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Squally dust storm sweeps through Delhi, as wind speed touches 21-year high

Dust storm sweeps through Karol Bagh on Tuesday evening. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)
Updated on Jun 10, 2026 06:28 am IST

‘Can’t tell them’: Family shields brothers from news of 9 deaths in Palam fire

A view of the building gutted by fire in Palam (Hindustan Times)
Updated on Mar 20, 2026 11:59 pm IST

Palam fire tragedy: Smoke inhalation likely killed most, short circuit caused blaze, says police

Palam fire tragedy: Smoke inhalation likely killed most, short circuit caused blaze, says police
Published on Mar 19, 2026 09:43 pm IST

Palam fire: Man who lost 9 of kin revisits inferno site, says ‘system failed us'

A massive fire broke out in Palam on Wednesday morning, killing several people after it engulfed a residential house.
Published on Mar 19, 2026 05:00 pm IST

PM Modi announces ex-gratia of 2 lakh for deceased in Palam fire

Firefighters attempt to douse a massive fire that gutted a building in Sadh Nagar near Palam in New Delhi.
Published on Mar 18, 2026 04:58 pm IST

RTO employees in Kerala work 3 hours beyond office time to protest rules change

A senior clerk at the RTO, said that the staff members are mindful that stalling work could be against the public and government interest.
Published on Mar 06, 2026 04:01 pm IST

Delhi's minimum temperature at 6.7 deg C, air quality poor

The air quality was recorded in the " poor" category on Saturday.
Published on Jan 31, 2026 03:03 pm IST

Man flags littering at Delhi market, internet questions civic sense

A Man called out littering at Palam Market after recording people throwing trash into flower pots.
Published on Dec 13, 2025 04:11 pm IST

Heatwave continues in Delhi, Najafgarh scorches at 46 degrees Celsius

A slum kid cools off on a hot day at a public tap.
Published on May 21, 2023 10:01 pm IST

Rain brings coolest day in Delhi since April 2: IMD

Dark clouds above India Gate in New Delhi on Sunday. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 24, 2023 03:21 am IST

Isolated rain fails to keep searing heat in city at bay

Delhi University students on a hot day in the Capital. (Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times)
Updated on Apr 12, 2023 11:45 pm IST

Rain in Delhi, more in store on Tuesday, says IMD

An overcast sky at Vijay Chowk in New Delhi on Monday. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 04, 2023 03:36 am IST

Repeat of flood, snarls trauma after heaviest rain this season in Delhi

Two trucks and a bus partially submerged at Pul Prahladpur on Thursday.
Updated on Aug 21, 2020 05:53 am IST

IMD predicts widespread rain in Delhi, monsoon deficit drops

An auto breaks down on a waterlogged road in east Delhi on Monday
Updated on Aug 19, 2020 05:37 am IST

Mercury crosses 40 degree Celsius-mark in Delhi

Humidity levels oscillated between 46 per cent and 85 per cent. (Photo by Burhaan Kinu / Hindustan Times)
Published on Jun 28, 2020 08:09 pm IST

Mercury hovers near 40 degree Celsius in Delhi

The weather stations at Palam and Pusa recorded their maximum temperature at 41.4 and 42.2 degrees Celsius, respectively.
Published on Jun 14, 2020 09:46 pm IST

Power demand goes up as mercury rises, curbs ease

People by the banks of the Yamuna river at Wazirabad, as Delhi battled a heatwave.
Updated on May 26, 2020 12:57 am IST

Thundershowers lash Delhi; cold spell to continue for 20 days, says IMD

The minimum temperature recorded by the IMD in Delhi on Friday was 14 degrees Celsius, while the maximum was 22 degrees.
Updated on Mar 06, 2020 05:53 pm IST

AAP’s Bhavna Gaur wins Palam

Poll Counting for Palam will take place on February 11.
Updated on Feb 11, 2020 04:52 pm IST

Delhi Assembly Election 2020: Congress ties up with RJD; to announce names of remaining 16 contenders on Monday

Leader of opposition in the Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta will contest the polls from the Rohini seat again.
Updated on Jan 20, 2020 10:51 pm IST

Cold wave continues in north India, rains in Himachal and UP

Jammu and Kashmir, Jan 18 (ANI): Snow-covered shrine Chrar-e-Sharif after heavy snowfall in Kanidajan on Saturday. (ANI Photo)
Published on Jan 19, 2020 02:58 am IST

Delhi Elections 2020: Congress too doesn’t name a face against Arvind Kejriwal

In 2013, Kejriwal defeated then-chief minister Sheila Dikhshit of the Congress.
Updated on Jan 19, 2020 02:09 am IST

Behind Delhi’s coldest December day in 119 years, a rare weather phenomenon

People are seen wearing warm clothes amid dense fog on a cold morning, at Rajpath, New Delhi, on Monday.
Updated on Aug 14, 2020 04:06 pm IST

Demolition of shops to rid Dabri-Palam Road of traffic snarls

The three shops at the mouth of the flyover loop on Dabri-Palam Road, which connects to the Pankha Road flyover, reduced a 150-foot wide entryway to less than 20 feet.
Updated on Aug 04, 2019 11:57 pm IST

DC directs MCG to repair damaged Palam sector road

A roughly 1-km-long, 30-metre-wide dividing road between sectors 1 and 2 in Palam Vihar has foot-deep potholes.
Updated on Jul 23, 2019 07:47 am IST

Cloudy skies, rain over next few days in Delhi: IMD

The rainfall will also help to bring down the temperature from 40°C to around 34°C by Tuesday. Tuesday’s forecast also shows possibilities of strong winds and rain.
Updated on Jun 24, 2019 10:23 am IST

Heat and humidity high, rain expected on Sunday night in Delhi

The mercury had been rising over the past one week after the effects of cyclone Vayu faded. On Saturday, the day temperature at Safdarjung was recorded to be 40.3°C, two degrees above normal. At Palam, it was 42.4°C.
Updated on Jun 23, 2019 05:35 am IST

Heatwaves push up power demand in Delhi

At Palam, it touched 48 degrees, which is the second highest day temperature the airport area had seen after May 1998 when the mercury shot up to 48.4 degrees Celsius.
Updated on Jun 21, 2019 05:18 am IST

Rain helps city breathe cleanest air since March, more such days ahead

Pollution would remain under control as the IMD has predicted more rain over the next two days.
Updated on Jun 19, 2019 07:59 am IST

It’s cooler in Delhi, thanks to overcast sky and wind

The temperature could climb up thereafter, but with another western disturbance approaching, the weatherman is expecting a spell of rain from June 23. Monsoon is expected to hit Delhi in the first week of July.
Updated on Jun 17, 2019 09:14 pm IST