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Concrete over commons: How Delhi’s vanishing wetlands are choking on bureaucracy

Chote Lal, a longtime resident of Khichripur in East Delhi, recalls, “Around 15 years ago, a talab (pond) existed here.” Once a vital lifeline for the village, this talab was where residents gathered to bathe and collect rainfall to sustain the community, while children played across a landscape free of…

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September 15, 2025: After weeks of relief, Delhi’s AQI begins to worsen

For this episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry visited the bus terminal in Trilokpuri, one of East Delhi’s most densely populated localities.

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June 19, 2025: A good air day in Laxmi Nagar amid Delhi’s clean air gap

Laxmi Nagar is a hub of commercial activity in East Delhi. It is also home to scores of coaching institutes attended by thousands of students from across the capital every day.

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Hate speech and accusations of bribing voters: Parvesh Verma takes on Kejriwal in New Delhi battle

The New Delhi assembly seat is witnessing one of the most-watched triangular contests in Delhi, with former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal pitched against Congress’s former East Delhi MP Sandeep Dikshit and BJP’s former West Delhi MP Parvesh Verma.

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BJP leader calls for religious segregation among shopkeepers in East Delhi

A viral video of BJP’s Ravinder Negi, alias Ravi Negi, shows him threatening Muslim shopkeepers, asking them to write their names on their shops and urging Hindus to put up saffron flags.

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Delhi: Man stabbed to death in Kalyanpuri

One person was stabbed to death in Kalyanpuri of East Delhi on Wednesday morning, police said. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Delhi HC criticized civic agencies concerning death of woman, child in waterlogged drain in Ghazipur

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday expressed strong dissatisfaction with the functioning of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and its officials concerning a tragic incident in East Delhi's Ghazipur area where a mother and child died after falling into an uncovered drain.

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Delhi rains: Woman and child drown in Ghazipur, 12-yr-old electrocuted in Bindapur

A woman and her three-year-old son drowned in a waterlogged drain in the Ghazipur area of East Delhi, while a 12-year-old boy died of electrocution in the Bindapur area on Wednesday as heavy rains lashed parts of the national capital. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Ahead of Sunita Kejriwal’s roadshow, AAP protest in East Delhi against CM’s arrest

AAP workers protest arrest of Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi, ahead of wife Sunita Kejriwal's Lok Sabha campaign roadshow

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Lok Sabha polls: Sunita Kejriwal to campaign for AAP, to hold roadshow in East Delhi on April 27

AAP, Lok Sabha news: Atishi said Sunitha Kejriwal will campaign in Delhi, Punjab, Gujarat and Haryana besides holding a roadshow in East Delhi

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‘See how an MP works’: Manoj Tiwari’s jibe at Congress rival Kanhaiya as Lok Sabha battle intensifies in North East Delhi

Manoj Tiwari vs Kanhaiya Kumar: BJP's Manoj Tiwari criticizes Congress' Kanhaiya Kumar in North East Delhi Lok Sabha seat contest.

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Delhi Police nabbed four in connection with three robbery cases

Delhi Police Special Staff arrested four people in connection with three interconnected robbery cases, including a carjacking incident and a robbery in East Delhi using a stolen car. Read further on Dynamite News:

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BJP fields candidates without considering commitment to work for people: AAP, on Gambhir’s break from politics

AAP accuses BJP of fielding uncommitted candidates, citing Gautam Gambhir's request to focus on cricket, not politics.

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Gautam Gambhir seeks time off 'political duties' to focus on IPL job with Kolkata Knight Riders

Gautam Gambhir, the former Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) skipper, returned to the KKR camp for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) season after spending two years as mentor of Lucknow Super Giants and on Saturday the Bharatiya Janata Party's Member of Parliament from East Delhi sought the permission of party's…

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Delhi building fire: Lack of water, onlookers, electricity wires give firefighters major challenges in rescue operation

NEW DELHI: Firefighters encountered several challenges while battling a blaze in an east Delhi building on Tuesday, where a woman lost her life. The fire broke out in a five-storey building in Shakarpur, East Delhi, leading to the death of a 40-year-old woman named Anita.

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East Delhi Premier League to have prize money of Rs 1 crore this year

NEW DELHI: The East Delhi Premier League (EDPL) conceived and promoted by cricketer-turned BJP MP Gautam Gambhir will have a prize money of Rs 1 crore this year.

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Delhi HC set to hear Gautam Gambhir’s defamation suit against Punjab Kesari

BJP’s East Delhi MP and former cricketer Gautam Gambhir has filed a defamation case against Punjab Kesari seeking damages to the tune of Rs 2 crore, according to Bar and Bench. The MP has reportedly sought a public apology from the paper, its editor and two reporters.

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Delhi Crime: Woman found dead with neck injury in her home

A young woman was on Saturday found dead at her East Delhi residence with an injury on her neck, police said. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Ghazipur abattoir in east Delhi closed for 3 days

Coinciding with the last three days of Navratra festivities the Ghazipur slaughterhouse in east Delhi is closed from April 8 to 10. More on Dynamite News:

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East Delhi mayor 'appeals' to traders to keep meat shops closed during Navratri

NEW DELHI: East Delhi Mayor Shyam Sunder Aggarwal on Tuesday "appealed" to traders to keep meat shops closed during Navratri or at least on the last three days of the festival, even as authorities said "no official order" has been issued in this connection. Aggarwal also claimed that during Navratri,…

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Delhi: Massive fire breaks out at Ghazipur dumping yard; govt demands report

NEW DELHI: A massive fire broke out at the dumping yard of east Delhi's Ghazipur area on Monday leading to a huge cloud of smoke enveloping the region and neighbouring areas.

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Delhi: BJP MP Gautam Gambhir takes stock of development works at Hedgewar Park in Mandawali

NEW DELHI: BJP MP Gautam Gambhir on Sunday took stock of the development works being done at Dr Hedgewar Park in East Delhi's Mandawali. The place is also known as Talab Park.

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CBI arrests East Delhi Municipal Councillor on graft charge

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday arrested East Delhi Municipal Councillor Geeta Rawat and a private person on graft charge.

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