Delhi news live: BJP is conspiring to spread dengue in Delhi, says AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj

The National Green Tribunal has directed Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam to deposit interim compensation of Rs. 1 crore with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), which will be utilised for the restoration of the environment. "Pending assessment quantification of compensation, the Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam may deposit interim compensation of Rs. 1 crore with the CPCB. The Nigam is free to recover the amount out of the salary of erring officers," the NGT said. An NGT bench headed by its chairperson, justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said that "the authorities have to be held accountable by way of compensation on the polluter pays principle and departmental action for their failure in breach of the constitutional obligation under the "Public Trust Doctrine", apart from liability for prosecution under the Criminal Law." (ANI)

Delhi hospitals are witnessing a surge in Dengue cases as the number of patients from the national capital and nearby areas, especially Uttar Pradesh, continue to go up. "A lot of younger patients are coming with dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever and a lot of them are unaware of the fact that they have dengue before. Once their IGG levels are being checked it gets revealed," said Dr Pooja Khosla, Senior Consultant in Department of medicine Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. "We are also getting lots of cases from outside Delhi, especially Uttar Pradesh," she added. (PTI)

IKEA, the world’s largest furniture retailer headquartered in The Netherlands, is likely to set up its site office in Noida Sector 51 before Diwali. Officials in the Noida Authority informed about the company’s plans to chairperson Sanjeev Mittal, who on Monday held a review meeting about the progress of 20 big ticket projects in the city. Read more

A Delhi court reserved the order on the bail petition of Rajiv Saxena, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate last month in a connection with an alleged bank loan fraud case. Special Judge Sanjay Garg on Monday reserved the order for October 29 after the conclusion of the submission made by both sides, said the court order copy.

Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday launched a special campaign for administration of Covid vaccines to devotees going to observe fast on Chhath festival post Diwali at Ibrahimpur village in North East Delhi's Burari area. He was accompanied by BJP MP Manoj Tiwari.

With municipal polls in Gurugram due next year, the MCG commissioner has directed officials to initiate the process of delimitation of its wards and complete the same by March 2022. A private agency will be hired for the purpose and its report will be sent to the government in April, officials said. Read more

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officials removed the posters put up by Hindu Sena in support of NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede outside the agency's office in the national capital on Tuesday.

In a few years from now, those driving to the northern parts of the city might find a Delhi Metro train zooming past on an adjacent lane marked off only by a fence. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is mulling the use of its conventional trains on the capital’s first Metrolite corridor between Rithala and Narela instead of trains with smaller, articulated coaches. Read more

There’s still a week to go in October, but at 158, Covid cases reported this month so far are already marginally higher than September’s 150. There has also been a rise in positivity rate from 0.1% in September to 0.2% this month. Read more

The hand that provides the gun or the motivation to take it up is equally liable as the hand that ultimately fires it, said a Delhi court on Monday, while sentencing two Hizb-ul Mujahideen members to 12 years and two others to 10 years in jail for conspiring to commit terror activities in India and waging war against the state. Read more

The emission from harvest remnant burning in the PM2.5 pollutants in Delhi’s air has been negligible for the past four days due to meteorological factors. However, the farm fires are likely to increase and stubble burning is expected to impact Delhi’s air quality rapidly from October 27. The ‘satisfactory’ air after Sunday’s rain is, in that regard, a short-lived respite for Delhiites. Read more

In its fight against pollution, the Delhi government will run a campaign titled “Patakhe Nahi, Diye Jalao” from October 27 to ensure ground implementation of ban on firecrackers. Read more

A fire broke out inside a sweets shop in in Sector Alpha 2, Greater Noida on Tuesday morning. Read more

Delhi Development Authority (DDA) held its third public hearing on the draft Master Plan for Delhi-2041 on Monday, which touched upon vital areas of the city’s future development, such as environment, economy, shelter and social infrastructure, transport and mobility, etc. Read more