New Delhi

• Toxic smog has turned India’s capital into a ‘gas chamber,’ environment minister says

  Authorities have shut down primary schools, factories and construction sites to protect millions of New Delhi residents from toxic smog that has blanketed the capital city.

  Environment

  Nov 4, 2022
  
• India demolishes high-rise twin towers for violating building laws

  Two high-rise apartment towers in India were leveled to the ground in a controlled demolition on Sunday after the country's top court declared them illegal.

  World

  Aug 28, 2022
  
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• New Delhi suffers worst air quality of 2021 after fireworks-filled Diwali celebrations

  New Delhi has the worst air quality of all world capitals, but Friday's reading was extra bad, with the Air Quality Index surging to 451 on a scale of 500.

  World

  Nov 5, 2021
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• India’s COVID-19 death toll nears 200,000 as army pledges to help hospitals

  Top military staff said oxygen would be released from reserves and retired medical personnel would join health facilities that are struggling under the strain of cases.

  World

  Apr 27, 2021
• ‘Please’: India doctors panic, plead for oxygen as COVID-19 breaks health system

  As the death toll mounts, the night skies in some Indian cities glow from the funeral pyres, as crematoria are overwhelmed and bodies are burned outside in the open air.

  Health

  Apr 26, 2021
• India’s capital to go into lockdown as coronavirus cases soar

  According to India’s health ministry on Monday, Delhi reported 25,462 cases and 161 deaths in the past 24 hours.

  World

  Apr 19, 2021
• Halifax community rallies in support of Indian farmers amid new agriculture laws

  India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi passed new legislation earlier this year that farmers say could lead to the end of small farms.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2020
• India hangs 4 men convicted in fatal 2012 gang rape of woman on New Delhi bus

  WARNING: This story contains depictions of sexual assault that may be disturbing to some readers. Discretion is advised.

  World

  Mar 19, 2020
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• Indian-Canadians call for action after deadly New Delhi clashes: ‘They don’t feel safe anymore’

  "I'm scared for my nephew, I'm scared for my family," said Zafar Shamim.

  World

  Mar 3, 2020
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• Vancouver journalist says he was threatened by Hindu nationalist at UBC event

  Gurpreet Singh says he was threatened while giving a talk criticizing the Indian government's Citizenship Amendment Act at the University of British Columbia.

  Feb 27, 2020