Three extreme polluting events made 2012 one of Delhi’s worst years, according to scientists with the System for Air Quality Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) project under the Ministry of Earth Sci

Weatherman has predicted a “warmer” Monday

With each passing day in January only getting colder, Sunday saw the temperatures plummeting to the season’s lowest at 1.9 degrees Celsius in the Capital. Several people were forced to spend the day indoors away from the bone-chilling winds. With Sunday’s minimum temperature being five degrees below normal, it was the lowest minimum for January in the last five years.

New Delhi has suffered its coldest day in 44 years amid a cold snap across northern India, the local weather office said on Thursday.

The maximum day temperature on Wednesday reached just 9.8 degrees Celsius (49.6 degrees Fahrenheit), the lowest since the winter of 1969 when records first began, an official in the local meteorological department told AFP, with a minimum of 4.8 Celsius. There is expected to be little respite in the coming few days with the weather office forecasting that chilly conditions will prevail.

The Delhi Government’s initiative to revive the population of the house sparrow is yet to yield results as bigger birds-pigeons and mynahs are creating hindrances.

standing committee chairman rajesh gehlot said the hike was to encourage more people to use public transport

Reneging on the promise made in its election manifesto — that it would not it would not impose additional burden on the city residents by hiking taxes — the BJP has cleared the budget of the South municipal corporation, which has proposed a steep hike in parking rates in South Delhi. Earlier, the parking fee was Rs 10 for 10 hours for cars, which has now been hiked to Rs 20 for the first three hours and Rs 10 for each subsequent hour for A and B category of four-wheel vehicles. For two-wheelers, the rate will be Rs 10 for the first three hours and

Parking rates in areas under the jurisdiction of South Delhi Municipal Corporation will double with the civic body today clearing a budget proposal for this.

The civic body adopted the proposal for increase in parking rates suggested by SDMC Commissioner Manish Gupta with some modifications. According to the decision, Rs 20 will be charged for the first three hours and Rs 10 for every subsequent hour for four-wheelers and Rs 10 for first three hours and Rs 5 for every subsequent hour for two-wheelers.

Bone chilling cold and dense fog rang in the New Year in the capital today as mercury plummeted to the season's lowest of 4° C. Today, the minimum temperature recorded as three notches below normal and down from the yesterday's minimum of 5.5° C, which was the previous lowest for the season.

The condition improved a bit as the day progressed, but with maximum temperature dipping five degrees below normal to stay at 15.3° C, people were forced to wrap themselves up in more woollens.

With elections to the Delhi Assembly due by the end of 2013, Delhi Chief Minister and Chairperson of Delhi Jal Board Sheila Dikshit has instructed the Delhi Jal Board not to increase the water tariff from January 1.

A statement issued by the Delhi Government said as per a decision of the Board taken on November 30, 2009, the revision was due from the first day of the New Year.

New Delhi: The Delhi government has suffered a major setback in its drive against the use of plastic bags in the capital.

New Delhi: Sukhdev Vihar residents have once again reported emissions from the Okhla waste-to-energy plant.