless pad of skin on their buttocks, which helps the animal sit comfortably. (Representational image/AFP)

Updated on Jan 17, 2025 05:56 AM IST

ByJasjeev Gandhiok

Delhi’s autorickshaw drivers take centre stage in poll campaigns

Delhi’s 98,000 autorickshaw drivers constitute less than 1% of the city’s 15.5 million registered voters

Auto drivers at New Delhi Railway Station. (RAJ K RAJ /HT PHOTO FOR REPRESENTATION)

Updated on Jan 17, 2025 06:04 AM IST

BySnehil Sinha, New Delhi

‘BJP can’t deliver safety’: Kejriwal on Saif Ali Khan attack

Kejriwal criticises BJP for rising crime in Delhi, citing Saif Ali Khan's stabbing. BJP counters, accusing him of avoiding accountability for his own governance.

(From left) Sanjay Singh, Arvind Kejriwal and Atishi at a press conference at AAP headquarters in New Delhi on Thursday. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)

Updated on Jan 17, 2025 05:42 AM IST

ByAlok KN Mishra

All AI, synthetic content should be labelled: ECI to parties

The advisory follows controversies surrounding the use of AI-generated content in the Delhi elections

The BJP has filed multiple FIRs against the AAP, accusing the party of using AI-edited content to defame Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah and other senior BJP leaders. (Representational image/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated on Jan 17, 2025 05:28 AM IST

ByAditi Agrawal

Delhi: BJP announces nine candidates in 4th list, JDU given one seat

BJP released its fourth list of 9 candidates for Delhi elections, declaring 68 out of 70 seats, while JD(U) named its candidate for Burari.

New Delhi: BJP candidate from Krishna Nagar constituency Anil Goyal with Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva, Union MoS Harsh Malhotra and party leader Harsh Vardhan before filing his nomination for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections, in New Delhi on Thursday. (PTI)

Updated on Jan 17, 2025 05:24 AM IST

ByParas Singh, Alok KN Mishra

HC gives Delhi govt three months for flyover repair

Updated on Jan 16, 2025 11:21 PM IST

PTI |

Delhiwale: Manmohan Singh’s haunt

Delhi's Central News Agency, a landmark for decades, has transformed into Dosa Coffee, marking a shift from old charm to modern dining.

Set up before independence in Simla, the iconic Central News Agency had been standing on this Delhi site for decades, and was among the last remaining vanguards of the old CP. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jan 16, 2025 09:52 PM IST

ByMayank Austen Soofi

Delhi polls: BJP announces nine candidates in fourth list

Assembly elections for the 70 seats of Delhi are scheduled to be held on February 5 and the votes will be counted on February 8

The fourth list figures several sitting and former councillors. (Representative file photo)

Updated on Jan 16, 2025 04:21 PM IST

ByParas Singh

Abandoned German shepherd waited 8 hours for owner in Delhi market, named Swiggy

An abandoned German Shepherd waited eight hours in a crowded Delhi marketplace for her owner to return, before being rescued by animal welfare activists.

An abandoned German Shepherd was rescued in Delhi and renamed Swiggy(X/@joedelhi)

Published on Jan 16, 2025 02:44 PM IST

BySanya Jain

AQI improves to ‘very poor’ zone as parts of Delhi receive light rain

An average air quality index (AQI) of 343 (very poor) was recorded at 9am in the national Capital compared to the 4pm reading of 386 (very poor) on Wednesday

Safdarjung, which is representative of Delhi’s weather, recorded 3.9mm of rainfall over 24 hours until 8:30am. (PTI)

Updated on Jan 16, 2025 09:47 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Delhi Weather and AQI Today: Check weather forecast for January 16, 2025

Check the weather forecast and air quality updates for Delhi on January 16, 2025 here.

