Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT), is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India.
It is bordered by Haryana on three sides and by Uttar Pradesh to the east. The NCT covers an area of 1,484 square kilometres (573 sq mi). According to the 2011 census, Delhi's city proper population was over 11 million, the second-highest in India after Mumbai, while the whole NCT's population was about 16.8 million. Delhi's urban area is now considered to extend beyond the NCT boundaries and include the neighboring satellite cities of Faridabad, Gurgaon, Sonipat, Ghaziabad and Noida in an area now called Central National Capital Region (CNCR) and had an estimated 2016 population of over 26 million people, making it the world's third-largest urban area according to United Nations.
As of 2016, recent estimates of the metro economy of its urban area have ranked Delhi either the most or second-most productive metro area of India. Delhi is the second-wealthiest city in India after Mumbai, with a nominal economy of $110 billion for the entire Union Territory, and is home to 18 billionaires and 23,000 millionaires.
The scale of BJP’s victory can be gauged from the fact that two of its candidates — Hans Raj Hans and Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma — got more than 60% votes while the other five too crossed the 50%.. IndiaTimes - Published
Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy cancelled his Delhi visit to meet Election Commission, along with 21 Opposition parties, over EVM issue, and stayed put in the state. DNA - Published
Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray will be attending the dinner to be hosted by BJP president Amit Shah in New Delhi on Tuesday evening, senior Sena leader Sanjay Raut said. With exit polls.. IndiaTimes - Published
Robert Vadra, who is an accused in a money laundering case, Tuesday moved a Delhi court seeking permission to travel abroad. The counsel for Vadra requested Special judge Arvind Kumar to ensure details.. IndiaTimes - Published
Top opposition leaders met in Delhi on Tuesday, ahead of the Lok Sabha poll results on May 23, to discuss the possibility of a non-NDA alliance staking claim to government formation. They will also.. IndiaTimes - Published
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal talked to Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav over phone on Tuesday to discuss the strategy to be followed after the.. IndiaTimes - Published
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday hit back at BJP leader Vijay Goel, who had said the CM should have the personal security officer of his choice if he doubts him, saying it is "Modi Ji who.. IndiaTimes - Published
According to the victim's family members, Rajkumar and his neighbour Bhuri, a notorious character in Vivek Vihar, had some dispute and a fight took place between them. DNA - Published
The Delhi unit of the BJP Sunday requested the commissioner of police to review the security cover of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, a day after the AAP chief alleged that he could be assassinated by.. DNA - Published
TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday met SP and BSP leaders, continuing his efforts to put together a coalition to form the next government at the Centre. The separate meetings with Akhilesh Yadav.. IndiaTimes - Published
Light rain lashed parts of the national capital on Friday evening bringing respite from the heat but the cloudy weather caused the diversion of as many as 11 flights from the IGI airport till 9. 30 pm,.. DNA - Published
The CBI told chief metropolitan magistrate Navin Kumar Kashyap that it wants to withdraw the application on Bofors case, filed on February 1, 2018. In the application the agency, had moved the trial.. IndiaTimes - Published Also reported by •DNA
NTPC has so far been a major source of power for Delhi. But soon, India’s largest generation utility will help vanish national capital’s trash with a state-of-the-art waste management complex that.. IndiaTimes - Published
BJP national president Amit Shah has rebutted Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's charge that he is an "outsider" in West Bengal and said he has come to the state to campaign for his party. DNA - Published
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