New Delhi

Proper noun

New Delhi

1. The capital city of India, located in the national capital territory of Delhi.
   • “Here is a case of the top official in Canada very publicly leveling one of the most serious allegations one could make against India, one that relates to an issue that is extremely sensitive for New Delhi,” Kugelman, of the South Asia Institute, said. “It really reinforced this anger in New Delhi...2024 November 29, Lex Harvey, “Clashes erupted outside a Hindu temple near Toronto. They’re the latest sign of Canada and India’s spiraling relations”, in CNN
2. A district of Delhi, India.
3. (figuratively, metonymically) The government of India.
   • India claimed a diplomatic victory over Pakistan after Islamabad failed to win support for a U.N. resolution on Kashmir that New Delhi said violated its sovereignty. A group of countries led by Pakistan withdrew the resolution, which urged ...1995, Asian Bulletin, Volume 20, Issues 1-6, APACL Publications [Asian Peoples' Anti-Communist League], unnumbered page
   • As Russia accords considerable priority to its strategic partnership with India, it has to reckon with the Indian factor and is therefore subject to pressure from New Delhi in its relations with China.2004 November 1, Joseph Y.S. Cheng, “Challenges to China's Russian Policy in Early 21st Century”, in Journal of contemporary Asia