Ceremonial Farewell Parade for outgoing Delhi Police commissioner Rakesh Asthana.Delhi News Live Updates: Sanjay Arora, a 1988-batch Tamil Nadu cadre Indian Police Service officer, will take charge as the Delhi Police Commissioner on August 1 (Monday), an order issued by the central government said. He is currently serving as the DG-ITBP. Meanwhile, outgoing Delhi police commissioner Rakesh Asthana was bid farewell with a ceremonial farewell parade at Kingsway Camp.
Covid-19 cases in Delhi are on the rise again, with over 1,000 cases being recorded for four days in a row. The city recorded 1,333 new cases and a positivity rate of 8.39% on Saturday.
In other news, with the police investigating the Delhi government’s new excise policy, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia announced Saturday that the government is rolling back the new policy. The Lt Governor has also sought a CBI probe into the matter based on a report by the Chief Secretary, which alleged undue benefits to liquor vend licencees in lieu of “kickbacks” and “commissions” and use of the money in the Punjab elections.
With the rainfall this month, the AQI in Delhi remained in the 'satisfactory' category for 24 out of 30 days of the month till Saturday. (Express Photo by Abhinav Saha )
Outgoing Delhi police commissioner Rakesh Asthana was bid farewell with a ceremonial farewell parade at Kingsway Camp.
The Central government Sunday appointed Sanjay Arora, a 1988-batch Tamil Nadu cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, as the new Commissioner of the Delhi Police. Arora, the current Director-general of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), will take charge as Delhi Police Commissioner Monday, August 1.
Arora will take over from 1984-batch Gujarat cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana.
“Police division, MHA, dated July 31, 2022, has conveyed the approval of the competent authority for inter-cadre deputation of Sanjay Arora from Tamil Nadu Cadre to AGMUT cadre. In pursuance of the approval, Sanjay Arora is appointed as Commissioner of Police, Delhi, with effect from August 1, 2022, or from the date of taking over charge whichever is later till further orders. This issues with the approval of competent authority,” wrote B G Krishnan, Director, Union Ministry of Home Affairs, in an order. Read more
Ceremonial preparations for the retirement of outgoing Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana are underway at Parade ground in New Police Lines. The event is scheduled for around 4 pm today.
Last year, four days before his scheduled retirement, the Centre appointed 1984-batch Gujarat cadre IPS officer Asthana as the new Delhi Police commissioner until July 31, 2022. Read more
A 28-year-old man allegedly hit two bike-borne men with his SUV in Delhi’s Dwarka earlier this week after they forcefully entered his car and robbed his wallet at a petrol pump, the police said Sunday, adding that the complainant chased the duo and hit their bike with his vehicle to stop them. The men fell on the road and abandoned their bike before fleeing on foot, officers said.
The police said the accused were arrested on Thursday and identified as Shivam, 30, and Ravi, 28, who are involved in over 46 cases of robbery and theft. The complainant had approached the police and told them that he was out for work on Wednesday and was waiting at the spot when a man entered his car and sat on the passenger seat, while the other accused held him through the car window that was open. They took his wallet from his pants and tried to escape on their motorbike when he chased and hit them, he said. Read more
IIT-Delhi conducted an outreach programme for students and teachers of Haryana Government technical institutes at its Sonipat campus Saturday to show students the available facilities and encourage them to research.
An MoU between the Haryana Government and IIT-Delhi mandates the institute to mentor the state-run technical colleges and universities.
During the programme, IIT-Delhi researchers showcased their work on biomass pellet-based clean combustion device, Covid-19 rapid antigen kit, and development of multimodal endoscope for early-stage oral cancer screening, among other things and the students and teachers were taken to the campus’s Central Research Facility (CRF). Last year, the institute developed an online platform to allow researchers outside the institute to book instruments available in the CRF. Read more
The decision of the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi to roll back its new excise policy for 2021-22 and revert to the old policy is a major setback for the AAP dispensation.
The Delhi government’s new liquor policy, launched in November last year, witnessed a troubled rollout and has been under the scanner of Delhi Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) amid a face-off between Lt Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena and Kejriwal.
With L-G Saxena now recommending to the BJP-ruled Centre that the CBI probe Sisodia’s role in making changes to the excise policy without the Delhi Cabinet’s assent and in waivers worth Rs 144 crore allegedly given to vendors, the policy as well as its implementation has come under a cloud. Read more
Historian and writer Sam Dalrymple believes that Begumpur Village in Malviya Nagar, which was inundated with refugees as a result of the biggest migration in human history, is an essential enclave of Delhi that has been forgotten within its urbanised folds. “Imagine you’re standing in old Old Delhi. Before the Mughal Empire, during the Delhi Sultanate’s reign, this was the centre of Delhi,” begins Dalrymple, as we enter the mosque. A vast square courtyard stretches out before us, fenced on all sides by domes dating to the 14th Century. “When Muhammad bin Tughlaq was in power, Begumpur was a part of his capital city, Jahanpanah. And this mosque was the largest one in north India.” Read more
Demographic particulars of “Rohingya illegal migrants” staying in Delhi, particularly men categorised in age brackets — up to 14, 14 to 40, and 40 — along with weekly records of arrival and departure, are among details that police across Delhi’s districts have been asked to start collecting by the Special Branch.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) card numbers and address from where the migrants arrived are also supposed to be recorded, according to instructions issued to Delhi’s 15 DCPs. They have also been asked to appoint a nodal officer to monitor migrants staying in their respective districts. Read more
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When it introduced its new liquor policy in November 2021, the Delhi government had looked to bring in Rs 10,000-crore revenue in one year. In the eight months since, the excise department has fallen well short of its target, collecting revenue of just around Rs 1,993 crore, officials told The Indian Express.
As per data shared by a Delhi government source, the excise department collected a revenue of Rs 600.63 crore between December 2021 and March 2022, Rs 528.29 crore in April and May, Rs 442.40 crore in June and Rs 421.82 crore in July. Read more
Covid-19 cases in Delhi are on the rise again, with over 1,000 cases being recorded for four days in a row. The city recorded 1,333 new cases and a positivity rate of 8.39% on Saturday.
Official figures are unlikely to capture all cases in the capital as the number of tests has dropped after the third wave in January, with home-based kits becoming readily available. Read more
Police interrogation of arrested gangsters will now involve getting details of their social media accounts – Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Signal and Wickr – as well as their financial transactions, in a bid to tap into their networks and get details of their associates. This was conveyed to the force by Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana.
The decision to upgrade the interrogation procedure comes after the murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala in May, as several teams of the Delhi Police Special Cell were not aware of those working under jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi – the prime accused in the case – and their latest social media handles, it is learnt. Read more
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