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Due to the rise in the water level of Yamuna and resultant inundation of low-lying areas, traffic movement has been impaired on Mahatma Gandhi Marg (Ring Road) between IP Flyover and Chandgi Ram Akhara, Mahatma Gandhi Marg between Kalighat Mandir and Delhi Secretariat and Outer Ring Road between Wazirabad Bridge and Chandgi Ram Akhara, while the area near Nigam Bodh Ghat was also flooded.

Non-essential government offices, schools and colleges in Delhi have been asked to remain closed till Sunday due to extensive flooding caused by heavy rainfall. Private centres in Delhi have also been advised to work from home and commercial entities around Kashmere Gate have been shut until Sunday. Traffic movement has been impaired in several parts of the city due to inundation in low-lying areas. The rise in water level in Yamuna has added to the challenge.

The visuals on social media also showed huge traffic on the National Highway-24 and Sarai Kale Khan where vehicles were crawling.

With Yamuna levels rising to a record high, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority on Thursday directed that non-essential government offices, schools and colleges be closed till Sunday, officials said. Private establishments across the city are advised to work from home, they said. The decision was made at the DDMA meeting held at the L-G Secretariat here on Thursday.

A married couple allegedly hanged themselves at their residence in northwest Delhi's Narela area on Wednesday, the police said.The husband, who has been identified as Anwar (40), a resident of Bengali Colony near Singhu Border, was declared ...

Ahead of the farmers' call to protest in favour of wrestlers at Jantar Mantar on Sunday, the Delhi Police have tightened security and placed barricades at all the border entry points.According to information, the Delhi Police have stationed ...

"Total ten buses and four cars carrying around 500-550 people were allowed from Tikri Border in the morning. No one was stopped," said Harender Kumar Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Outer Delhi. �� Wrestlers’ Protest: 500 Farmers Allowed To Travel to Jantar Mantar by Buses From Tikri Border.

New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Ahead of the farmers' call to protest in favour of wrestlers at Jantar Mantar, the Delhi Police have put barricades at the Singhu border and have also stationed soil-laden dumpers to deal with any untoward incident.

A group of farmers coming to Delhi to express solidarity with wrestlers protesting at Jantar Mantar was stopped by the Delhi at the Singhu border, with officials saying 24 of them have been detained.  The farmers were headed to the protest site in the national capital to join the agitating

The Delhi Government is looking to involve private players to operate four tourist destinations, including Azad Hind Gram and the Dilli Haat in Janakpuri and Pitampura.  The decision has been taken as the Tourism department is finding it "difficult to run these tourist destinations" on its