The Latest Breaking News from New Delhi

NEW DELHI: Chief economic advisor (CEA) V Anantha Nageswaran on Monday said the allocation for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme (MGNREGS) has been reduced in the Budget for 2023-24 as more funds have been allocated towards Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojana and Jal Jeevan Mission, which are expected to…

NEW DELHI: On-demand convenience delivery platform Swiggy on Monday announced appointments of three independent directors, including TAFE chairman and MD Mallika Srinivasan, on its board.

NEW DELHI: The dejection was evident on India captain Harmanpreet Kaur’s face when India, who cruised to the final of the ICC 2020 T20 World Cup on the back of contrasting wins, lost the final battle to Australia. India were looking like title favourites. They had already defeated their opponents…

NEW DELHI: Shares of Adani Group’s flagship firm are overvalued on some metrics despite plunging more than 50% in the rout triggered by US short seller Hindenburg Research’s scathing report last month, according to a New York University finance professor.

NEW DELHI: Hindenburg Research’s decision to only go short on Adani Group securities outside India has highlighted the limitations of the practice in the nation and the peculiarities of the business empire itself.

NEW DELHI: Delhi LG VK Saxena has directed officials to develop a food Street around the Salimgarh Fort and to connect the Qutub Minar with Mehrauli Archeological Park to convert the area into a heritage walk, officials said on Sunday.

NEW DELHI: Four members of a gang, including one who posed as a policeman, were arrested for allegedly trying to extort Rs 10 lakh from a 46-year-old man on Sunday. They had threatened to implicate him in a false case of sexually assaulting a minor, police said.

PATNA: The National Investigative Agency (NIA) on Sunday arrested two activists of the now-banned terror outfit, Popular Front of India (PFI) in East Champaran district after two-days of intensive raids. The arresting was made in connection with its ongoing probe into the Phulwarisharif terror module case linked to the PFI’s…

NEW DELHI: Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday accused lieutenant governor V K Saxena of withholding approval for the appointment of 244 government school principals and taking over the services department unconstitutionally.