Delhi-NCR news: Woman dies by suicide after killing her two children

A woman dies by suicide after killing her two children in Shakurpur area of northwest Delhi last night; further investigation under way: Delhi Police

It was a clear Friday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature settling at 14.4 degrees Celsius, the Met office said.The weatherman has forecast a mainly clear sky for the rest of the day, with strong surface winds with a speed of 20-30 kmph. The maximum temperature is expected to hover around 33 degrees Celsius.The humidity recorded at 8.30am was 72 per cent.

Delhi Police, in coordination with the Foreigners Regional Registration Office, have deported 36 foreign nationals from Dwarka for staying in the capital without a valid passport or visa since January this year. Delhi Police said a growing number of African nationals were looking for money earning opportunities in the capital. A number of African nationals reside in Mohan Garden area, with many of them staying on fake or expired visas.

In January first week, when police intercepted a call from Tihar Jail as part of their surveillance and security exercise, they realised that it was not just another bid by an inmate to get some things he required from his associates or family. One of the items demanded seemed quite unusual. He wanted mercury.

New Delhi Municipal Council was placed first among 60 municipality bodies in the Municipal Performance Index (MPI) 2020. This is a survey conducted by the Union housing and urban affairs ministry to judge the overall performance of municipalities on the five parameters of services, finance, planning, technology and governance. The civic bodies’ performance helps measure the ease of living index of a city.

Delhi on Thursday recorded its warmest day of the year so far, with the mercury touching 33.9 degrees Celsius at Safdarjung— city’s base station for weather. This is seven degrees above normal temperature for this time of the year. India Meteorological Department says conditions are set to get even warmer over the next seven days and a maximum of 35 degrees Celsius is expected on March 7. Before this, the warmest day of the year so far was last Thursday, when Delhi recorded a high of 33.2 degrees Celsius.

A 22-year-old resident of Panipat was killed and his colleague critically injured when a speeding Mercedes rammed their car at a crossing in Dwarka’s Sector 6 early on Thursday. The Mercedes driver is absconding. Akash Ranaage, the deceased, and Rahul Rana(23) worked for an insurance firm and were returning from an office party when the accident took place.

With BJP failing to win even one seat in the municipal bypolls held in five wards, Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta said the party would contest the 2022 elections with renewed energy and a new strategy. He also accused AAP and Congress of reaching an “agreement” to defeat them. Gupta said BJP would introspect and find out the reasons for its bad performance and then adopt a new strategy. “We will see what went wrong and try to rectify it. However, our party members worked hard despite a negative campaign by AAP and its government on the working of the corporations. Our party is against corruption,” he added.

A 45-year-old woman was mowed down by a truck in northwest Delhi’s Azadpur on Wednesday afternoon. Varsha, riding a scooter, was getting down from the Azadpur flyover when the truck hit her from behind, killing her on the spot. The errant driver tried to flee but was arrested later.

A case has been registered against an editor of National Book Trust for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman at his house in south Delhi’s Vasant Kunj last year. Though police have questioned him, the accused is yet to be arrested. The accused didn’t respond to TOI’s queries about the alleged incident. The 46-year-old woman alleged in her complaint to police that the crime took place in October 2020. The police complaint was given on February 2 after which an FIR was registered. Deputy commissioner of police (Southwest) Ingit Pratap Singh said the editor was booked under IPC Section 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) at Vasant Kunj (North) police station. The victim had also written a post on Facebook about the alleged incident.

A selfie against the backdrop of India Gate, followed by the Char Minar, Howrah Bridge or Gateway of India — this will be possible soon when Delhi Development Authority unveils its Bharat Vandana Park, where the ‘Mini India’ zone will have miniature replicas of famous monuments from Indian states.

The Aam Aadmi Party government has informed Delhi High Court that civic bodies had asked all high-risk building owners to submit structural audit reports and on noncompliance of the same, notices have been issued for disconnection of electricity and water connections.

Elated over the thumping victory of Aam Aadmi Party in the municipal bypolls, AAP national convener and chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said Delhi had rejected BJP due to its incompetence and misrule in the corporations over the past 15 years. While AAP won four of the five seats, snatching the Shalimar Bagh ward from BJP, Congress grabbed the remaining seat.