Weather tracker: Record-breaking rain in Delhi leaves trail of destruction
Almost 200 killed as deluge sweeps northern India, while rain gives way to high humidity at Paris Olympics
May 2024
Weather tracker
Weather tracker: Severe storms hit US as Delhi swelters in intense heatwave
‘Unliveable’: Delhi’s residents struggle to cope in record-breaking heat
Delhi heatwave: officials investigating if temperature of 52.9C due to faulty sensor
Record-breaking heatwave hits Delhi as India swelters – in pictures
March 2024
India summons envoy after US criticises Delhi chief minister’s arrest
Calls for fair legal process for opposition figure Arvind Kejriwal amid claims rivals to Modi are being targeted before elections
Arvind Kejriwal: the Delhi chief minister jailed by Modi’s government
Leader of India’s Common Man party has spent his career rooting out everyday corruption and is now in jail weeks before general election begins
Delhi chief minister to be held for six days after arrest on corruption charges
Judge says Arvind Kejriwal can be held until next Thursday, as his party’s leaders condemn accusations as politically motivated
February 2024
Last rites for Delhi’s forgotten: the woman who cremates strangers
Pooja Sharma has dedicated her life to providing a dignified end for thousands of unclaimed bodies lying in mortuaries in India, though she pays for it herself – and it ended her engagement
‘Pick her up and take her away’: teenager’s death exposes callousness and corruption in India’s hospitals
Fourteen-year-old Fayza Ansari wanted to be an engineer. Instead, she died this month from leukaemia, failed by an overloaded and often heartless healthcare system
November 2023
‘The complete murder of our young’: India counts cost of another polluting Diwali on a generation of children
Delhi air pollution spikes to 100 times WHO health limit
October 2023
Bishan Bedi obituary
Delhi police search journalists’ homes in latest raids on media
September 2023
Pasta, risotto, ravioli – humble millet parades its versatility in Delhi for G20
Observer business agenda
Modi’s unifying message for the G20 summit looks dated as globalisation falls apart