Delhi Live News: Following clashes between two communities in Northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri following a Shobha Yatra organised on Saturday on Saturday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal appealed for calm, while BJP leader Kapil Mishra said it should be treated as a terror attack.
According to officers, stones were pelted in the area and the situation was tense. Several officers have been deployed in the area and the injured persons, including police officers, have been taken to the hospital.
Delhi Saturday recorded 461 fresh Covid-19 cases, slightly above the number of infections detected on Friday. The positivity rate has climbed up to 5.33 per cent, according the city’s health bulletin. The capital has been witnessing an uptick in the number of cases for the past 3 days.
A health worker takes a swab sample for a Covid-19 test in New Delhi. (Express Photo: Praveen Khanna)
Following clashes between two communities in Northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri following a Shobha Yatra organised on Saturday on Saturday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal appealed for calm, while BJP leader Kapil Mishra said it should be treated as a terror attack.
Keeping up with the trend of the past few days, Delhi continued to witness a spike in Covid-19 cases with the national capital reporting 461 new cases and two deaths on Saturday. With 8646 tests, the positivity rate rose up to 5.33 per cent.
On Friday, the capital had recorded 366 Covid-19 cases and zero death, while the positivity rate stood at 3.95 per cent. Delhi on Thursday had recorded 325 cases and no death, while the positivity rate stood at 2.39 per cent. Read more
During his visit to Hanuman temple in Delhi's Connaugh Place, BJP leader Kapil Mishra Friday said, "Stones are being pelted on. Ram Bhakts all over the country. There was a time when such attacks only took place during Amarnath yatra. But, today those jihadi attacks that were perpetrated in Kashmir...these attempts are being made in Karauli. Karauli ko Kashmir banane ki koshish ki ja rahi hai, Khargone ko Kashmir banane ki koshish ki ja rhi hai."
Mishra visited the temple to offer prayers on the occassion of Hanuman Jayanti.
He added, "If you pelt stones, then be prepared for your house to be taken down...do not cry when the bulldozer comes."
"Today on Hanuman Janmotsav, in Mumbai, Iftar programme is being conducted in a temple. This is very good that this is being done during Ramzan, but is there any mosque in the country where today Sundarkand Paath or Hanuman chalisa is being done? Real secularism will only be accepted when that happens. Otherwise, what you are doing is jihad, not secularism," Mishra further said.
The maximum temperature in Delhi is likely to hit 40 degrees Celsius on Saturday after a few days of short-lived relief.
The maximum temperature at the Safdarjung weather station remained below the 40-degree mark from April 13 to 15 on account of a western disturbance that brought cloudy conditions and winds. On Friday, the maximum temperature settled at 38.7 degrees Celsius, two degrees above the normal. The minimum temperature recorded over the past 24 hours was 22 degrees Celsius, which is close to the normal. At 8.30 am Saturday, the temperature was 26.2 degrees and the relative humidity was 60%. Read more
A Delhi court on Saturday upheld an order directing the CBI to withdraw the lookout circular against Amnesty International India Board chair Aakar Patel.
Special Judge Santosh Snehi Mann, however, set aside the direction issued to the CBI director to make a written apology to Patel for the agency's action against him.
A magisterial court had on April 7 directed the probe agency to withdraw the LOC immediately and apologies to Patel, and file a compliance report by April 30.
Patel had approached the magisterial court submitting that he was stopped by immigration authorities at the Bangalore International Airport while boarding a flight to the US. ---PTI
Gurgaon police on Friday booked the chief of banned pro-Khalistan group ‘Sikhs for Justice’ (SFJ) Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on charges of sedition after he allegedly released a video asking people to raise the Khalistan flag at the offices of the deputy commissioner and superintendent of police in Haryana. Read more
A day after a senior citizen couple suffered minor injuries in an attempted chain snatching incident in Outer Delhi’s Mianwali Nagar Thursday evening, the Delhi Police managed to arrest the two accused Friday night. Read more
The Delhi Police has launched a probe on the basis of a complaint received about the alleged impersonation of an official posted at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), officials said on Friday. Read more
Penalties worth nearly Rs 50 lakh have been imposed for using single-use plastic in the last three years by the south corporation authorities, officials said on Friday.
In a statement, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) said, it has taken a multitude of measures to make its 'plastic-free city' campaign a success.
The SDMC, in the last three years, has issued as many as 2,120 challans while it has imposed fines worth nearly Rs 50 lakh for using single-use plastic, it said. (PTI)
Gurgaon police on Friday booked the chief of banned pro-Khalistan group ‘Sikhs for Justice’ (SFJ) Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on charges of sedition after he allegedly released a video asking people to raise the Khalistan flag at the offices of the deputy commissioner and superintendent of police in Haryana. Read more
The maximum temperature in Delhi is likely to hit 40 degrees Celsius on Saturday after a few days of short-lived relief.
Clear skies are on the forecast for Delhi over the weekend. The maximum temperature could rise further to around 41 degrees on Sunday, and then to 42 degrees Celsius on April 18 and 19. Read more
The air quality index (AQI) in Delhi has consistently remained in the ‘poor’ category for nearly three weeks, from March 28, going by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) bulletins. Read more
Amid threat of a new coronavirus variant, nearly 300 samples taken from people who had tested positive for COVID-19 in Delhi recently have been sent for genome sequencing, official sources said on Friday.
The sequencing is to be done essentially to find if any new variant, like XE, has circulated in the city or not, amid a spike in daily cases in the last few days.
Delhi on Friday recorded 366 new COVID-19 cases and zero death, while the positivity rate rose to 3.95 per cent, according to data shared by the state health department.
About 300 samples taken from people who had tested positive for COVID-19 in Delhi a couple of days ago, have been sent for genome sequencing, the sources said. (PTI)