Sentence examples for delhi from inspiring English sources
proper noun
National capital territory and old city in northern India in which the country's capital New Delhi is located.
The Delhi transport department has stated that only six registered radio taxi companies would now be allowed to operate in Delhi.
A taxi driver contracted to international online cab firm Uber and detained on charges of raping a female passenger last weekend in the Indian capital Delhi is a serial sexual offender with dozens of criminal complaints registered against him, local media have claimed.
Almost exactly two years ago a 23-year-old physiotherapist died of injuries sustained when brutally raped by six men on a bus in Delhi on a weekend evening.
A representative for Uber said the company had not been officially notified of any ban in Delhi.
HZ: "How do you compare the policing in this city with other metropolises in India such as Delhi, Bangalore and Kolkata?" BS: "Broadly speaking it is similar, but I think the Mumbai police is one of the best forces in the world.
Sachindra Narayan, a prominent Patna-based social scientist with the National Human Rights Commission in Delhi, said: "The prime reason [for the violence] is that [Dalits] feel empowered after seeing someone from their community at the head of the state and have begun to assert their rights.
Jeremy Seabrook's The Song of the Shirt - Cheap Garments Across Centuries and Countries is published by Navayana in New Delhi next month.
The plans for the administrative capital of New Delhi were made by Edwin Lutyens, who saw to it that the eastern end of the ceremonial avenue (Kingsway then, Rajpath now) aligned with the Purana Qila.
WE RECOMMEND YOU SEE... George Chakravarthi is what is politely known as a bundle of contradictions: a transvestite homosexual, born in New Delhi but brought up a Catholic.
Embarq India, one of the main forces behind the venture, has already pioneered a similar project in Gurgaon, a satellite city of New Delhi, the Indian capital.
"Almost all the people know that there is a law in place against child marriage – however, it still takes place as societal norms and pressure pushes people into breaking these rules," said Dora Giusti, a child protection specialist with Unicef in New Delhi.
