India

Minor Earthquake Jolts New Delhi, NCR At Midnight

Darpan News Desk IANS, 09 Oct, 2015 05:02 PM

Minor tremors were felt in parts of Delhi and the National Capital Region areas on Saturday after an earthquake of magnitude 3.0 on the Richter Scale struck.

The tremors were felt around 1:40 a.m. and remained for a few seconds.

According to the Indian Meteorological Department website the intensity was slight and the epicenter was Delhi-NCR region.

According to police, there were no reports of any damage so far.

"Just checked from Emergency operation centre of Delhi as well as Police control room.. No damage has been reported so far #Earthquake," Deputy Commissioner of Police North Delhi Madhur Verma tweeted.

Prev Next

MORE India ARTICLES

AAP To Take Action Against Yadav, Bhushan

The AAP will take action against dissident party leaders Prashant Bhushan, Yogendra Yadav and two others for organising 'Swaraj Samwad' - an open dialogue - against the party's wish, a leader said here on Wednesday.

AAP To Take Action Against Yadav, Bhushan

'India's Daughter': Convict Urges Hc To Prosecute Documentary Maker

Mukesh Singh, one of the four convicts in the December 16, 2012 gang-rape, on Wednesday urged the Delhi High Court to an order a CBI inquiry and prosecution of the maker of the controversial BBC documentary "India's Daughter".

'India's Daughter': Convict Urges Hc To Prosecute Documentary Maker

'Janata Parivar' Announces Merger, Yet To Decide On Name

After months of deliberations, six constituents of the erstwhile Janata Party, collectively referred as the 'Janata Parivar', announced their merger into a single entity on Wednesday to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP.

'Janata Parivar' Announces Merger, Yet To Decide On Name

Legislation In Making For Giving NRIs Voting Right, Supreme Court Told

The central government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it was on the course of making a law to permit NRIs the right to exercise their vote from wherever they are located by e-voting instead of flying back to India to vote at the time of elections.

Legislation In Making For Giving NRIs Voting Right, Supreme Court Told

India's Secularism Is Strong, It Will Not Shake: Modi

India's secularism is strong and it will not shake, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his address to the Indian community in Berlin.

India's Secularism Is Strong, It Will Not Shake: Modi

SGPC, Sikh Groups See Red In 'Nanak Shah Fakir' And Sikh-Related Films

Bollywood and other films showing anything to do with the Sikh religion or portraying characters as Sikhs are running into trouble with the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the mini-parliament of Sikh religion, and other Sikh groups.