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Delhi-NCR live updates: National capital records 813 fresh Covid cases, highest daily count this year
Centre blocks Delhi govt’s doorstep PDS ration delivery plan less than a week before the launch. All govt hospitals in Delhi asked to create at least six vaccination sites on their premises as the state government prepares to expand the vaccination coverage as the daily tally of Covid-19 crossed the 700-mark in the city on Friday. The carriageway from Daryaganj to Kashmere Gate will be closed for all vehicular traffic for the next one month due to development work by PWD at the Red Fort side. Stay with TOI with all the updates.
Schools in the national capital on Saturday notified their respective first lists for admission to nursery classes which began in February after a two-month delay. The schools have put out their first list using the point-based criteria announced by them earlier. (PTI)
Delhi court closes a criminal defamation case against Aam Aadmi Party MLA Somnath Bharti filed by a woman journalist in 2018 after she accepted his apology before the judge. (PTI)
Delhi records 813 fresh Covid-19 cases, highest daily count this year; positivity rate crosses 1%. Two deaths take toll to 10,955: Bulletin. (PTI)
Targeted by 2 snatchers on bike at Narela, woman cop chases 1 down
A Delhi Police assistant sub-inspector (ASI) was targeted by two snatchers on a motorcycle, who tried to flee with her valuables in outer Delhi’s Narela on Thursday. However, she, with some help from passersby, chased the men, nabbed one of them and managed to recover her belongings. The other accused was arrested later on Friday following a raid in Narela.
Delhi government will not take any credit for doorstep ration delivery scheme. Ready to accept all conditions of Centre but will not allow any obstructions.
Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi government will not take any credit for doorstep ration delivery scheme
Extend tenure of DMRC chief till Sept: Delhi govt to Centre
Delhi government has recommended to the Union ministry of housing and urban affairs that Mangu Singh (66), whose tenure as managing director of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) comes to end this month, be given an extension till September.
Three fire tenders are at the spot; fire broke out at 3rd floor of the building
Delhi: Fire breaks out at Rani Jhansi Complex in Paharganj
Delhi: Fire breaks out inside a flat at Rani Jhansi Complex, Paharganj https://t.co/0PmneuKNFB
— TOI Delhi (@TOIDelhi) 1616225234000More cases inside sealed zones than outside
More active Covid cases in the capital are within containment zones as compared to those outside it and the district authorities are tracing 28 to 34 contacts for each positive case to check the recent surge. The highest number of active Covid cases are in South district, followed by North West and South East districts.
Three shooters participating in ISSF World Cup in New Delhi test positive for Covid-19
Bid to bar Friday prayers in Gurugram
It was 2018 all over again during a congregation’s Friday prayers at a namaz site in Sector 40 after people owing allegiance to a local outfit gathered there, allegedly confronted the imam and told the gathering to leave.
Elevated corridor linking INA to IGI gets nod
A Rs 5,000 crore project, which will connect Sarai Kale Khan to Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, was approved on Friday in the governing body meeting of Unified Traffic and Transportation Infrastructure (Planning & Engineering) Centre—the apex body for traffic and transportation projects in the capital. The meeting was chaired by LG Anil Baijal.
Fire had broken out in New Delhi-Lucknow Shatabdi Express at 6.45am. The affected coach was detached. All passengers are safe. Train departed at 8.20am: Railways
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal calls review meet today over matter related to doorstep delivery of ration scheme (Mukhya Mantri Ghar Ghar Ration Yojana), Delhi Food & Supply minister to also be present. Centre yesterday stopped the UT govt's scheme, that was to be launched on March 25.
The fire has been controlled. The affected coach has been detached from rest of the train to continue the journey upto Lucknow junction.
Deepak Kumar, chief public relation officer, Northern Railway
Fire breaks out in parcel coach of New Delhi-Lucknow Swarn Shatabdi Express catches fire at Ghaziabad railway station
Parcel coach of New Delhi-Lucknow Swarn Shatabdi Express catches fire at Ghaziabad railway station https://t.co/kaPMmOi0yv
— TOI Noida (@TOINoida) 1616207937000Daily Covid tally crosses 700 for first time this year
The daily tally of Covid-19 crossed the 700-mark in Delhi on Friday, with the city recording 716 new cases in the past 24 hours. This is the highest single-day tally recorded this year. On December 27, Delhi had reported 757 new cases.
Centre blocks Delhi govt’s doorstep PDS ration delivery plan
Less than a week before the launch of the ambitious doorstep delivery of ration, under ‘Mukhya Mantri Ghar Ghar Ration Yojna’, in the capital, the Union food ministry has conveyed to the Delhi government it can’t use the highly subsidised foodgrains from the central pool under National Food Security Act (NFSA) for the scheme.
March-end target: 1.3L Covid jabs daily
All government hospitals in Delhi have been asked to create at least six vaccination sites on their premises from Monday as the state government prepares to expand the vaccination coverage as a measure to check the surge in Covid-19 cases. All vaccination sites will also target 200 inoculations in a day. By March-end, the city is likely to have 1,000 vaccination sites that will be able to provide the protective injection to 1.25 lakh individuals daily. Currently, only around 35,000 individuals receive the Covid shots in a day across the capital.