Delhi weather update on January 16, 2025

Published on Jan 16, 2025 07:00 AM IST

Byhindustantimes.com

Delhi:3 men steal bike of crash victim, suffer accident minutes later

Investigators said the incident occurred on January 11, at around 11pm, when Vikas Yadav, a resident of Fatehpur Beri, was riding his Hero Splendor motorbike on the Old Mehrauli-Badarpur Road near Lado Sarai

Police are now probing the role of the three men — they have already been booked for the theft of the motorcycle. (FILE)

Updated on Jan 16, 2025 06:10 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Bidhuri triggers row with comment on Delhi CM Atishi

Bidhuri, during a public address at Govindpuri on Wednesday, said in Hindi: “... Atishi is roaming in Delhi streets as a doe runs in the jungle

Prior to this, Bidhuri had commented on Atishi’s changing second name (Arvind Yadav/HT Photo)

Updated on Jan 16, 2025 05:42 AM IST

ByParas Singh

BJP’s Parvesh Verma accused of ‘MCC breach’ over giving out shoes

A senior police officer confirmed a non-cognisable report was registered against Parvesh Verma, and further investigation is underway

The complaint, lodged by a returning officer, alleges a violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC), police said. (Ajay Aggarwal/HT Photo)

Updated on Jan 16, 2025 05:40 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

HC refuses to direct action against Atishi for allowing Sisodia to stay at official bungalow

The court stated that the relevant authorities were competent to act against Atishi, in case of violation of rules.

Updated on Jan 16, 2025 05:38 AM IST

ByShruti Kakkar

The battle for prestige - New Delhi constituency

With around 109,000 voters, the New Delhi constituency is among the smallest in the Capital but commands outsized attention.

Stretching from Lutyens’ Delhi to nearby slums, the New Delhi constituency represents a socio-economic cross-section of the Capital’s populace (HT Archive)

Updated on Jan 16, 2025 05:36 AM IST

ByParas Singh

Mayawati sets out Delhi poll agenda

Mayawati aims to attract purvanchali voters in Delhi elections, predicting "shocking" results while criticizing rivals and pledging social justice.

BSP chief Mayawati at the press conference in Lucknow. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jan 16, 2025 05:20 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Delhi HC refuses to immediately seek voter roll revision

Electoral rolls have been a bone of contention between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), each of who have blamed the other for “unjustified” additions and deletions

Taking note of the contentions, the court asked the ECI to consider the revision at “an appropriate stage” by adopting technological tools. (Representative photo/HT Archive)

Updated on Jan 16, 2025 05:16 AM IST

ByShruti Kakkar

Fog grounds Delhi to halt; more in store till weekend: IMD

Dense fog in New Delhi caused zero visibility, delaying over 350 flights and 35 trains. IMD predicts fog to persist until the weekend.

Dense fog at the Dwarka Expressway in Sector 99 of Gurugram on Wednesday morning. (Praveen Kumar/HT Photo)

Updated on Jan 16, 2025 05:18 AM IST

ByJasjeev Gandhiok

DDA asks CS to resolve infra works inaction by Delhi Jal Board

In a communique to the CS, DDA vice-chair Vijay Singh said the authority paid over ₹1,059 crore for 23 water supply and sewerage schemes since 2012

DDA flats in Narela, for which it said it paid charges for water supply and sewerage to DJB. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jan 16, 2025 05:14 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, New Delhi

Delhi’s air quality plummets, Grap 3 and 4 back on

The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in NCR and adjoining areas said it held a review earlier in the day and noted a rising trend in AQI due to unfavourable meteorology

Delhi’s air quality index crossed into severe level. (Sanjeev Verma/HT Photo)

Updated on Jan 16, 2025 05:10 AM IST

ByJasjeev Gandhiok

Vehicle owners in Delhi-NCR must ensure coloured petrol, diesel stickers: Supreme Court

The bench, also comprising justice Ujjal Bhuyan, further noted that if owners failed to comply, there should be a penalty provision

The court was hearing a public interest litigation filed by lawyer-activist MC Mehta, seeking remedial steps to reduce pollution in the Capital. (HT Archive)

Updated on Jan 16, 2025 05:12 AM IST

ByAbraham Thomas

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Check the weather forecast and air quality updates for Delhi on January 17, 2025 here.

