BJP youth wing president Tejasvi Surya and secretary Tajinder Bagga protest outside CM Arvind Kejriwal's residence. (Express Photo)Delhi Live News: The AAP alleged Wednesday that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s house was attacked by BJP leaders during their protest. Members of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha and some other party workers protested outside Kejriwal’s house over his comments on the movie The Kashmir Files in the Delhi Assembly last week.
Meanwhile, Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022, is a constitutional bill adding that centre can bring any legislation relating to Delhi since it is a Union territory. The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022, seeks to merge the three municipal corporations of the national capital into a single entity.
In another news, Delhi on Wednesday reported 123 fresh Covid-19 cases and one death, the health bulletin said. The city’s positivity rate stood at 0.50% when 24,706 tests were conducted. 106 patients recovered from the infection today.
Delhi on Wednesday reported 123 fresh Covid-19 cases and one death, the health bulletin said. The city's positivity rate stood at 0.50% when 24,706 tests were conducted. 106 patients recovered from the infection today.
The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022, is absolutely a constitutional bill, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in Lok Sabha today.
"Talks are being held about the rights of states. CM Kejriwal speaks the same...I can't bring such a Bill for Maharashtra, Gujarat, or Bengal. Neither I nor Centre can do it in the states. But if you don't know the difference between state & UT, I think Constitution needs to be studied again," he said.
The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022 seeks to merge the three municipal corporations of the national capital into a single entity.
The Delhi Police said they have registered an FIR against unidentified persons for breaking the boom barrier and charging up to CM Arvind Kejriwal's house gate. According to the officials, teams have been formed to nab the accused.
The FIR has been registered under Sections 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions), Section 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), Section 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty), and Section 34 (common intension) of the Indian Penal Code and The Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984, said DCP (north) Sagar Singh Kalsi.
Four swimming instructors from Gurugram near Delhi have been arrested for the alleged gang rape of a 22-year old nurse here, police said.
According to police, one of the accused Rajat Suresh befriended the woman on a dating app and took her to a hotel on March 24. Later, he took her to his room that he had shared with three of his friends, who have been identified as Yogesh Kumar, Shiv Rana and Dev Saroha.
The survivor alleged in her complaint to the police that the four men raped and assaulted her. (PTI)
Union Home Minister Amit Shah while discussing the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022 in the Lok Sabha said that the Delhi government has a ‘step-mother’ attitude towards MCDs. He also said that since Delhi is the national capital and the President's house, PMO, secretariats and other important places are located here, it is important that three civic bodies are able to do their work properly. The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022 act, which aims to merge the three municipal corporations of the national capital into a single entity, will be taken up for consideration in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said the BJP's anger due to the defeat in the Punjab election is visible in the attack on Delhi CM's residence. Condemning the attack, he said BJP is afraid of AAP and Arvind Kejriwal.
The Delhi Police ordered a probe after a video of a speeding Thar hitting a pedestrian surfaced on Twitter. The accident took place at Janpath on Wednesday morning in which a man, Girdhari, sustained injuries. He was taken to the RML Hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
Delhi Police said they detained the national president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha Tejasvi Surya for protesting outside Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's residence. The police had earlier said they had detained 70 persons from the spot.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal should apologise for insulting Hindus, said Tejasvi Surya, the National President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.
AAP leader Raghav Chadha condemned the attack by BJP workers on Delhi CM's house during their protest against his speech on the movie The Kashmir Files in the Delhi Assembly last week. He said the protestors also broke barricades and CCTV cameras in Kejriwal's residence.
Almost two weeks after the Delhi government picked Vikas Kumar as the Managing Director of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) today approved the selection. The appointment order will come to effect from April 1 for a period of five years
DCP (North) Sagar Singh Kalsi said, "Today at around 11.30 onwards a dharna was started by around 150-200 protestors of BJP Yuva Morcha outside CM residence at Link road near IP College, against the remarks of Delhi Chief minister in Delhi Vidhan Sabha regarding the movie The Kashmir Files. At around 1 pm, some of the protestors breached two barricades and reached outside CM's house where they created ruckus, shouted slogans."
"They were carrying a small box of paint from which they threw paint outside the door. In the imbroglio, a boom barrier arm is also found vandalised as also a CCTV camera. Police team immediately removed them from the spot and detained around 70 persons. Legal action is being initiated," said Kalsi.
The four people who fell into a sewer in Outer Delhi’s Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar on Tuesday afternoon were confirmed dead on Wednesday morning and their bodies were recovered after nearly nine hours of rescue efforts, said the police.
The deceased were identified as linemen Bacchu Singh, Pintu and Suraj Sahni, who accidentally fell into the sewer while working to fix wires for a telecom company, and an autorickshaw driver Satish Singh (38), who tried to get inside the sewer to save them, said the police. Read more
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Monday that he regrets not being allowed to implement the doorstep delivery of ration scheme in Delhi.
Kejriwal, whose government in Delhi has been at near-constant loggerheads with the Centre, said its government in Punjab will implement the schemes that were not being allowed in Delhi. Read more
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Tuesday inaugurated the city’s first ‘halt station’ at Punjabi Bagh West Metro station to provide an interchange facility between the Green and Pink lines. The station was inaugurated by DMRC Managing Director Mangu Singh.
According to officials, the DMRC has built a station that connects two operational corridors for the first time. Read more
A Delhi court has said that no stigma can be attached to former TERI chief R K Pachauri in the alleged sexual harassment case lodged against him by a former colleague as the prosecution could not prove its case before his death.
Additional Sessions Judge Mohinder Virat passed the order in an application filed by Pachauri’s son seeking leave to continue the revision petition against an order to put him on trial in the case. The revision petition was filed by Pachauri. Read more