The Latest Breaking News from New Delhi

European Union leaders have signed a landmark free trade deal and security partnership with India during a summit on Tuesday, wrapping up nearly two decades of negotiations.

Long before podcasts and push alerts, before television debates swallowed the news cycle, many Indians first encountered the world each morning through a radio voice that sounded unhurried and quietly certain. In homes, tea shops and hostel rooms, the BBC bulletin would crackle on, and somewhere in it would be…

Abu Dhabi has reportedly scrapped its airport management deal with Pakistan, citing a failure to find a local partner. This comes as Pakistan strengthens defense ties with Saudi Arabia, while the UAE deepens its strategic partnership with India, signing multiple agreements during President Mohamed bin Zayed's recent New Delhi visit.

The European Union is pushing to open India’s economy to European companies as Brussels moves into the final stretch of negotiations on a long-awaited free-trade agreement with New Delhi, EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič told Euronews.

Bangladesh's interim government will hold Sheikh Hasina and the banned Awami League responsible for election-related violence, accusing her of inciting terror from India. The foreign ministry expressed shock that Hasina, convicted of crimes against humanity, was allowed to make inciteful pronouncements in New Delhi, calling for the overthrow of the…

BBC correspondent and author whose sensitive reporting from India made him a revered public figure in the subcontinent

AMG Media Networks Ltd (AMNL), the media arm of Adani Enterprises – the flagship entity of the Adani Group – has taken full control of the Delhi-based news agency, Indo-Asian News Service (IANS), by buying the remaining 24 percent stake for an undisclosed amount. 

A weak rupee does not stay in currency markets. It quietly shows up in household budgets. When the rupee moves toward levels like 90 or beyond against the dollar, India starts paying more for fuel, food, education, healthcare, travel, and essential imports. Life does not feel expensive overnight. It feels…

Preparations for the Republic Day parade are in full swing at Kartavya Path, where thousands are expected to gather. But even as light rain swept across Delhi, air quality at the venue remained alarming.

Delhi and its surrounding National Capital Region (NCR) areas—including Ghaziabad and Noida in Uttar Pradesh and Gurugram in Haryana—received their first major spell of rain this season on Friday, bringing much-needed relief from pollution levels. The showers, accompanied by thunderstorms and strong lightning in some areas, began in the early…

For today’s episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry visited the famous Lodhi Garden in central Delhi. The nearest CPCB air quality monitoring station pegged the AQI at 283 in the ‘poor’ category, while our own monitor showed 336, in the ‘very poor’ category.