Contingent seen at the full dress rehearsals for the Republic Day 2022 parade while following Covid-19 protocols, on Sunday, January 23, 2022. (Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)Delhi Live News: Covid-19 restrictions in Delhi will be eased as soon as possible, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said at an event organised by the city government to celebrate Republic Day 2022. “We don’t want people’s livelihoods to be affected by Covid-19,” Kejriwal added.
In further improvements, Delhi on Monday recorded a decrease in its daily tally with 5,760 fresh cases and 30 deaths, according to the city health department. The positivity rate also dropped to 11.79 per cent on Monday with active cases at 45,140.
According to the IMD forecast, Delhi’s minimum temperature will be recorded at 6 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperature at 16 degrees. The air quality is likely to remain in the ‘poor’ category on Tuesday and Wednesday with the current Air Quality Index at 253.
Engineering student Neeraj Bishnoi (21), who is accused of creating an app using GitHub which hosted photographs of more than 100 Muslim women without their consent, has approached a sessions court for bail pleading that the case is detrimental to his career.
Advocate L Ojha made the submissions on behalf of Bishnoi before Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana who adjourned the matter after directing the police to file a detailed reply on it. Read more
In view of the Republic Day celebrations, the entry of heavy commercial vehicles from Palwal towards Faridabad for entry into Delhi, will be restricted from 10 pm on January 25 to 2 pm on January 26, the Faridabad traffic police said Tuesday.
In an advisory, the traffic police said there will be a ban on entry of heavy vehicles to the city for 16 hours starting 10 pm on Tuesday. The police said heavy vehicles coming from Palwal should use the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal expressway or the Eastern Peripheral expressway. Read more
With the maximum temperature likely to remain significantly below normal, another ‘cold day’ is on the forecast for Delhi on Tuesday.
The maximum temperature is likely to be 16 degrees Celsius, while the minimum temperature could be 6 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast.
Over the past 24 hours, the maximum temperature was 14.8 degrees Celsius, seven degrees below the normal for this time of the year. The minimum temperature recorded was 6.2 degrees Celsius, a degree below the normal. Read more
Delhi High Court proposes to reduce costs imposed on actor Juhi Chawla and two other plaintiffs from Rs 20 Lakh to Rs 2 Lakh, albeit with a condition that she'll do some service for public cause given her celebrity status.
Juhi Chawla has filed an appeal against a single-bench order which in June 2021 dismissed her suit against the introduction of 5G technology in India. The single bench, in the order dismissing the suit, had said it was filed to gain publicity and imposed a cost of Rs 20 lakh on the three plaintiffs, including Chawla, for “waste of judicial time”.
Senior Advocate Salman Khurshid, representing Chawla, before a division bench submitted that he'll seek her instructions on the suggestion made by court. The matter has been passed over. The hearing in the appeal will take place again later.
"We will reduce the costs. We will not completely waive it. We will reduce it substantially but that comes with another condition that considering your client is a celebrity and she has a presence in the public, she should do some public work also. Her image and her position should be utilised by the society for some good campaign, good purpose," said the division bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh.
The court said that she could do a programme for the Delhi State Legal Services Authority. "The DSLSA would get in touch with her and they could work out one program which she could feature in and she could promote," it said.
Khurshid said that he'll speak to her and tell her that it's an opportunity of the lifetime.
"All Delhi Govt offices will now have pictures of Baba Saheb Dr Ambedkar & Shaheed Bhagat Singh. Apart from this two pics, offices will not have or put pics of any politicians & chief ministers. From now on, Delhi govt will work on the principles of these two great leaders : Arvind Kejriwal said today while addressing the public at a Republic Day event.
"After receiveing several requests from the market and traders association, we sent a proposal to LG to lift weekend curfew and ease restrictions. He agreed to some recommendations but deferred others like odd even and weekend curfew. All these restrictions are imposed for the public safety and people need not to worry, all these restrictions will be lifted soon," Arvind Kejriwal said at the Republic Day event in the city.
Covid-19 restrictions in Delhi will be eased as soon as possible, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said at an event organised by the city government to celebrate Republic Day 2022. “We don’t want people’s livelihoods to be affected by Covid-19,” Kejriwal added.
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation would be constructing several new parking facilities near Gk-1 market, Nizamuddin, Gk-2 market, Amar Colony, Lajpat Nagar and Punjabi Bagh, mayor Mukesh Suryan said on Tuesday.
