NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of Tibetans in exile marched on the streets of New Delhi on Sunday to commemorate the 65th Tibetan National Uprising Day against China. Over 300 protesters gathered near India’s Parliament House and chanted slogans including “Tibet was never a part of China” and ”China should leave Tibet.” The protesters carried […]
Feb. 23—A Delhi man has received two awards from the National Weather Service for his decades of service as a weather observer. The National Weather Service in Binghamton announced on its Facebook page, John Bramley received the John Campanius Holm and Dick Hagemeyer awards. The John Campanius Holm Award is given annually by the National […]
Feb. 22—Fires on Tuesday and Wednesday severely damaged homes in Delaware County. The Delhi Fire Department was dispatched at 12:59 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20 to the Dorosky residence at 5011 county Route 18, which is almost across from the intersection with Bramley Mountain Road, Third Assistant Fire Chief Shawn Kauffman said. One of the children […]
NEW DELHI (AP) — Farmers blocked highways and held demonstrations in many rural areas in northern India on Friday to protest over a range of grievances that have also led tens of thousands to march toward the capital in tractors and wagons. Farmers in the northern states of Haryana and Punjab held sit-ins near toll […]
At least 11 people have died as a massive fire swept through a paint factory in New Delhi, according to the Press Trust of India. The news agency said four others had been injured in the fire, which started late on Thursday. Fire officials said the blaze started on the ground floor of the factory, […]
NEW DELHI (AP) — A massive fire swept through a paint factory in India’s capital, New Delhi, killing at least 11 people and leaving four others injured, news agency Press Trust of India reported. Fire officials said that the blaze started late Thursday on the ground floor of the factory, trapping the victims on the […]
Indian police used tear gas on farmers who clashed with officers and tried to break barricades blocking their way to New Delhi to demand guaranteed crop prices in a repeat of 2021 protests, when they camped on the outskirts of the capital for more than a year. Police dropped tear gas canisters on the protesting […]
Indian police used tear gas and detained some farmers who tried to break barricades blocking their way to New Delhi on Tuesday to demand guaranteed crop prices in a repeat of 2021 protests, when they camped on the capital’s outskirts for more than a year. Tear gas canisters were dropped on the protesting farmers from […]
Feb. 7—A combined village and town hall in Delhi has been proposed. Delhi village Mayor Jeffrey Gearhart went before the Delaware County Economic Development committee Wednesday, Feb. 7, to talk about the need for a combined facility and suggested the old Wickham Sales building on Bridge Street. The former car dealership is owned by the […]
My 13-hour flight in Air India’s legacy Boeing 777 business class offered a lot of legroom but barely any privacy.Taylor Rains/Business Insider Air India has a reputation as having an awkward business-class product with regularly broken seats. Though the airline is introducing better products, the old seat will fly until at least 2025. I tried […]
Just over a week ago, India’s federal home minister Amit Shah announced a plan to fence the open border with neighbouring Myanmar. He said India would secure the rugged 1,643km (1,020-mile) boundary the same way in which “we have fenced the country’s border with Bangladesh”, which is more than twice as long. Mr Shah said […]
Jan. 1—Cornell Cooperative Extension of Delaware County, in partnership with the Watershed Agricultural Council, will host the 21st annual Catskill Regional Agriculture Conference beginning at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, in Farrell Hall at the SUNY Delhi campus. Speakers will present information about dairy, livestock and horticulture production as well as grazing management, according to […]