2 friends returning from Himachal killed as SUV overturns in Delhi

Police suspect fog to be the prime reason of the accident, however, overspeeding or a technical fault could also have occurred, police said.

Tiwari allegedly told police that he and Mehroliya were sitting in the park and two girls were roaming in the same park.

The government-appointed board that manages Unitech approached the top court, citing practical difficulties faced by homebuyers in getting loans sanctioned from banks

In a press conference on Thursday, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva cited Kejriwal’s election affidavit, according to which he earned ₹1,57,823 in 2019-20, ₹44,90,040 in 2020-21, ₹1,62,976 in 2021-22 and ₹1,67,066 in 2022-23

The Congress on Thursday announced two new guarantees, of free power, and subsidised LPG cylinders for cooking and free ration

It argued that the procedures required to table the reports could not be completed in the time available and convening a special session would be futile

A female hamadryas baboon lodged at the National Zoological Park — informally known as the Delhi zoo — has died, officials said on Thursday, adding that they are probing the cause behind the death of the primate

Delhi’s 98,000 autorickshaw drivers constitute less than 1% of the city’s 15.5 million registered voters

Kejriwal criticises BJP for rising crime in Delhi, citing Saif Ali Khan's stabbing. BJP counters, accusing him of avoiding accountability for his own governance.

The advisory follows controversies surrounding the use of AI-generated content in the Delhi elections

BJP released its fourth list of 9 candidates for Delhi elections, declaring 68 out of 70 seats, while JD(U) named its candidate for Burari.

HC gives Delhi govt three months for flyover repair

Delhi's Central News Agency, a landmark for decades, has transformed into Dosa Coffee, marking a shift from old charm to modern dining.

Assembly elections for the 70 seats of Delhi are scheduled to be held on February 5 and the votes will be counted on February 8

An abandoned German Shepherd waited eight hours in a crowded Delhi marketplace for her owner to return, before being rescued by animal welfare activists.

An average air quality index (AQI) of 343 (very poor) was recorded at 9am in the national Capital compared to the 4pm reading of 386 (very poor) on Wednesday

Check the weather forecast and air quality updates for Delhi on January 16, 2025 here.

Investigators said the incident occurred on January 11, at around 11pm, when Vikas Yadav, a resident of Fatehpur Beri, was riding his Hero Splendor motorbike on the Old Mehrauli-Badarpur Road near Lado Sarai

Bidhuri, during a public address at Govindpuri on Wednesday, said in Hindi: “... Atishi is roaming in Delhi streets as a doe runs in the jungle

A senior police officer confirmed a non-cognisable report was registered against Parvesh Verma, and further investigation is underway

The court stated that the relevant authorities were competent to act against Atishi, in case of violation of rules.

With around 109,000 voters, the New Delhi constituency is among the smallest in the Capital but commands outsized attention.

Mayawati aims to attract purvanchali voters in Delhi elections, predicting "shocking" results while criticizing rivals and pledging social justice.

Electoral rolls have been a bone of contention between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), each of who have blamed the other for “unjustified” additions and deletions

Dense fog in New Delhi caused zero visibility, delaying over 350 flights and 35 trains. IMD predicts fog to persist until the weekend.

In a communique to the CS, DDA vice-chair Vijay Singh said the authority paid over ₹1,059 crore for 23 water supply and sewerage schemes since 2012

The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in NCR and adjoining areas said it held a review earlier in the day and noted a rising trend in AQI due to unfavourable meteorology

The bench, also comprising justice Ujjal Bhuyan, further noted that if owners failed to comply, there should be a penalty provision

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