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 Live Updates(July 26): 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)
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.
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
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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...
Three men were arrested from Gujarat’s Ahmedabad for allegedly cheating people by luring them to buy packaging material in bulk and keeping the advance payment without delivering. The accused were identified as Ahmedabad residents Jitendra Kumar Chauhan (35), Parmar Dilipbhai (47) and Pawar Shyam (44), who was previously involved in an alleged cheating case in Jammu and Kashmir. Know more...
The last date to apply for diploma programs and BA in digital media and design at Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University is July 27, the varsity said on Monday. (PTI)
Three women were killed and two others, including a one-year-old baby, were injured after their speeding car rammed into a stationary Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus at a depot in Outer Delhi’s Swaroop Nagar Monday morning. Read more...
In reference to the recent murder of a DSP in Nuh, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar said, "Strict action will be taken against illegal mining. No culprits will be spared."
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar formally inaugurates smart e-beat system in Gurgaon. The new smart beat system is expected to help the police to increase police visibility in public places, monitor criminals and help in improving police response time and help in reduction and detection of crime, as per Gurgaon police.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday termed as "unjust" the Delhi government's move to terminate over 800 Anganwadi workers for staging a strike seeking a raise in honorarium, and demanded that they should be immediately reinstated.
The lives of 884 Anganwadi workers in Delhi turned upside down after they were abruptly terminated for staging over a month-long strike demanding a raise in honorarium and respectable working hours.
These workers comprising several single mothers were issued termination notice on March 14 against their 39-day demonstration.
Attacking the AAP-led Delhi government, Gandhi said it had increased the honorarium of the MLAs a few days ago.
"But, taking an unjust step, the government sacked more than 800 Anganwadi workers demanding a respectable honorarium. Asking for a good honorarium for hard work is not a crime," the Congress general secretary said in a tweet.
These Anganwadi workers should be immediately reinstated, Gandhi demanded. (PTI)