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Dust storm, rainfall lead to massive delays, flight disruptions at Delhi airport; passengers vent ire on social media

12Apr

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Dust storm, rainfall lead to massive delays, flight disruptions at Delhi airport; passengers vent ire on social media

Passengers at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi faced massive delays and disruptions to their journeys from Friday evening till Saturday morning due to a dust storm and rainfall in the National Capital on Friday evening. According to Flightradar24, a live flight-tracking website, 439 arriving flights and 507 departing flights were delayed on Friday. As of Saturday noon, 40 per cent of the departing flights from Delhi airport were delayed by an average of 44 minutes. “Poor weather, caused by heavy thunderstorms and gusty winds, has affected flight operations across parts of Northern India. Some of our flights to and from Delhi are being delayed or diverted, which is likely to impact our overall flight schedule,” said Air India in a travel advisory issued on X on Friday evenin...

IMD warns of heatwave in Delhi till April 9, yellow alert sounded

A yellow alert has been sounded in Delhi by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) as it forecasted a heatwave in the city till Wednesday.In its April to June seasonal outlook, the Met Office earlier forecasted rain deficit for the city. The number of heatwave days between April and June is also likely to be higher than usual, it said. Depending on the severity of weather conditions, the IMD uses four colour-coded warnings: green, yellow, orange, and red. When a yellow alert is sounded, heat is tolerable for the general public, as per officials, but it can trigger moderate health concerns for vulnerable people — infants, elderly, and people with chronic diseases. Avoid heat exposure; wear lightweight, light-coloured, loose, cotton clothes; cover your head, use a cloth, hat or umbrella —...

Delhi News Live Updates: ‘Fee hikes biggest worry for us’, says AAP leader Sisodia; alleges BJP hand-in-glove with Delhi’s private schools, demands CBI probe

Senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia. (Express Photo)Delhi News Live Updates, April 5, 2025: Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia, speaking to the media on Saturday, alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Delhi is hand-in-glove with the private schools in the Capital, claiming fee hikes were the biggest worry for the party right now. “The biggest worry for us right now is that private schools have started increasing their fee. Back when we had formed government, we had made a regulation to ensure that private schools cannot arbitrarily increase their fee,” he said. He demanded that the CBI should carry out a probe on the matter, claiming that there is a nexus between the private schools and the BJP ministers. A massive fire broke out in a tyre manufacturing factory in Utt...