Delhi Fire Services said they received a call around 4 am and sent 13 fire tenders to the spot. (Express Photo)Delhi News: A fire broke out Wednesday at an MCD warehouse in New Sheikh Sarai near Malviya Nagar metro station. Delhi Fire Services said they received a call around 4 am and sent 13 fire tenders to the spot. No injuries have been reported so far and the spot was a dumping ground with vehicles, an official said.
Delhi Tuesday reported 1,204 fresh Covid-19 cases and one related fatality, while the positivity rate stood at 4.64 per cent, according to data shared by the health department. The cumulative number of infections in the city now stands at 18,77,091 and the death toll at 26,169, the bulletin stated.
Meanwhile, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is likely to sell around 13,000 flats on a ‘first come, first served basis’ after the landowning agency could not sell them through a draw of lots in the recently concluded scheme, a senior DDA official said.
In other news, an ‘Olympic City’, a central park and a dedicated business district are part of the development vision in the area around Noida International Airport. The draft of Master Plan-2024 was presented by Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority to highlight future development activities along the 165-km Yamuna Expressway.
Of the five buses that caught fire over the last two months, four were red (AC buses) and one was green (non-AC). (Express File/Rahul Sabharwal)
The Delhi University will be holding its second webinar to help aspirants with the new admission process on Friday, April 29, officials said. The webinar will specifically address concerns on reservation policies; the registration process for SC, ST, OBC, and EWS candidates and the essential documents required for registering for the Central Universities Entrance Test (CUET). Read more
Clear skies and a maximum temperature of 42 degrees Celsius are on the forecast for Delhi Wednesday, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The minimum temperature recorded early on Wednesday was 22.2 degrees Celsius, two degrees below normal. At 8.30 am on Wednesday, the temperature was 29.8 degrees Celsius and the relative humidity was 38 per cent. Read more
The fire took place in the rear portion of a non-air-conditioned bus that runs from Nand Nagri Depot and broke down on route number 275.
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is likely to sell around 13,000 flats on a ‘first come, first served’ basis after the landowning agency could not sell them through a draw of lots in the recently concluded scheme, a senior DDA official said. Read more
An ‘Olympic City’, a central park and a dedicated business district are part of the development vision in the area around Noida International Airport. The draft of Master Plan-2024 was presented by Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority to highlight future development activities along the 165-km Yamuna Expressway. Read more
A massive fire broke out at Bhalswa landfill in northwest Delhi on Tuesday evening.
Weeks after the registrar of Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) said the “scuffle” between students associated with Left bodies and the ABVP took place after some of them objected to the holding of a ‘havan’ on the occasion of Ram Navami, its vice-chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit said the administration has “no idea what was the trigger” behind the clashes.
Registrar Ravikesh had said the clashes on the JNU campus earlier this month began after students objected to the havan inside one of the hostels on the occasion of Ram Naval. Members of the Left bodies alleged there were attempts to stop non-vegetarian food from being cooked and served in the Kaveri hostel mess and those associated with the right-wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad said some people tried to disrupt a Ram Navami puja in the same hostel. Read More
The Delhi High Court Tuesday directed the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Nurses Union to ensure that its members and nursing officers forthwith join the duties. AIIMS had earlier approached the court against the nursing union's strike and argued that it has resulted in the cancellation of various emergency operations and seriously crippled the functioning of the medical institute. The strike began this morning. The court will hear the case tomorrow. The order was passed at 6:35 pm.
A massive fire broke out in a slum cluster in Aggahpur village in Sector 41 of Noida on Tuesday evening. Several fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the blaze.
The Delhi government will develop four world-class city forests in the national capital where people can spend a good time in the lap of nature, Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Tuesday.
There are 19 city forests in Delhi, of which four have been selected for further development.
These are Mitraon city forest (98 acres) in west Delhi, Alipur city forest (48 acres) in north Delhi, Garhi Mandu city forest (42 acres) in northeast Delhi, and Jaunapur city forest (98 acres) in south Delhi, Rai said at a press conference. Only eco-friendly developmental work will be undertaken in these city forests.
The forest department will develop meditation huts, amphitheaters of grass and mud, and nurseries in the city forests. Outdoor activities like bird watching and jungle walks will be promoted there. (PTI)
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann have signed a Knowledge Sharing Agreement (KSA) to learn and share experiences from each state to provide better education, health and infrastructure for the public and work towards welfare of the state.
A 30-year-old man died after getting involved in a brawl at a pub in Noida’s Gardens Galleria mall on Monday night.
According to the police, Brajesh was attending an office party at the pub. At around 11 pm, an argument broke out between the customers and the restaurant staff over bill payment. The argument escalated and the restaurant called upon bouncers to intervene. In the physical fight that ensued, Brajesh received fatal injuries on his head. Though he was taken to a nearby hospital, he could not be saved. Read more
To procure country liquor for Delhi, the city government has invited fresh tenders for wholesale supply of country liquor for retail vends (L-8) in bottles of 750 ml, 375 ml and 180 ml in the ratio of 3:4:3 for the year 2023-23. Read more
The maximum temperature in Delhi is likely to settle at 42 degrees Celsius Tuesday, two degrees above the 40.6 degrees Celsius recorded a day earlier, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Strong winds of around 25 to 35 kmph are also on the forecast for the day after parts of Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) witnessed strong winds on Monday night. Read more