India has reacted with fury at the IPL’s ‘grotesque’ decision to continue playing in Delhi, despite the city being ravaged by a horrific new wave of Covid-19, with deaths mounting and their healthcare system on the brink of collapse. As hundreds scramble around the city desperately searching for hospital beds and many turn to witch doctors … Read more
India has reacted with fury at the IPL’s ‘grotesque’ decision to continue playing in Delhi, despite the city being ravaged by a horrific new wave of Covid-19, with deaths mounting and their healthcare system on the brink of collapse. As hundreds scramble around the city desperately searching for hospital beds and many turn to witch doctors … Read more
At least 52 people from a single flight from Delhi to Hong Kong have tested positive for Covid-19, despite all passengers presenting a negative coronavirus test before boarding. All of the passengers who tested positive flew into Hong Kong on a flight from India’s capital, run by Indian airline Vistara on April 4. Hong Kong … Read more
Bollywood supercouple Gauri and Shah Rukh Khan open their exquisitely designed New Delhi home on Airbnb Though the power duo now reside in Mumbai, their Delhi home remains ‘a special place of deep nostalgia’ They raised their three children there and continue to use the property when visiting the capital city The couple said: ‘The … Read more
A 70-day bus journey from London to Delhi will take in Moscow, Prague and even the Great Wall of China in an incredible new £15,000 excursion across 18 countries. The ‘Bus to London’ is the first ever ‘hop on, hop off’ service between India and England and will accommodate 20 passengers on the 12,000 mile … Read more
Dead bodies have reportedly piled up in hospital lobbies as India’s capital fast runs out of hospital beds and struggles to contain the pandemic amid a surge in coronavirus cases. It comes after critics said it did too little to prepare and reopened shopping malls and temples too soon. Some families of people infected with … Read more
Dead bodies have reportedly piled up in hospital lobbies as India’s capital fast runs out of hospital beds and struggles to contain the pandemic amid a surge in coronavirus cases. It comes after critics said it did too little to prepare and reopened shopping malls and temples too soon. Some families of people infected with … Read more
Zoe Hauser, 67, in a New Delhi hotel where she is being quarantined for 21 days Fears are growing for an elderly British school principal who is being held in a New Delhi hotel during India’s coronavirus lockdown. Zoe Hauser, 67, has developed a high temperature and her concerned family is pressing the Foreign Office … Read more
Four men who gang-raped and murdered 23-year-old student Jyoti Singh on a Delhi bus in 2012 have today been hanged. Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh were all hanged in the high-security Tihar prison in Delhi early this morning, seven years after their crime which sparked worldwide protests. The victim’s mother Asha … Read more
Four men were hanged in India today for the gang-rape and murder of a woman on a Delhi bus in 2012 that sparked huge protests and worldwide revulsion. Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh were all hanged in the high-security Tihar prison in Delhi early this morning. The victim’s mother declared that … Read more