He said that the space to construct multi-level parking lots have been identified at Punjabi Bagh Club Road and Janakpuri.
Suryan also said that the construction of a parking facility with a capacity to accommodate 399 cars at GK-1 market and another parking facility with a capacity to accommodate 86 cars at Nizamuddin is in full swing. Read more
After finding that several teachers in its schools have been on leave for years without prior intimation, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has started taking action against those who have been absent for more than five years and can’t provide a satisfactory reason.
Officials said all teachers on long leave were issued notices to re-join work or give valid reasons for their continued leave/absence. Read more
According to the IMD forecast, Delhi’s minimum temperature will be recorded at 6 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperature at 16 degrees. The air quality is likley to remain in the ‘poor’ category on Tuesday and Wednesday with the current Air Quality Index at 253.
Delhi on Monday recorded a decrease in its daily tally with 5,760 fresh cases and 30 deaths, according to the city health department. The positivity rate also dropped to 11.79 per cent on Monday with active cases at 45,140.
The BJP on Monday alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party has been deliberately not implementing the Janlokpal Bill and is only “misleading” people over the issue, a party statement said.
However, the AAP in a statement responded that the saffron party was playing politics over the issue of corruption by raising the issue of Lokpal when their own Lieutenant Governor rejected the proposal.
BJP's Delhi unit chief Adesh Gupta in a statement charged the Kejriwal government with “lying” on the Janlokpal Bill and “misleading” people and said that AAP came to power by repeatedly talking about the Janlokpal bill but now they stand exposed before the country as the Bill is not yet implemented.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader claimed that for the past seven years despite getting it passed Arvind Kejriwal government did not implement the Janlokpal Bill. (PTI)
For the first time, a laser show would be held at the Beating Retreat ceremony, which would be held on January 29th at the Vijay Chowk. Rehearsals for the ceremony are ongoing.
Senior advocate Rebecca John on Monday told the Delhi High Court that she has been receiving “hate mails” asking her to step down from the position of amicus curiae in petitions seeking the criminalisation of marital rape as she already has an “opinion” on the issue.
The senior lawyer, who contended that the marital rape exception was not constitutional, said that the marital rape exception would be tested on the anvil of its constitutionality and an individual's opinion was not relevant.
“To all those who asked me to recuse from the matter because I have an opinion on the subject... I've been receiving a lot of hate mail. Ultimately the challenge is only to be tested on the anvil of constitutionality. If it is constitutionally sound, the exception remains. If it is unconstitutional, it goes. It doesn't matter what views we hold on the subject,” she said.
“If having a view was a ground for recusal then everyone should recuse from every case. Every intelligent person has a view on everything,” remarked Justice C Hari Shankar, who is part of the division bench headed by Justice Rajiv Shakdher.
The bench is hearing PILs filed by NGOs RIT Foundation, All India Democratic Women's Association, a man and a woman seeking striking down of the exception granted to husbands under the Indian rape law. (PTI)
Delhi experienced cold day conditions on Monday with the maximum temperature settling at 14.8 degrees Celsius, seven notches below the season's average.
The minimum temperature was recorded at 8 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the year. A dense cover of fog engulfed the national capital on Monday morning causing difficulty for early morning commuters. Almost all parts of Delhi recorded cold to severe cold day conditions, the weather department said.
The maximum temperature at Narela was recorded at 13.5 degrees Celsius, eight notches below normal, while at Palam, it stood at 14.8 degrees Celsius, six degrees below normal. Humidity levels oscillated between 100 per cent and 74 per cent. (PTI)
The Delhi High Court Monday said it will hear on a daily basis, a batch of pleas challenging the constitution of all Town Vending Committees (TVC) in the national capital under the Street Vendors Act and asked the Delhi government to address the issue.
“We want to first deal with the issue of constitution of TVCs by the Delhi government, which according to the petitioners was bad,” a bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh said.
Besides the issue of the constitution of TVCs, the pleas have also raised a challenge to the validity of the Street Vendors Act, its implementation, certain provisions of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Scheme, 2019 and other connected issues raised by various market associations and vendors and hawkers.
The high court said it will commence hearing the matter on a day-to-day basis from Tuesday. (PTI)
Delhi on Monday reported 5,760 new Covid-19 cases and 30 deaths. With the positivity rate being 11.79 per cent on Monday, the active cases in the city stood at 45,140.