Tag: Delhis

India says Delhi’s record 52.9 Celsius temperature last week was wrong by 3 C

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A record temperature registered this week for the capital New Delhi of 52.9 degree Celsius (127.22 Fahrenheit) was too high by 3 C, the Indian government said on Saturday, blaming a weather sensor error. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) had investigated Wednesday’s reading by the weather station at Mungeshpur, a densely […]

New Delhi’s top elected official arrested in liquor bribery case

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s anti-corruption crusader Arvind Kejriwal was arrested Thursday by a federal agency that accused his party and ministers of accepting 1 billion rupees ($12 million) in bribes from liquor contractors nearly two years ago, a top leader of his party said. Atishi Singh, a leader of Kejriwal’s Aaam Admi Party, or […]