Students and teachers of Delhi University's Arts Faculty will organise a protest at 11 am today against the arrest of Hindu College Associate Professor Ratan Lal. (File)Delhi News Live Updates Today: Students and teachers of several colleges will organise a protest at 11 am today at Delhi University’s Arts Faculty against the arrest of Hindu College Associate Professor Ratan Lal, demanding his immediate release. The 50-year-old associate professor was arrested in connection with an allegedly objectionable social media post referring to claims of a Shivling being found at the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi. According to police, Professor Ratan Lal, who teaches history, had allegedly posted a photo of the structure and made objectionable comments on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Parts of the city recorded rainfall and strong winds on Friday evening, even as some areas recorded heatwave conditions. A thunderstorm or dust storm along with light to moderate rainfall and strong winds of about 30 to 40 kmph would occur over parts of west, northwest, northeast, southwest, central, east Delhi and the NCR, including Bahadurgarh, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Noida and Gurgaon, IMD said. In it’s bulletin, IMD said that a wet spell was likely over northwest India from May 20 to 24. While a dust storm or thunderstorm is on the forecast for Delhi on Saturday, the city could witness rainfall from May 22 to 24.
In the meantime, dozens of shops were gutted after a fire broke out in Jhandewalan’s cycle market on Friday afternoon. The Delhi Fire Services rushed 27 fire tenders to the spot after they were informed that a fire had erupted at 2 pm in one of the shops next to Videocon Tower, and it was doused within three hours. As per locals and shopkeepers, a short circuit in one of the shops on the ground floor resulted in a fire which spread to adjacent shops.
Dozens of shops were gutted after a fire broke out in Jhandewalan’s cycle market on Friday afternoon. (Express)
Some patients admitted to Delhi government-run Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar hospital had to be moved to other hospitals, including Burari Hospital, after a prolonged power-cut interrupted patient services. The hospital faced a power cut between 3 pm and 7.30 pm on Friday, according to doctors from the hospital.
A short circuit and fire in a transformer led to the power cut at the hospital. “There are back-up power sources at all critical areas such as the ICU and they took over during the power cut. The most important thing is that there were no mishaps,” said a senior doctor from the hospital, on condition of anonymity. “There are emergency protocols in place at every hospital for such scenarios and that was followed and patients were moved,” the doctor added. Read more
Students and teachers of several colleges are protesting at Delhi University’s Arts Faculty Saturday against the arrest of Hindu College Associate Professor Ratan Lal, demanding his immediate release. Police personnel were deployed outside the Arts Faculty ahead of the protest.
Students and teachers of several colleges will organise a protest at 11 am today at Delhi University’s Arts Faculty against the arrest of Hindu College Associate Professor Ratan Lal, demanding his immediate release. The 50-year-old associate professor was arrested in connection with an allegedly objectionable social media post referring to claims of a Shivling being found at the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi. Police personnel were deployed outside the Arts Faculty ahead of the protest.
The Delhi Police has told the Delhi High Court that a tweet made by AltNews founder Mohammad Zubair “does not constitute any cognizable offence”. The police in August 2020 had registered a case against Zubair in connection with the tweet on the complaint made by NCPCR chairperson Priyank Kanoongo. The complaint had referred to a tweet shared by Zubair, which had the photo of a minor girl, with her face blurred out, during an online spat with her relative, the Twitter user in question.
The court was hearing a petition seeking quashing of the FIR and a stay on any coercive action by Delhi Police against him. On May 17, the court said that the interim protection will continue and listed the petition for hearing on August 8.
Dozens of shops were gutted after a fire broke out in Jhandewalan’s cycle market on Friday afternoon. The Delhi Fire Services rushed 27 fire tenders to the spot after they were informed that a fire had erupted at 2 pm in one of the shops next to Videocon Tower, and it was doused within three hours. As per locals and shopkeepers, a short circuit in one of the shops on the ground floor resulted in a fire which spread to adjacent shops.
The shops that sustained damage primarily had items of plastic toys and cycles. No casualties were reported, officials said. In the basement, nearly all shops caught fire while on the ground floor more than 10 shops were gutted. Several offices inside the compound also caught fire, said the officials.
The students and teachers of Delhi University’s Arts Faculty will organise a protest at 11 am today against the arrest of Hindu College Associate Professor Ratan Lal, demanding his immediate release. The 50-year-old associate professor was arrested in connection with an allegedly objectionable social media post referring to claims of a Shivling being found at the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi. According to police, Professor Ratan Lal, who teaches history, had allegedly posted a photo of the structure and made objectionable comments on Tuesday.
After the Supreme Court allowed feeding of stray dogs at designated places by vacating its interim stay Thursday, Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) in the capital said they already have provisions for feeding strays, but also have to be cautious about potential aggression. Some of them also said the Animal Welfare Board needed to coordinate with RWAs to identify such feeding spots.
The Supreme Court has vacated its interim stay, ordered in March, on a Delhi High Court verdict on feeding stray dogs. In June last year, the High Court had said that stray dogs have the right to food and citizens have the right to feed them. A three-judge bench presided by Justice U U Lalit vacated the stay on Thursday after being informed that the parties before the High Court had settled the matter. Read more
After the Supreme Court allowed feeding of stray dogs at designated places by vacating its interim stay Thursday, Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) in the capital said they already have provisions for feeding strays, but also have to be cautious about potential aggression. Some of them also said the Animal Welfare Board needed to coordinate with RWAs to identify such feeding spots.
The Supreme Court has vacated its interim stay, ordered in March, on a Delhi High Court verdict on feeding stray dogs. In June last year, the High Court had said that stray dogs have the right to food and citizens have the right to feed them. A three-judge bench presided by Justice U U Lalit vacated the stay on Thursday after being informed that the parties before the High Court had settled the matter. Read more
Parts of the city recorded rainfall and strong winds on Friday evening, even as some areas recorded heatwave conditions. A thunderstorm or dust storm along with light to moderate rainfall and strong winds of about 30 to 40 kmph would occur over parts of west, northwest, northeast, southwest, central, east Delhi and the NCR, including Bahadurgarh, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Noida and Gurgaon, IMD said. In it’s bulletin, IMD said that a wet spell was likely over northwest India from May 20 to 24. While a dust storm or thunderstorm is on the forecast for Delhi on Saturday, the city could witness rainfall from May 22 to 24.
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