Tag Archives: New Delhi

• Stunning defeat for Modi’s party in New Delhi elections 11 February 2020 | Ashok Sharma This post has 4 comments

  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party was given a stunning defeat by a regional party Tuesday in elections in the national capital that were seen as a referendum on his policies. ...

• Delhi heads to vote amid protests against citizenship law 8 February 2020 This post has no comments yet

  Voters in New Delhi began voting on Saturday in a state election seen as a test of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity following months of deadly anti-government protests over a new citizenship law. ...

• Devastating factory fire kills at least 43 in Indian capital 8 December 2019 | Sheikh Saaliq and Ashok Sharma This post has no comments yet

  A fire believed to be caused by an electrical short circuit engulfed a building in India's capital on Sunday where handbags and other items were made by workers earning as little as 2 dollars per day, killing at least 43 people. ...

• Air pollution reaches dangerous levels in Delhi 10 November 2017 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has no comments yet

  Air pollution in the Indian capital has hit dangerous levels causing grave health concerns, with doctors declaring the situation a public health crisis. ...

• Tsona Rinpoche found dead by hanging in Delhi 19 May 2014 This post has one comment

  Buddhist monk Tsona Rinpoche, an ardent follower of the Dalai Lama, allegedly hanged himself at his apartment in south Delhi's Vasant Kunj area. ...

• Son of Arunachal MLA dies after racist assault in south Delhi 1 February 2014 This post has no comments yet

  A first-year student of a private university in Punjab, son of an Arunachal Pradesh MLA, died after being severely assaulted by a mob in Lajpat Nagar on Wednesday. ...

• India anti-graft party takes charge in New Delhi 28 December 2013 This post has no comments yet

  The leader of an upstart anti-graft party was sworn in on Saturday as chief minister of India's capital in what supporters hoped would start the clean-up of the nation's corruption-ridden politics. ...

• TYC launches indefinite hunger strike in New Delhi 4 September 2012 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

  As Chinese defence minister General Liang Guanglie lands in India, three Tibetan Youth Congress members launched an indefinite hunger strike in the Indian capital. ...

• Delhi Police bar movement of Tibetans during Chinese VIP tour 3 September 2012 | Priyanka This post has no comments yet

  Every time a Chinese dignitary visits New Delhi, Tibetan students living in the national capital are either rounded up or forced to stay put in the house. ...