Abhinaya Harigovind is a senior correspondent with the national bureau of The Indian Express, covering education as a beat. Working with The Indian Express since July 2021, she was a reporter with the Delhi city team of the paper, covering environment and climate change. She has also worked with The Hindu in Kerala. She tweets @abhi__naya

December 24, 2022 18:46 IST
Congress leader tells the gathering: “The Prime Minister and the BJP used thousands of crores to sully my image. But I did not utter a word. The entire media, WhatsApp, Facebook machinery was used to spread rumours against me. But I showed you the truth in a month."
Sun, Dec 25, 2022
December 24, 2022 07:23 IST
Delhi News highlights: After the Bharat Jodo Yatra reached Red Fort in New Delhi Saturday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that the BJP government was spreading Hindu-Muslim hatred to divert attention from real issues.
Mon, Dec 26, 2022
December 24, 2022 02:25 IST
“This order (the bail granted on Friday) will be able to tell us if such bail conditions will be imposed. Once the order comes, we will have to find somebody to stand surety. We are hoping there won’t be any more difficulties,” she said.
Sat, Dec 24, 2022
December 23, 2022 10:41 IST
Jagdish Tytler, a once formidable Congress leader, may not have much clout within the party anymore, but the 1984 anti-Sikh riots accused continues to draw the party flak every time he is associated with its activities, the most recent one being the yatra
Fri, Dec 23, 2022
December 20, 2022 19:33 IST
Fog forms like clouds do — when water vapour condenses. The presence of moisture and a fall in the temperature are key factors for fog formation. Delhi is seeing 'radiation fog', or localised 'ground' fog.
Tue, Dec 20, 2022
December 08, 2022 02:56 IST
In Andrews Ganj, where Congress leader Abhishek Dutt served as the councillor for two consecutive terms, the party lost to the AAP candidate.
Thu, Dec 08, 2022
December 07, 2022 16:46 IST
Loses ground to AAP even in parts of Old Delhi where it has traditionally held strong
Wed, Dec 07, 2022
December 05, 2022 05:25 IST
Brijpuri resident Haji Gul Mohammad (52), a railway employee at the Old Delhi Railway Station, rued what he claimed was a lack of help from the AAP during the riots and said he would steadfastly remain behind the Congress despite several issues remaining unresolved in the locality in the past few years.
Mon, Dec 05, 2022
December 04, 2022 05:30 IST
BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa tweeted a video of Tytler campaigning for the Congress, and said the party was trying to “scare the Sikhs” by getting him to address an election sabha.
Sun, Dec 04, 2022
December 04, 2022 04:34 IST
Before it became the seat of local governance, the Town Hall building, constructed in the 1860s, housed what was known as the Lawrence Institute.
Sun, Dec 04, 2022
December 03, 2022 05:15 IST
In the Sitaram Bazar ward, which has voted for Congress councillors from 2007 onwards, disgruntled shop owners pointed to broken roads. Ashok Khanna (63), who owns a wedding cards shop, gestured towards a heap of garbage near his store in Kucha Mir Ashiq.
Sat, Dec 03, 2022
November 27, 2022 03:18 IST
Can a single ward indicate which way the wind is blowing ahead of MCD polls? Abhinaya Harigovind speaks to residents and contestants to find out
Wed, Dec 07, 2022
November 25, 2022 04:10 IST
Officials from Raj Niwas said Delhi Lieutenant-General Vinai Kumar Saxena had spoken to the Shahi Imam, Syed Ahmed Bukhari, and had requested him to rescind the order.
Fri, Nov 25, 2022
November 20, 2022 23:11 IST
J P Nadda referred to the AAP’s “scams” and “corruption”, pointing to the excise policy, a video of AAP Minister Satyendar Jain receiving a ‘massage’ in Tihar jail, and its failure to deal with garbage despite receiving funds from the Centre.
Mon, Nov 21, 2022
November 20, 2022 05:30 IST
On pollution now, only temporary arrangements are made, like the ‘Red light On, Gaadi off’ campaign and the odd-even rule, rather than permanent ones that are needed, Anil Chaudhary said.
Sun, Nov 20, 2022
November 19, 2022 04:45 IST
Pasmanda Muslims are a backward, marginalised section of Muslims that the BJP has been trying to reach out to. At the BJP’s national executive conclave in Hyderabad earlier this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked leaders to reach out to downtrodden sections of communities other than Hindus.
Sat, Nov 19, 2022
November 13, 2022 05:24 IST
On Saturday, the contribution of stubble burning was 17% in Delhi, a little below the 19% recorded the previous day. This is despite the count from farm fires in Punjab increasing sharply on Friday.
Mon, Nov 14, 2022
November 11, 2022 05:26 IST
The data was presented in the Central Ground Water Board’s (CGWB) recently released National Compilation on Dynamic Groundwater Resources of India report for 2022.
Fri, Nov 11, 2022
November 09, 2022 05:15 IST
For Jahangirpuri, this is not different from the same time last year. CPCB data indicates that it saw the worst AQI between October 31 and November 7 last year as well. For seven out of these eight days when Jahangirpuri was on the CPCB’s hotspot list, the average AQI at the station was 421.
Wed, Nov 09, 2022
November 07, 2022 04:39 IST
Around 1.5 acres of farmland in Patiala’s Ranghera village was on fire Friday afternoon, much like several others in the state where charred stubble lies on the field, or the farmland is still on fire before the rabi crop is sown. For the farmer, it was easier to set it on fire.
Tue, Nov 08, 2022
November 06, 2022 18:01 IST
The tower was inaugurated in September last year and has been functional since then, according to the CPCB.
Mon, Nov 07, 2022
November 03, 2022 13:39 IST
The CSE analysis said that local sources caused around 32.9 per cent of the pollution in Delhi from October 21 to 26. Here are the causes and culprits it found.
Fri, Nov 04, 2022
November 01, 2022 05:23 IST
Under stage-2 and stage-3 of GRAP, the plan calls for intensifying public transport services to take private vehicles off the roads.
Tue, Nov 01, 2022
October 28, 2022 16:00 IST
Incident comes ahead of Chhath Puja, as DJB is spraying a defoamer on the Yamuna
Fri, Oct 28, 2022
October 25, 2022 20:32 IST
Delhi air pollution: Essentially the fact that it was windy; also that Diwali came early this year, and it wasn't cool enough. Both these are important factors; also, stubble-burning had a lower impact this year.
Wed, Oct 26, 2022


