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 and is home to 18 billionaires and 23,000 millionaires. Delhi ranks fifth among the Indian states and union territories in human development index. Delhi has the second-highest GDP per capita in India.
Speaker Om Birla led the House in expressing condolence over the passing away of Paswan and former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit. Paswan, a Lok Janshakti Party member, was a member from Samastipur.. IndiaTimes - Published
The capital reported 179 cases of ATM frauds in 2018-19, the second highest in the entire country after Maharashtra (233), RBI data has revealed. The country witnessed an increase in ATM fraud cases in.. IndiaTimes - Published
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh governments to file compliance reports on the steps taken to rejuvenate and control pollution in the Yamuna river. DNA - Published
The governor's comments drew sharp reaction from the former chief minister and senior Jammu and Kashmir National Conference leader Omar Abdullah, who said Malik should check his own reputation in.. DNA - Published
Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit never held grudges against her political rivals, BJP leader Vijender Gupta said, recalling his experience with the Congress veteran. DNA - Published
Chandrashekhar Goud, an RTI activist based in Madhya Pradesh's Neemuch, Sunday shared the information furnished by the State Bank of India (SBI) in response to his two queries DNA - Published Also reported by •IndiaTimes
The mortal remains of former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit were consigned to flames on Sunday, with colleagues, Congress workers and admirers braving heavy rains and gusty winds bid her final.. IndiaTimes - Published
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday condoled the demise of veteran BJP leader Mange Ram Garg, saying he played an important role strengthening the party in Delhi. The former Delhi BJP president passed.. IndiaTimes - Published
Ever since he posted his resignation given to party president Rahul Gandhi on last Sunday, Sidhu has remained incommunicado. He is believed to have met Priyanka Gandhi in Delhi on Thursday. Sources.. IndiaTimes - Published
The government has approached Iran for release of Indian nationals who are among the crew on board a British-flagged oil tanker seized by Tehran in the Strait of Hormuz. According to a media report,.. IndiaTimes - Published
Sheila Dikshit's contribution in 'transforming' Delhi plays out in the many flyovers, launch of the Delhi Metro rail network and outreach to the civil society through the Bhagidari movement steered by.. IndiaTimes - Published
Her body has been kept at her Nizamuddin East residence, where politicians cutting across party lines, visited to pay their last respects. DNA - Published
With the void created by the sudden demise of Sheila Dikshit, the Congress faces the uphill task of looking for a leader who can fill into her shoes, ahead of the Delhi assembly polls slated in less.. DNA - Published
Sheila Dikshit was quite fond of Western music since her youth and would sit near the radio waiting for her favourite songs to be aired. DNA - Published
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a visit to former Delhi chief minister and Congress leader Sheila Dikhsit's residence here on Saturday and condoled her demise. DNA - Published
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra led the Congress party in mourning Sheila Dikshit. "Sheila ji will always be remembered for her years of exemplary governance and immense.. IndiaTimes - Published
Condolences poured in from various quarters after the demise of former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Saturday, with President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi recalling her.. IndiaTimes - Published
Three-time Delhi chief minister and senior Congress leader Sheila Dikshit passed away Saturday afternoon at a private hospital here after suffering a cardiac arrest, doctors said. DNA - Published
Senior Congress leader and three-time former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit passed away on Saturday afternoon. Dikshit served as chief minister of Delhi for three consecutive terms from 1998 to.. IndiaTimes - Published
Some would remember her for her last election defeat but many would remember her contribution to Delhi. And everyone will remember her for her fighting spirit. DNA - Published
President Ram Nath Kovind and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu Saturday expressed sorrow at the demise of former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit, saying her term in office was a period of momentous.. DNA - Published
Several Congress leaders sent their condolences after the passing away of former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit at a private hospital in Delhi on Saturday. DNA - Published
"I am now leaving because my purpose of meeting the families of the victims has been fulfilled. But I will return very soon. I had come here on the instructions of my brother Rahul Gandhi," Priyanka.. IndiaTimes - Published
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi spent Friday night at the Chunar guesthouse, insisting she will not return to Delhi unless she meets the families of Sonbhadra victims. On Saturday, some villagers from.. IndiaTimes - Published
The agency has started the interrogation of the accused, who will be produced a Delhi court on Saturday, over the role of Indian politicians and businessmen in the entire scam. DNA - Published
More than 56 million Indians lived in states other than the ones they were born in, newly released census data for 2011 shows. While UP, Bihar, Rajasthan and MP had the highest ‘out-migration’,.. IndiaTimes - Published
A 120-day operation by Delhi Police’s special cell has blown the lid off a narcotics cartel controlled by a Taliban leader and his Pakistani counterpart, leading to the biggest ever contraband haul.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Congress's Delhi unit staged a protest near the BJP's head office here on Friday over the "illegal" detention of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Uttar Pradesh to stop her from going to Sonbhadra where 10.. IndiaTimes - Published
Delhi Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Thursday that residents of 1,797 unauthorised colonies of Delhi will soon get ownership rights to their properties. The cut-off date for regularisation.. IndiaTimes - Published
Bengaluru has topped the list of "most digitised cities" accounting for highest card payments, followed by Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune and Delhi. The study was conducted by payments solution company.. IndiaTimes - Published
The provisional order for the attachment of the seven-acre plot, "beneficially owned" by Anand Kumar and his wife Vichiter Lata, was issued on July 16 by the Delhi-based Benami Prohibition Unit (BPU).. DNA - Published Also reported by •IndiaTimes
A few months before the assembly polls, a war has broken out between AICC general secretary in-charge P C Chacko and Delhi Congress chief Sheila Dikshit, with the former diluting her powers on.. IndiaTimes - Published
Two witnesses, appearing in support of the criminal defamation case filed by former Union minister M J Akbar, told a Delhi court that nobody ever mentioned anything resembling the allegations levelled.. IndiaTimes - Published
The railways is planning to bring down travel time of Rajdhani trains on the busy Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah routes by over three hours with an investment of about Rs 14,000 crore in infrastructure,.. IndiaTimes - Published
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