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New Delhi Municipal Council member Kuljeet Singh Chahal has written to chief minister Arvind Kejriwal claiming that the drinking water supply in the civic body's area has been reduced by up to 60 per cent for a fortnight. Chahal claimed that the average supply of potable water to NDMC is 125 MLD whereas the supply received in the last 10 days was only 60-70 MLD, thus affecting major hospitals as well as schools in the area. (PTI)

A 32-year-old man was in critical condition after he was shot at allegedly by a group of three men in Krishna Nagar area of Shahdara on Tuesday morning, police said. The injured has been identified as Jitender alias Jeetu, resident of Ghondali, they said. He was immediately taken to Max hospital in Patparganj as he was critically injured, police officials said. (PTI)

Saket court on Tuesday resumed hearing on an appeal regarding the restoration of 27 Hindu and Jain temples in the Qutub Minar complex in Mehrauli. READ MORE

Over 400 people were penalised for flouting traffic norms across Noida and Greater Noida in a day, with the majority of violations being parking vehicles in no-parking zones and riding two-wheelers without helmets, officials said on Tuesday. The action was taken on Monday by traffic and civil police personnel as part of a concerted campaign being carried out on the instructions of police commissioner Alok Singh to raise awareness towards road safety, they said. READ MORE

The minimum temperature in Delhi settled at 18.9 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, eight notches below normal, even as the weather office forecast a generally cloudy sky with light rain later in the day. Heavy rains and thunderstorm drastically brought down the minimum temperature in the national capital on Monday. (PTI)

Delhi Police have arrested two persons for killing a Haryana singer, who went missing on May 11, an official said on Tuesday. (IANS)

A 35-year-old man was shot in his face during a robbery in west Delhi's Hari Nagar on Sunday. Police said four unidentified men in a vehicle grabbed a gold chain from the victim's relative and when Pradeep Singh Sandhu tried to fight them off, one of the criminals fired at him. Ghanshyam Bansal, DCP (West), said Sandhu was taken to hospital and is out of danger. "Several teams have been formed and CCTV footage from the area is being scrutinised. Ground sources are also being alerted," said Bansal on Monday. READ MORE

Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena has over the years piloted key initiatives related to honey, bamboo, agarbattis, paints, pottery, pashmina and the Indian flag, which have all been close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s heart and have been backed as part of his “local -for vocal” initiative. He has managed to get KVIC to bag large orders for supplies to central police forces, the postal department as well as public sector companies, while launching an e-commerce platform. He also partnered with some leading companies to allow them to produce and sell khadi fabric.

World class training to teachers, record budget allocation and innovative programmes are among the key factors behind the success of Delhi education model, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said at Education World Forum in London on Monday as he discussed Delhi's education revolution in front of 122 education ministers and experts from across the world.

The culture ministry on Monday said discussions are under way to conduct an iconography of the Hindu and Jain idols found in Delhi’s Qutub Minar complex and to see if they can be labelled and displayed at an interpretation centre that is intended to come up on the Unesco world heritage site.

Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal will flag off 150 electric buses and inaugurate three new completely ‘electrified’ bus depots on Tuesday. READ MORE