Delhi News: Light to moderate rainfall is on the weather forecast for the city for the entire week, the IMD said. (Express Photo by Amit Mehra)Delhi Highlights: Delhi Tuesday is expected to receive light rainfall with minimum and maximum temperature likely to settle at 26 degrees and 36 degrees Celsius respectively. Light to moderate rainfall is on the weather forecast for the city for the entire week, the IMD said.
The Delhi Police on Tuesday detained Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during the party’s protest against Enforcement Directorate questioning Sonia Gandhi over the National Herald case. Rahul was protesting at Vijay Chowk along with other Congress leaders. According to reports, Section 144 has been imposed in the New Delhi district.
After installing around 1.33 lakh CCTVs across streets and colonies in the city under Phase 1, the Delhi government is going to install 35,000 more cameras every 100 metres on busy roads to increase safety of pedestrians and commuters. As part of Phase 2, the cameras will be installed on stretches, measuring 1,400 km, under the jurisdiction of the Public Works Department (PWD).
(Clockwise from top left) Jamna (62), Jyoti (27) and Nisha Sharma (32)
As Congress chief Sonia Gandhi was being questioned by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the alleged National Herald money laundering case, clashes broke out between Delhi Police and party leaders in New Delhi and other parts of Delhi. Several Congress leaders, including Indian Youth Congress President Srinivas BV, were allegedly manhandled by police on Akbar Road and Vijay Chowk.
Current and former students of Delhi University’s B R Ambedkar College have alleged that the principal pressured cultural societies of the college to change their names since they were in Urdu. A member of the college’s theatre society said they changed their name after they were told funds would stop if they did not.
The principal, however, denied the charge. Read more...
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Home Affairs to file a reply to a petition pertaining to an RTI request related to the scope of electronic surveillance in India. Know more...
It is no secret that different people have different body types. As such, it would not be fair to bracket them as one, and Delhi Police has released a description for perpetrators carrying out petty crimes like snatching. Know how...
Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) Vinai Kumar Saxena Tuesday suspended six officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for alleged “gross negligence”, “abusing official position” and receiving “illegal gratification”, said officials. Read more...
Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has approved the withdrawal of 15 cases against 64 migrant labourers for violating lockdown measures during the pandemic, an official statement said on Tuesday. (PTI)
Two police stations, two help desks, three police posts and multiple checking points guarded by nearly a 100 personnel from the Delhi Police and Railway Protection Force work round-the-clock at New Delhi Railway Station (NDLS) where a woman was allegedly raped last week. Most of the checking points are only guarded by one security staffer but the police posts/booths were empty when The Indian Express visited on Tuesday morning. Read more
Around 200-300 trucks are stranded on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway, near Bulandshahr road, Greater Noida. According to traffic cops, entry of trucks has been barred since the past few days due to the ongoing procession of kanwar yatris. Their movement has been stalled to avoid traffic congestion and accidents. The barricades will be lifted Tuesday evening or early Wednesday, traffic cops say.
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The Delhi Police on Tuesday detained Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during the party’s protest against the Enforcement Directorate questioning Sonia Gandhi over the National Herald case. Rahul was protesting at Vijay Chowk along with other Congress leaders against the second round of questioning with Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi. According to reports, Section 144 has been imposed in the New Delhi district.
Noida Authority chief executive officer (CEO) Ritu Maheshwari inspected various developmental and sanitation projects and gave instructions for their speedy completion Monday, according to a press release.
The CEO inspected areas around Sectors 5, 9, 31, 72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 92, 93-B, 168, 80, 81, Phase 2, Hosiery Complex in Haraula village, as well as villages such as Nithari, Morna, Parthala Khanjarpur, Nangli Bazidpur, it said. Read more
The Ridge Management Board (RMB) has asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to revise its proposal for a construction and demolition (C&D) waste processing facility at Tehkhand which, if built, will fall within the Ridge area and involve the felling of 672 trees.
According to the minutes of the RMB’s recent meeting, 3.64 hectares of land was allotted by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to the MCD for construction of the facility in Tehkhand. Of this, 1.98 hectares fall within the Southern Ridge, which is a reserved forest. Reade more
Suspecting foul play, the Delhi Excise Department has, for the second time, cancelled the tender for supply of country liquor for 2022-23, officials said. The department cancelled the tender on July 25 after suspecting that the bidders had formed a pool, creating an ‘undesirable monopoly of interest’, which is prohibited under the Delhi Excise Policy. Read more
An exodus of liquor vendors from nine zones in the city has led to the shutting down of 176 liquor shops in the national capital between June and July this year.
Amid allegations of corruption and impropriety in the implementation of the new liquor policy in Delhi, which has set off a war of words between the L-G and the AAP government, the excise department has been dealing with a larger problem that could impact revenue collection. Read more
After installing around 1.33 lakh CCTVs across streets and colonies in the city under Phase 1, the Delhi government is going to install 35,000 more cameras every 100 metres on busy roads to increase safety of pedestrians and commuters.
As part of Phase 2, the cameras will be installed on stretches, measuring 1,400 km, under the jurisdiction of the Public Works Department (PWD). Officials said work on the second phase is in progress and will be completed by December. Read more
A person with an ‘ectomorph’ body type and bikers riding either a dilapidated or high-end motorbike in a zig-zag manner with only the front rider wearing a helmet — these are some of the things Delhi Police personnel have been told to keep an eye out for to identify snatchers and robbers.
A circular issued by Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana on July 18 outlines “Operation Hawk-Eye”, which was launched in Delhi’s Outer North police district with the “objective to curb street crimes, snatching and robbery”. Read more
Everyone in the Sharma family in Delhi was waiting to see Jamna (62) and her daughter Jyoti (26) as the duo were set to leave the country in a week. Most of them had not met Jyoti, who works as a primary school English teacher in Hong Kong and came to India a month ago, in years.
On Monday morning, when they were preparing for a gathering, a call from police and locals in Outer Delhi left them shocked. Read more...
A fire broke out in Outer Delhi’s Ranhola area on Monday in a factory godown. The Delhi Fire Service dispatched 12 fire tenders to control it.
Visuals at the site show firefighters navigating thick smoke, with a large part of the godown reduced to rubble. Police beat staff had also reached the spot. The DFS said that a call was received around 3.50 pm about a fire in Vikas Nagar. No casualties were reported, they added. Read more...
In response to a petition challenging the alleged stopping of prayers since May at a mosque in South Delhi, the Centre Monday told the Delhi High Court that the masjid situated adjacent to the eastern gate of the Qutub Minar is a protected monument. According to rules, prayers are allowed at its protected sites only if they were “functioning places of worship” at the time the Archaeological Survey of India took charge of them.
The oral submission was made by a counsel representing the central government before the bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri. Advocate Kirtiman Singh also told the court that a Saket court is presently hearing a matter involving the mosque in question, and sought time to seek further instructions in the matter. Read more...
Dozens of medical students who returned from Ukraine with the outbreak of war are in the middle of a hunger strike in the capital, demanding that they be allowed to complete their degrees in Indian universities.
These students returned to India in March and have been attending their classes online, even completing a semester remotely. However, with the war raging on, a section of students is trying to raise the pressure to be accommodated in Indian universities. Read more...